Timothy Lawrence, Author at VoegelinView

Timothy Lawrence

Timothy Lawrence is senior writer at FilmFisher, a Christian movie review site for educators and students that hosts over a hundred of his essays on faith and film. A perpetual member of BIOLA University's Torrey Honors College, he shares short reflections on Christianity, popular culture, and the classics at The Usual Subjects.

Jurassic Park: Chaos, Control, and Childrearing

July 14, 2025
Timothy Lawrence

I do not know how many times I have seen Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Jurassic Park in my lifetime. If I had to guess, I would put…

The Theology of Fantasy

September 1, 2024
Timothy Lawrence

The early Christian theologian Tertullian famously posed the question, "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" What, in other words, does pagan philosophy – an effort of…

Indiana Jones and the Danger of Knowledge Without Virtue

August 11, 2023
Timothy Lawrence

Within fifteen minutes of his first onscreen appearance in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones has disarmed a would-be assassin, leapt over a bottomless pit, run…

Timothy Lawrence