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Christian Movies
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Same Kind of Different as Me
Same Kind of Different as Me: Breaking Barriers to Personal Healing This faith-centric drama film Same Kind of Different as Me tells us that we are all homeless just working our way home. The story was based on true events that happened in the lives of couple Ron and Debbie. What made their story inspiring was how amending a marriage strain has helped them form an unconventional friendship with a broken homeless man. The story began with Ron narrating about having a big house with a broken home. On their 19th year in marriage, he got enamored over another woman. Like any wife, Debbie was angry and hurt upon knowing that her husband betrayed her.…
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Into His Arms
Into His Arms: Letting Go and Letting God This drama film released in 1999 revolves around a 7-year-old girl named Jennifer and her mom Sharla. A well-off family in a community surrounded by friends. Until one day, the two went shopping to find a nice dress Jennifer can wear at her first piano recital. Sharla coaxed her daughter to try out a dress while she gets busy choosing other dresses for her. After a few minutes, her daughter was not there anymore. Fear surged Sharla knowing that Jennifer wouldn’t leave the shop without her. This story is a reminder to every parent to always be watchful of your child even…
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Runaway Hearts
Runaway Hearts: The Courage to Live This film tells a compelling story about two kids who ran away from home and came across two adults who ran away from their past circumstances. An 11-year-old Tevin and 5-year-old Angel have the same mom Maze but different fathers who they haven’t met. The story took a turn when one day, Maze overdose on drugs. On impulse, Tevin drags Angel out of the house until the ambulance took their mom’s body away. Tevin takes his mom’s boyfriend Dill’s drug money. He thought he needed a bike so they can go farther. The kids went to Gabe’s yard, and Tevin took one of his bikes, but Angel prodded to return it. As viewers,…
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Lion of Judah
Lion of Judah: A Lamb with a Lion’s Heart This animated Christian film takes us to a tale of courage represented by a lamb named Judah. The story opened with a crate brought to a stable near Jerusalem. The playful Judah meets Slink the rat, Horace the pig, Drake the rooster, Mighty the horse and Esme the cow. Each character displayed distinct traits that will surely amuse young audiences. In particular, Mighty the horse always faints at the slightest fear over anything to think that he is the tallest animal in the pack. His character relates to us who seem to stand tall and yet, have fears over something at some point in…
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Hating the Sin, Loving the Sinner: Is this even possible?
Hating the Sin, Loving the Sinner: Is this even possible? “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has a light with darkness?” – 2 Corinthians 6:14 As part of God’s family, we become more discerning of what is acceptable to God and not. Our new nature makes us despise wrongdoings. Admit it or not, it is so easy for us to be uncomfortable when we know that the unbelievers around us are committing sin. But how are we really to respond to such situations? Let’s look at Jesus’ example. “Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gatherings around to…
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The Rack Pack
The Rack Pack: Kids at Play Saves the Day Before the advent of digital games, kids look forward to playing outdoor games after class. This film takes us into Darrell Rackley’s adventures together with his two brothers and a handful of military kids who formed a troop called The Rack Pack. The story opened showing an elderly Darrell narrating about his great-uncle General Rackley who hired rustlers to hide Yankee gold and heavy pistols in a tunnel during the Civil War. He was riding a horse when the map fell on the road and was picked up by two boys. The tale was that the General fell from the horse and remembered nothing about…
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Practical Ways to Rule Over Your Emotions
Practical Ways to Rule Over Your Emotions The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. – Genesis 4:6-8 Despite receiving a warning from God, Cain was still not able to overcome the heat of anger. Being unable to control his rage, he made the decision that…
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Indivisible: A Fight to Keep a Fort Undivided
Indivisible: A Fight to Keep a Fort Undivided This film was based on true events that happened in the life of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. He brought his wife and three kids with him to Fort Stewart. Heather took all the responsibility of caring for their kids. She also attends to the wives of other soldiers at the Fort while Darren was in Iraq. In this kind of separation between husband and wife, we see two different perspectives. For Darren, it means self-sacrifice to go and serve his duty at an uncertain place for the first time. For Heather, it means containing her strong-will so she…
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The Young Messiah
The Young Messiah: A Glimpse of Jesus’ Childhood We have seen many stories about the life of Jesus in the film, but an account of what his childhood could be like is what inspires The Young Messiah. The story began with a Jewish girl playing with Jesus who was then about seven years old. A bigger kid teased and hit him for playing with a girl. A tall man in black cloak appeared and threw an apple to trip the kid, so Jesus gets blamed for his immediate death. Mary pulled Jesus from the crowd and locked the door. Jesus’ cousin asked if he can restore the kid’s life the way he did…
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A Boy Called Po: A Special Child’s Wandering Thoughts
A Boy Called Po: A Special Child’s Wandering Thoughts Autism is a delicate topic to discuss. A Boy Called Po is a film that talks about the challenges a widower faced while grieving the loss of his wife and being a committed father to a child with Autism. David intentionally hid Beth’s passing from Po thinking that he might not understand. Little did he know that Po worries about the sadness he sees in him. We get to see David in us when we think it is better to wallow in our own pain than hurt our loved ones. Five months passed and Po was still asking where his Mom…