Stacy and I are avid movie watchers. Our small group used to find it humorous how often we would relate a thought from real life to a movie scene. Something inside me can illustrate any sermon point from a good wholesome movie. I’ve even got them catagorized in my head–
On Leadership and Teamwork: Down Periscope, Armageddon, King Arthur and The Star Trek Originals. On Marriage: Cinderella Man, the Incredibles, Fun with Dick and Jane, the Family Man, and Rocky III. On History: Schindler’s List, Good Night and Good Luck, Cinderella Man, Rambo, and Hotel Rwanda. And on God at work in life: A Walk to Remember, A Nativity Story, The Prince of Egypt, Evan Almighty, Chronicles of Narnia. (there are many more, but this list is already too long)
After this past Friday, we’ve added another movies to our definitive favorites list: Fireproof.
What’s funny, is that Stacy and I don’t have much taste for Christian produced movies. We’ve seen the Jesus film, watched numerous local and crusade productions, and reluctantly added the Passion to our collection…but don’t typically find these pictures true enough to life. Fireproof is a HUGE exception, however. We are still thinking of the rich humor, cinematography, and true-to-life depictions in the movie. We’ll be quoting the lines from it back and forth for years to come, and highly recommend that you pick it up on your next opportunity for a seriously rich movie. I’ve included a short clip here, in case you’d like to witness a bit of movie magic. The trailer is also available, and can be viewed by clicking this link, here.
Growing Leaders produced a Mac vs. PC parody a few years ago that still speaks clearly to the relationship between the many “programs” that we utilize in our society. It speaks to the relationship between a event in our lives, and the process that we use to solidify the change that event promotes. This is true in so many areas in our lives…for instance:
We commit to love and cherish our spouse at the wedding ceremony, but the outcome of that commitment is lived out in our daily actions and habits at home.
We commit to change our lives every Sunday during the emotional high of a church service, but the reality of that change only becomes concrete when we adapt our routines to remind us of the decision we’ve made.
Craig Groeschel has put much of the content of his latest book, It, on video. I for one am grateful for leadership training that can be shared in both formats, as it is with another favorite series of mine: Habitudes. Enjoy the same video from Craig below, and check out Lifechurch.tv for more on the resources. Habitudes is available on GrowingLeaders.com.
Lifechurch.tv used this video opener for their series entitled, “How to Be Rich” a few months ago, and I love it. I thought that it was quite appropriate for the opening of tax season. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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