gunman42782
Hunter
My wife and I went to see it. Very good movie.
Anybody seen the movie "God's Not Dead"?
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yes, saw it, my son sent it to us thinking it was the movie about the boy who "saw" heaven, but we watched this anyway, kinda neat, and really makes one "think"..........
ndcowboy
Blackhawk
Our church put on a public showing of the movie on a big screen. It was an excellent movie.
smoke-eater
Blackhawk
I'm not one to go to the movies much any more, but I did read the book. It was very moving & thought-provoking. After reading it, I passed it along to my neighbor's teenager, a kid from a Christian family who still needs a little direction in her life.
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
I read The Book that has always said God is not dead. It's called the Bible.
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
DixieBoy said:
I just ordered it on Netflix. I look forward to watching it.
Thank you,
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
DixieBoy said:
You got that right.
We, Nita and I, don't go to Hollywood movie theaters. As a general rule, most modern movies made today aren't fit to watch, and I, along with most other members of my church, don't go. As Scripture admonishes us to be holy, we feel attendendance there would compromise our testimony.
Bob Wright
foxtrapper
Blackhawk
Nearly five years after it hit best-seller lists, a book that purported to be a 6-year-old boy's story of visiting angels and heaven after being injured in a bad car crash is being pulled from shelves. The young man at the center of The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, Alex Malarkey, said this week that the story was all made up.
The book's publisher, Tyndale House, had promoted it as "a supernatural encounter that will give you new insights on Heaven, angels, and hearing the voice of God."
But Thursday, Tyndale House confirmed to NPR that it is taking "the book and all ancillary products out of print."
The decision to pull the book comes after Alex Malarkey wrote an open letter to retailer LifeWay and others who sell Christian books and religious materials. It was published this week on the Pulpit and Pen website.
"I did not die. I did not go to Heaven," Alex wrote. He continued, "I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention. When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible. People have profited from lies, and continue to. They should read the Bible, which is enough. The Bible is the only source of truth. Anything written by man cannot be infallible."
He concluded, "Those who market these materials must be called to repent and hold the Bible as enough."
Here are a few key background details of the story: Alex Malarkey was paralyzed at the age of 6 when he was in a car wreck. He then spent two months in a coma. He's now a teenager. The book lists him as a co-author along with his father, Kevin Malarkey.
Calling the book a "spiritual memoir," The Washington Post notes that it "became part of a popular genre of 'heavenly tourism,' which has been controversial among orthodox Christians."
Alex's parents are now divorced; he and his siblings live with his mother, Beth Malarkey, who has previously spoken out against the book featuring her son. She has also said that profits from the book haven't been going to Alex. Another book about a boy who said he had gone to heaven, Heaven Is For Real, has been turned into a movie.
Last spring, Beth Malarkey wrote a blog post stating, "Alex's name and identity are being used against his wishes (I have spoken before and posted about it that Alex has tried to publicly speak out against the book), on something that he is opposed to and knows to be in error according to the Bible."
She added, "I am fully aware of what it feels like to be pulled in. There are many who are scamming and using the Word of God to do it. They are good, especially if you are not digging into your Bible and truly studying it. They study their audience and even read 'success' books to try to build better and bigger ... 'ministries/businesses.' "
The book's publisher, Tyndale House, had promoted it as "a supernatural encounter that will give you new insights on Heaven, angels, and hearing the voice of God."
But Thursday, Tyndale House confirmed to NPR that it is taking "the book and all ancillary products out of print."
The decision to pull the book comes after Alex Malarkey wrote an open letter to retailer LifeWay and others who sell Christian books and religious materials. It was published this week on the Pulpit and Pen website.
"I did not die. I did not go to Heaven," Alex wrote. He continued, "I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention. When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible. People have profited from lies, and continue to. They should read the Bible, which is enough. The Bible is the only source of truth. Anything written by man cannot be infallible."
He concluded, "Those who market these materials must be called to repent and hold the Bible as enough."
Here are a few key background details of the story: Alex Malarkey was paralyzed at the age of 6 when he was in a car wreck. He then spent two months in a coma. He's now a teenager. The book lists him as a co-author along with his father, Kevin Malarkey.
Calling the book a "spiritual memoir," The Washington Post notes that it "became part of a popular genre of 'heavenly tourism,' which has been controversial among orthodox Christians."
Alex's parents are now divorced; he and his siblings live with his mother, Beth Malarkey, who has previously spoken out against the book featuring her son. She has also said that profits from the book haven't been going to Alex. Another book about a boy who said he had gone to heaven, Heaven Is For Real, has been turned into a movie.
Last spring, Beth Malarkey wrote a blog post stating, "Alex's name and identity are being used against his wishes (I have spoken before and posted about it that Alex has tried to publicly speak out against the book), on something that he is opposed to and knows to be in error according to the Bible."
She added, "I am fully aware of what it feels like to be pulled in. There are many who are scamming and using the Word of God to do it. They are good, especially if you are not digging into your Bible and truly studying it. They study their audience and even read 'success' books to try to build better and bigger ... 'ministries/businesses.' "
Rogmatt
Bearcat
So heathens who go see thismight just get saved and would never attend your church Bob.
Many self righteous are not interested in evangelism, just boasting about how much better they are than the world. Legalism is sending people to hell, and people like you are pointing the way. This movie points people to Jesus, and hopefully new Christians will never have to deal with Pharisees (or vipers as Christ called them) like you Bob.To hell with the world, correct? By the way I saw this movie in my living room with a group of young people and I haven't gone to a movie theater in a long time, and the greatest testimony you could ever project to the world and other Christians is for them to see you walking out of the movie theater having seen this movie.
Many self righteous are not interested in evangelism, just boasting about how much better they are than the world. Legalism is sending people to hell, and people like you are pointing the way. This movie points people to Jesus, and hopefully new Christians will never have to deal with Pharisees (or vipers as Christ called them) like you Bob.To hell with the world, correct? By the way I saw this movie in my living room with a group of young people and I haven't gone to a movie theater in a long time, and the greatest testimony you could ever project to the world and other Christians is for them to see you walking out of the movie theater having seen this movie.
ndcowboy
Blackhawk
Bob,
I'm a little confused by your response. You've been here a long time and I have great respect for you, but to put down a movie that was worked on and created by a lot of Christians to spread the Good News just because it was in a movie theater does not seem to make much sense to me. I don't see how attendance at the movie "God is Not Dead" could possibly compromise your testimony. Nor do I see how watching it on a dvd could hurt, or taking part in the Bible study that accompanies the movie.
And yes, there is a Bible study with it, as our church went through that Bible study on Sunday nights.
I'm a little confused by your response. You've been here a long time and I have great respect for you, but to put down a movie that was worked on and created by a lot of Christians to spread the Good News just because it was in a movie theater does not seem to make much sense to me. I don't see how attendance at the movie "God is Not Dead" could possibly compromise your testimony. Nor do I see how watching it on a dvd could hurt, or taking part in the Bible study that accompanies the movie.
And yes, there is a Bible study with it, as our church went through that Bible study on Sunday nights.
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
O.K. Here is my stand: I do not attend movie theaters because of the content of Hollywood made movies. Theaters here have two or four screens. While one movie being shown might be a very good and educational movie, the remaining three are usually trash. Should one of the young people at my church see me exiting the theater, they have no way of knowing which movie I saw. It is my way of "avoiding the appearance of evil."
Should that movie be shown in the audience of a church activities building, or privately shown in the home on DVD I have no problem with that, providing the movie is Bibically correct.
However, I personally prefer to seek guidance myself from the reading and preaching of God's Word.
That's my stand.
Bob Wright
Should that movie be shown in the audience of a church activities building, or privately shown in the home on DVD I have no problem with that, providing the movie is Bibically correct.
However, I personally prefer to seek guidance myself from the reading and preaching of God's Word.
That's my stand.
Bob Wright
