Patterns of Evidence: Exodus // Movie Review

It's been a very long time since I have done a FlyBy review. There just weren't any emails from them until this one. I am really into apologetics; all the data and evidence is super interesting to me, so I was excited to participate in this review.


Patterns of Evidence: Exodus explores the claim that there is no archeological evidence for the Biblical Exodus. The filmmaker takes a scientific approach - we see a pattern in the Biblical account. Can we find that same pattern, anywhere in history? 
I have heard before that a big reason people don't find evidence for Biblical things is because they are searching in the wrong time. However, most of the evidences in this film I had never heard before! I really liked the wall graphic they used to help you visualize the time periods and things like that. It was very helpful. 

The film interviews experts, most of whom are not believers, to get their opinions on the different events of the Exodus. It was really interesting to hear from non-believers, who still believe the Exodus happened, because they see the evidence. It's also astonishing that people can have very clear evidence and still say that there is no evidence. Example: one expert is  the curator at a Dutch museum. They posses an ancient Egyptian document that describes events uncannily like the plagues on Egypt. Yet the curator says there is nothing in this document to provide evidence for the Exodus. It's so sad how blind people can be. 

I would be excited if Mahoney did more films about other things in the Bible. Like I said, this is totally up my alley. 

If you like apologetics, archeology, seeing proofs for the Bible, or a combination of all of that, then this is a film you'd like. 

About the author/filmmaker/producer

Tim Mahoney founded Mahoney Media Group, Inc. (MMG) in 1989. MMG focused its business on television and video production for regional and national companies. In 2014 Tim founded Thinking Man Films & Media as an international documentary & publishing company with a focus on education and the Bible. Tim produced numerous productions for Christian organizations including the Billy Graham Association, World Wide Pictures, and Compassion International. Tim also served as the President of the board for the International Christian Visual Media Association (ICVM). Tim’s first full feature documentary film, “PATTERNS OF EVIDENCE: THE EXODUS”, released in January 2015. The film took 12 years to develop and takes a scientific approach to investigate the events of the biblical Exodus. The overall vision for his film company is to explore “patterns of evidence” that support the biblical narrative and engages the world in a conversation. The film takes a balanced approach and leaves the audience to decide for themselves if the Bible is real history or myth.

About the film

• Won 13 awards on the film festival circuit in 2014, including a Gold Remi Award winner for Best Director at the Worldfest Houston Intl. Film Festival, the Gold Crown Award for Best Picture and Best Documentary at ICVM 2014, and Official Selection at the Soho International Film Festival in New York.
• Supplemental resources associated with the film include a nearly 400-page hardcover book, small group Bible study, Movie Event kit, youth version (called Young Explorers), homeschool curriculum and others.
• It includes powerful interviews with some of the top experts in the fields of archaeology and Egyptology as well as people of influence in the Middle East.
• The film has an objective, fair-minded and balanced approach. It allows viewpoints from all sides to be heard in a respectful way while asking honest questions of the Bible and scholars’ views. It does not preach and lets the evidence speak for itself. This allows the film to be very shareable with those of different viewpoints. 

You can get your own copy of Patterns of Evidence by going here.  But, I'm also able to give away a copy!!! If you'd like to be entered to win, send me an email at smylinggirly.blog@gmail.com by AUGUST 28! Or if you do decide to purchase the film, use the code MK1 to get $3 off.  

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