Ashley Frost
In the past two years, two films have come out entitled God's Not Dead and God's Not Dead 2. These two films are aimed at Christian audiences, and tell the story of Christians who are made fun of or challenged in their faith, and are ultimately the "winners" and prove that God's not dead. I read a blog post recently (link at the bottom of this post) that discusses these movies and the "theology of war"; that is the war that Christians are at with non-believers. The author of this blog argues that the way that these films portray Christianity is not at all the way in which we (Christians) should go about spreading the Gospel. "If the only things I knew about atheism and Christianity were what this movie taught me, I would think that all atheists are evil, arrogant, scheming snakes whose entire purpose in life is to seek out and crush any possible hint of Christianity in the world". The obviously biased films give them impression that Christians are helpless and are attacked by evil atheists, which honestly is just not true (most of the time). And as Christians, is this the way that we are going to spread the Gospel? Do these movies give the message of love? Or do they give the message that it's Christians vs. the world? In a sense that is true, in that as Christians we are called to not be of this world, and to pursue Heaven and be Christ-like. But it does not mean that we must have an "us versus them" mentality. I think that if Christianity is going to be blatantly in the media, we as believers need to be aware of the messages that we are sending and how that affects those receiving the message.
https://firingatwill.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/gods-not-dead-2-and-the-theology-of-war/
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