Son of God’ fails as movie

[Murph]

Son of God’ fails as movie

It’s nothing short of taking money from church-going folk who could have seen it for free on television. And it was not even good television.

By Michael Parnell

Movie-going is a subjective experience. A movie plays on different levels with different people. Each viewer has an experience unlike others who also see it.

My church took a group to see Son of God this past Sunday afternoon. I went along because the movie was marketed to churches. Of the crowd there I recognized almost all of them as members of several nearby churches.

One of the things I rarely do, but did with this movie, was not read any of the reviews about it. I know myself well. I did not want to have a predetermined outcome in mind, which would make me color the movie unfairly. And I am a pastor, after all, so I know something about the subject matter of this movie.

www.abpnews.com/opinion/commentaries/item/28437-son-of-god-fails-as-movie#.Uxk4rcuYZLN

The writer of the article is a local Baptist Pastor.

[Keith]

Mar 6, 2014 21:40:43 GMT -6 Murph said:

Son of God’ fails as movie

Not surprised. A sign of the times.

[Murph]

Mike Parnell who wrote the review for the "Religious Herald", a Christian News Paper for the Virginia Baptist Association...is the Pastor at the church I attended till I left and went to Alton Baptist. We have become good friends after serving on several committees together. We differ on several points...like women preaching and serving as deacons...but we are in lock step agreement on Jesus...