If you have kids that span a wide range of ages in your family, finding something appropriate for the entire family can be especially challenging. Still, are all of these movies, even the Biblically-based ones, appropriate for children, tweens or teens? I struggle to find good movies, even among some that are PG, that don’t have gratuitous violence, sexual innuendos, or profane language. Coming out April 16, Sony Pictures is releasing Heaven is for Real, the movie version of the best-selling book starring Greg Kinnear as author Todd Burpo.Īnd finally in December there are two other major motion pictures expected to be released: Mary, Mother of Christ starring Julia Ormond and Exodus starring Christian Bale as Moses.Īs a parent of two boys ages 8 and 10, who are beginning to show interest in non-animated films, this is an exciting time to see so many religious-themed movies hitting the major box office! We need more high-quality movies for Christian audiences that uphold positive values, and it’s awesome to see how God is at work using these films to spark conversations and opportunities for Christians to share their faith. Then this weekend Paramount is releasing Noah, the somewhat controversial re-imagining of the Genesis accounts on the life Noah and his family, played by Russell Crowe. ( God’s Not Dead opened with a stunning weekend at the box office and you can read our exclusive excerpt from the book here). Then last weekend marked the opening of God’s Not Dead, a film released by Pure Flix Entertainment about a college freshman and devout Christian who finds his faith challenged on his first day of Philosophy class and puts him at the crossroads of having to choose between his faith and his future. If you’ve been paying attention to the headlines lately you can’t miss the attention on these current and upcoming releases.įirst there was Son of God, the Jesus biography based on the History Channel’s 2013 miniseries. Hollywood has declared 2014 the year of the Bible, with more big Biblical movies and faith-based projects coming out over the next 12 months then what we’ve seen in a long time.
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