Comments on: But Now I See

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:40:02 +0000

We saw it as well. Nothing particularly insightful to add. Certainly inspiring, but Wilberforce’s faith (as well as that of Newton) did not taste robust. It was obvious that the actors had little experiential reality in that regard. But, that was to be expected. The “Christian” dialogue seemed somewhat trite at times.

By: proverbs31

proverbs31 — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:46:07 +0000

“Rather than being outright attacked, we are being lulled to sleep. Rather than facing direct persecution, we are forgetting discipline. All the while, our grasp of the truly miraculous, truly life-changing message of the Gospel is being lost in the fog of a life of ease.” - Great little piece of writing there.

So I take it you didn’t like One Night With A King, huh? Ah, well, it was a chick flick to the core that happened to be about a bible story. (Yeah, I liked it.) :)

I haven’t seen this one, haven’t heard of it. But I am interested in it now. I enjoyed Luther a lot, so maybe this one too. Thanks!

By: Brent Jeffrey Thomas

Brent Jeffrey Thomas — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:45:55 +0000

I haven’t seen the movie, Pastor, but your post was inspiring.

By: GUNNY HARTMAN

GUNNY HARTMAN — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:39:41 +0000

We had a church outing to see it on Saturday and it was enjoyable.

Yeah, far too much cleavage. What’s up with such tomfoolery?

I’m a slacker so I’m probably the only blogging pastor who didn’t comment on it, so I’ll send folks to your place instead.

It was good, not earthshaking or greatness, but I’m glad I went and I found myself convicted and inspired along the way.

In some respects it was a movie about abolition as Remember the Titans is about football.

Could Wilberforce been obsessed with getting the hated designated hitter removed from the game of baseball and had the same effect?

Perhaps not, but I did find it more about him and his dedication at times than about the evils of slavery. That may be an overstatement, and I hope not, but a few scences could have really got our ire up.

I’m not talking about sensationalizing the thing, but even the scene where the one evildoer wanted to wager his coachman was stirring and I could have used more of that so we would feel his pain/passion just a wee bit more.

Good slooge, brother.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:18:21 +0000

I enjoyed the movie last night. My review is posted here