Between God's Not Dead, The Son of God, Noah, and the future Ten Commandments remake, movie studios are turning to the Bible as source material almost as much as they have turned to comic books in recent years.
Personally, I'm interested in seeing these 'Christian movies', but unfortunately not in a financial position to take my wife on dates to the theater to see each and every one. I'll wait for them to come out on DVD - Redbox is received much better by our bank account right now.
I will probably see them, but it's been the Church's responses to these films that have really grabbed my attention.
Nationally and locally, I've observed a variety of responses from Christians - everything from adamant rejection to wholesale endorsement. Skepticism and ambivalence can also be seen from church-going folk as well.
Hopefully enough of us evangelicals can take a look in the mirror and resist an uninformed knee-jerk response and interact with this cultural trend in a wiser way.
I found this particular discussion to strike the right notes. The bulk of the first half specifically discusses the Noah movie. It was fair and balanced. At around the 27:00 mark however, the focus turns to how we as Christ-followers ought to engage with 'biblical' movies and movies in general. It's this last part of the video I found the most beneficial.
Props to Dr. Darrell Bock, Naima Lett, and Dallas Theological Seminary for providing an excellent thought-provoking presentation.
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