SHOULD WE SEE ‘NOAH’?
There’s a lot of talk about the biblical accuracy of the new film ‘Noah’. I hope its not too accurate. Did you know there is not one word spoken in the biblical story of the Flood until after the ark lands afterward? That would make one boring movie.
The film that touched my life most deeply was the 1970s film ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’. All the Christians were saying it was a bad movie and we should boycott it. So I had to go see it. It certainly wasn’t biblically accurate. At the end of the cinematic musical Jesus is dead on the cross and all the players in the story get in a bus and drive off into the sunset. Leaving Jesus all alone on that cross.
I was a brand new Christian when I saw that film in a theater. As I walked across the parking lot I was overcome with the reality of the emptiness of the moment. Jesus died for me, and did it all alone. When I got to the car I wept like a baby thinking of what He did for me. Anita, who went with me, tried to comfort me, but this broke my stubborn resistance and changed my life.
A movie that was intended to diminish the Bible story of Jesus actually did the opposite. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Let’s not bottle Him up.
What’s the most touching film you’ve ever seen?
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