Some thoughts on Christian movies… and some hope…
It appears that churches making films is a thing now.
Christian Films
I’ve known the folks at Sherwood Pictures and have even endorsed some of their work. And Christian movies, in general, are increasingly a thing.
Sometimes that’s good, and sometimes that’s bad. (For what it’s worth, I most recently saw Risen, and would put that in the good category—and I’m encouraged by the increasing quality of such Christian and faith-oriented films.)
Odd Bedfellows
Yet, sometimes there are some odd bedfellows. For example, when I think of James MacDonald, I think of verse-by-verse exposition (jamesmacdonald.com) and church planting (harvestbiblefellowship.org). Yet, he is now the executive producer of a film with a wrestler and with a wrestling company (insert raised eyebrow).
That’s an odd combination.
The movie is called The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (trailer). And… wait for it… it includes WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels.
The Movie
The movie is about a former child movie star who gets in trouble and does community service at a church in his hometown. When he sees the church is putting on a Passion play, he pretends to be a Christian so he can work off his hours by playing the part of Jesus. A key phrase comes late in the film, when the main character—a church outsider—asks the pastor’s daughter why he is being forgiven for a significant wrong so quickly and unconditionally.
She says, “This is what we do.”
I’ve been attending Harvest recently, and I heard James preach on this, explaining “This is what we do.” It was a deeply personal message from James, and it challenged Donna and me. It was part of a series that explained that, as Christians, …
