Lord, Save Me from your Followers

Because we have Netflix, we have a seemingly endless supply of documentaries. I absolutely love them and watch them often. I 'liked' the movie Lord, Save Me From Your Followers without really knowing what it was about. It was one of those vulnerable times on Facebook where you like anything that might be funny or catchy. It turns out that Dan Merchant (the director of the flick) is a marketing genius by trade and I learned a lot more about his movie. Finally I found it on Netflix and watched it over the weekend.

The movie is about how American Christians are generally not very Christ-like. Now, to be fair, none of us can be too Christ-like because Christ is perfect and we aren't. But American Christians have a reputation for being jerks....seriously. There are a lot of Christians around here that ostracize others, put people down, tell people they're going to hell, etc. A lot of Christians focus on the money, not on living in a Christ-like manner. While that is human nature, people really need to get it together and BE NICE to others. Not because we want people to come to church, but rather because that's what God wants us to do.

Overall I find this a good movie. I think it is inspirational and entertaining. It is funny and has all sorts of interesting statistics. You see some hostility from people that aren't Christian, but generally the people interviewed are willing to participate and are kind (even if they aren't Christian - gasp!) I think it would be a good movie for a youth group to watch.

Legion - movie review

David really wanted to see this movie, and I'm up for anything, so we watched it last night. I don't care for religious-based movies, but I liked this one. The budget for it was tiny, no big actors or great special effects, but the movie had a good plot. The premise is that God gets tired of humans acting naughty and sinful, so he sends angels to kill off the humans. And, for the record, human-killing angels are mean and scary!

This movie could have been so much more with a better budget. Some of the writing was a bit silly and the acting wasn't great. But really, folks, let's face it, you watch those movies for the scare factor and blood, not for the supreme acting anyhow.

3 1/2 stars.