“Son of God” the movie opens Friday in theaters everywhere.
Frankly, given the pagan state of our culture, that statement might seem like a fantasy. It is true.
This is the first big “Bible movie” since “Passion of the Christ,” and the first that tells the entire life of Jesus since “Greatest Story Ever Told,” which was about 50 years ago.
This movie is a big deal – about a big deal (God coming to live with sinful humans). Unless you are a determined grump, a visit to the movie’s official website will likely get you off the couch and into the theater. You also can download lots of really neat, free stuff.
“Son of God” is a gift to the church and society from the husband-wife team of Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”) and Mark Burnett (all sorts of reality television shows). They produced the recent “The Bible” television mini-series that garnered 100 million viewers.
The movie has the endorsement of a long list of Catholic bishops, evangelical mega-church pastors and protestant leaders. But don’t see it because you “ought to support wholesome, Christian movies.” See it because it is great cinema. And it won’t be hard to find; it is distributed by Twentieth Century Fox and will open in more than 3,000 theaters nationwide.
In a sense, telling the story of Christ in a couple hours is a fool’s errand. But that makes us all fools because we usually have much less time than that to touch others with His message.
“Son of God” will give folks a strong taste of Jesus. I pray that many will come back for the whole meal.
Can’t wait to see it