If you have not seen this amazing movie I encourage you to get to a movie theater. I saw it twice in a week, and I would gladly see it again.
Traditionally movies with an overtly Christian message do not do well in the mainstream media. When I opened my Entertainment Weekly, God's Not Dead ranked #4 for its opening weekend.
Is it religiously cliché'? Yes.
Is the acting going to blow you away? Nope.
Will it be up for an Oscar next year? Never going to happen.
What is so encouraging about this movie is not its storyline or acting. It is not its over usage of spiritual conflict and resolution. What is encouraging about this movie is the packed movie houses. The fact that I watched it for the second time from the front row of the theater, because that was the only seat available. The fact that God's Not Dead in this increasingly secular world.
It is refreshing to see all the Facebook commentary on its positive message. It is a security to know that I live and thrive in a world where most of us not only know Christ, but openly engage His Grace. I openly applaud the actors, the musicians, and the production company that produced a movie that seeks to provide us with such a simple, yet amazingly real and powerful message.
God is Good, All the Time and All the Time, God is Good!
Blessings to all!
HW
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