Christian Entertainment

[Hawkeye]

So I wanted to add something to this thread, that was mentioned above. What would draw a non Christian to the Christian movies, such as God's not Dead? As  a Christian, I would not go see a movie called "Buddha's Not Dead".

 

With the addition of now "Do you Believe" by the same producer, I wonder what , if anything will draw non believers?

 

I still fail to see, how critiquing a Christian movie brings on the lynching that trashing The Bible would.

[Roman150]

 

 

Even though it's not necessarily an inspirational or Christian film, I actually love The Apostle with Robert Duval. The guy was pretty much a false teacher, and it follows him through his life from a child up until he is incarcerated for murder. Again, not a good wholesome Christian movie, but pretty fascinating. 

I love The Apostle, although I don't agree that he was a false teacher.  I think he was an extremely flawed man with a heart for evangelism.   Even on the road gang at the end he was preaching.

It's one of my favorites, and give Duvall an attaboy for writing and directing a film that Hollywood wouldn't touch.  The small church settings and comings to Christ are extremely authentic and familiar to my experience.  And I don't think the gospel is watered down, despite this being a drama about a failed or flawed preacher.

I agree that it's not a a wholesome Christian movie, and that it's fascinating!

[missmuffet]

I do not watch television or go to movies.It is all garbage to me.

[Pro1728]

What about books written by Christians? I don't necessarily mean "Christian books" but rather books that happen to be written by Christians. I'm asking because I'm writing a book. I doubt it's worth publishing or that I would ever actually want to (not unless it was under a pen name--too personal), so I guess it's more of a hypothetical question. The characters are flawed and don't always make the best decisions and, well, to be honest, lapse into speaking fluent French on occasion. That would probably offend the church crowd. Faith in God endures throughout though.

[Hawkeye]

What about books written by Christians? I don't necessarily mean "Christian books" but rather books that happen to be written by Christians. I'm asking because I'm writing a book. I doubt it's worth publishing or that I would ever actually want to (not unless it was under a pen name--too personal), so I guess it's more of a hypothetical question. The characters are flawed and don't always make the best decisions and, well, to be honest, lapse into speaking fluent French on occasion. That would probably offend the church crowd. Faith in God endures throughout though.

 

I have no problems with books written by Christians, but I won't automatically endorse a book just because it is written by a Christian. Your plot sounds cool... I would read it.

[missmuffet]

What about books written by Christians? I don't necessarily mean "Christian books" but rather books that happen to be written by Christians. I'm asking because I'm writing a book. I doubt it's worth publishing or that I would ever actually want to (not unless it was under a pen name--too personal), so I guess it's more of a hypothetical question. The characters are flawed and don't always make the best decisions and, well, to be honest, lapse into speaking fluent French on occasion. That would probably offend the church crowd. Faith in God endures throughout though.

I only read Christian literature.What would the difference be in a Christian book or a Christian author?Would you contents be appropriate for a Christian to read?If not I would not read it.

[saved34]

I do not watch television or go to movies.It is all garbage to me.

As much as I hate to say it,(because I'm an entertainment kind of guy) you are probably right,Bopeep. So much of the stuff that I watch is like traversing through a landmine laced battlefield. I try to be as picky and choosy as possible, but even then I get hammered with tons of unwholesome content. 

[saved34]

 

 

 

Even though it's not necessarily an inspirational or Christian film, I actually love The Apostle with Robert Duval. The guy was pretty much a false teacher, and it follows him through his life from a child up until he is incarcerated for murder. Again, not a good wholesome Christian movie, but pretty fascinating. 

I love The Apostle, although I don't agree that he was a false teacher.  I think he was an extremely flawed man with a heart for evangelism.   Even on the road gang at the end he was preaching.

It's one of my favorites, and give Duvall an attaboy for writing and directing a film that Hollywood wouldn't touch.  The small church settings and comings to Christ are extremely authentic and familiar to my experience.  And I don't think the gospel is watered down, despite this being a drama about a failed or flawed preacher.

I agree that it's not a a wholesome Christian movie, and that it's fascinating!

 

Well I only called the guy false because he did take a baseball bat to another guys head and killed him. He was a very polarizing character though. I too loved the small Church setting and the authentic portrayals of the people who attend those Churches. It really is a great movie in my opinion.  

[Em&M]

The problem I find with a lot of 'christian entertainment' is using the medium to preach rather than be.... good. I don't watch movies to have a thinly veiled sermon preached to me, or to watch a morality play. It's especially bad when the morality preached is old timey american small town type virtues dressed up as the quintessential Christian message. So much of it feels like that, some middle class american types trying to live the 'american dream' with some Christian terms thrown in. So not only is it thinly veiled sermons, they are bad sermons.

 

so yeah....

Well said. I agree, Christian entertainment isn't even subtle in its attempt to moralize everything. We simply need more wholesome, good quality entertainment, not more preaching. As Shiloh said, Christians in the entertainment business see themselves as serving in a type of necessary ministry, and it is a ministry, but it needs to be refocused. Rather than using entertainment as another medium by which to preach at people, why not provide something that is simply entertaining yet wholesome? I feel that would not only cater to Christian audiences, but would better reach non-Christians as well.

Edited April 21, 2015 by Em&M