With the nation divided over the appointment of our next Supreme Court justice - not to mention the next president - this film’s timing couldn’t be more opportune.
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God’s Not Dead 2 is as compelling as it is timely. God’s Not Dead 2, the latest release from the independent Christian movie house Pure Flix, is staggeringly bad at the purely filmic level but it’s the movie’s agenda where things gets. Gods Not Dead 2 PG Mild themes When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all. ( Click for related story in this issue.) The screenplay draws from a long list of real legal battles over religious liberty, all of which are listed in the credits - including a number of cases over the Health and Human Services contraception mandate. The film weaves several absorbing storylines together, including an Asian student’s conversion to Christianity and a pastor’s decision not to give the government his sermons (which, by the way, likely sets up the plot for God’s Not Dead 3).
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The resulting trial tests the historicity of Jesus Christ himself. Grace refuses to cut a deal to keep her faith out of the classroom, sparking a lawsuit from the ACLU and a student’s parents. This time, Melissa Joan Hart ( Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Clarissa Explains It All) stars as high school teacher Grace Wesley who quotes Jesus in response to a student’s question about the link between Jesus’ admonition to love our enemies and Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to political change through non-violence.Īfter another student texts his parents about Grace’s response quoting Jesus, she is subsequently suspended. The film was a blockbuster, grossing $63 million on a $2 million production budget. The screenplay was based, in part, on actual events. Two years ago, God’s Not Dead featured actor Kevin Sorbo as a college professor who demanded that his students admit God doesn’t exist. God’s Not Dead 2 is a movie for Ralph Reed’s Moral Majority, with all the entangled political baggage that comes with it. The culture war to expunge all things Christian from public schools began decades ago, but is reaching a fever pitch in our time. Several members of our church’s youth group went to see it and were seriously impacted by the message. God’s Not Dead 2, the follow-up to the most successful independent faith film of 2014, takes place in the hometown of Hadleigh University, but the action shifts from a college campus to a courtroom, where a Christian teacher (Melissa Joan Hart) is dragged before a judge for answering a student’s question about the. I can hardly believe it has been 2 years since God’s Not Dead hit movie theaters. God’s Not Dead 2 will be released in US theatres on 1st April 2016. Many thanks to Grace Hill Media for providing the opportunity to giveaway a prize bundle. You don’t have to watch the 6 o’clock news every night to know that the Christian faith is under siege. This post about God’s Not Dead 2 contains affiliate links. Run time: 121 minutes In theaters: April 1 Rated: PG Taken aback by the interference of the government, and believing that their right to educate their own children as a freedom worth fighting for, the resistant families, along with Reverend Dave, are invited to Washington to testify in a landmark congressional hearing that will determine the future of public (and private) education in our country for years to come.Starring Melissa Joan Hart, Jesse Metcalfe With Jesse Metcalfe, Robin Givens, Melissa Joan Hart, Brad Heller. Believing that the children are receiving an inferior education compared to their public school counterparts, and potentially being unfairly indoctrinated at a young age by their Bible-believing parents, the families are ordered to return their children to the public school system, or else face exorbitant fines and contempt of court. Gods Not Dead 2: Directed by Harold Cronk.
High School, where beloved teacher of the year Grace Wesley (played by fan favorite Melissa Joan Hart) helps students understand and enjoy history. The follow-up to the Pure Flix film GOD’S NOT DEAD, this sequel takes audiences back to the Arkansas setting of the original, home to Martin Luther King Jr.
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The God’s Not Dead series continues in “God’s Not Dead: We the People”, as Reverend Dave finds himself at the defense of a group of Christian homeschooling families after they receive an impromptu inspection by a progressive, local-government official – who doesn’t like what she finds. The movie GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 hits theaters today.
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