A Question of Faith

When looking at IMDB just be aware that many good Christian movies are heavily given one star ratings in order for the movies to appear so-so in the ratings. I would recommend judging on your own since this appears to be a concerted effort from those anti-Christian.

We watched this as a family. It may be a little heavy for younger viewers in regards to grief and tragedy. Nothing graphic is shown. It is the situation that may be a bit sullen. Good messages on how one mistake can change your life as well as the difficulty of accepting loss.

Went through about 15 kleenex and I am a 60 year old man. Very touching movie about forgiveness and faith. Great acting all around. Loved it. Now I need to go buy some more kleenex.

Ok, I walked in on a Sunday late afternoon while my family was watching this show, I thought to myself, oh goodness one of those films where they want you to evaluate your life and be bored watching, well, what a awesome surprise., as my wife explained what happened that led to the amazing end I had to dry the tears away. This is such a powerful message, not trying to win souls, but trying to get a message across about forgiveness. The actors were awesome, and I was really excited to see the forever young Kim Fields, Good Job to the writer and director in bringing the feeling of the message to life.

PROS

+ Very, very powerful display of forgiveness.

+ Powerful display against distracted driving.

+ Past Salvation of Maria, but no indication of a planned baptism.

CONS

• It was not reasonable to see Maria go into prison the same day she was arrested for distracted driving.

• The displayed church is not according to the biblical guidelines. A single Senior Pastor is nowhere stipulated in the Bible and much less a 'First Lady', which is a very bad example propagated throughout the movie. There is also no such thing as leaders of a church sitting in special costumes in a row on an elevated platform between the choir and the congregation.

A biblical church should not be a playhouse and always consists of a plurality of elders / overseers / pastors (all the exact same office). Movies should have a higher standard and not just reflect the status quo of a fallen church. Because they reach hundreds of thousands, they should go along the Bible, and not along culture.

• The movie shows entitlement and a lack of respect towards doctors. We as Christians ought not to ask for the best doctors or ask for senior cardiologists above chief cardiologists.

This would be ok if it would be a lesson to teach us, but John is nowhere seen apologizing to the doctors. We as Christians ought to be different from the world and trust THEOS, not in titles while questioning authorities.

• The movie shows a behavior after the death of a son, which is exactly the same behavior any pagan would have.

This is a sad testimony of the church, showing that most (American) Christians have not understood the Bible. The Bible is clear about the salvation of those who have not yet reached the Age of Accountability and do not yet know the difference between good and evil.

The David of the Bible was rather in joy after his son had died, because he knew him to have taken a significant shortcut to Heaven. So why are we Christians just imitating, and sometimes even worse than pagans?

I have now seen many American 'Christian' movies where children die, but almost without exception we see bitterness and anger, and very rarely joy or any mention of Heaven.

What American filmmakers display, is the exact opposite of the Good Message of Salvation. It looks and feels as if all those children go straight to Gehenna.

• Display of a luxury lifestyle of a pastor.

I tend to dislike religious based movie dramas. The reason is that they tend to be corny, biased with bad writing and acting. This is not the case for this movie for Lifetime. There are a lot of messages, and enough for everyone to relate. Anger, racism, sorrow, self-pity, generosity and a host of a few other obvious gems.

I like this movie because Kim Fields, C. Thomas Howell, and Richard Jones bring their big time Hollywood experience to a not so common quality family story that is made believable and uplifts the remaining supporting cast.

The story is predictable, but you can't wait to see it all come together.