American Gospel: Christ Crucified

The 3 HOURS are hard to watch, unless you are a religious philosophy major. I hung in there for the first 30 minutes pretty easy but then they dive into the deep end of the pool. Have your floaty handy!!! You might want to do it 1 hour at a time. Because of the above I would have to invest another 3 hours to really unpack everything and I won't do that. I would rather spend 6 hours actually reading God's word and let the Holy Spirit lead me in what is truth.

This can help Christian's in doubt and the unbeliever because it has so much of the core gospel with much biblical references all through it. This will also separate the true Christian orthodox believer and point to salvation assurance from the smoke screen of end times wind doctrines. My wife said it was helpful she was lost in diciferring if God was angry or truely loving in her life this clarified things and brought her peace and assurance. Documentary gives a thorough Biblical based examination which is much needed.

Eye-opening, thought-provoking treatise into many controversial subjects whose ponderance is long overdue in cinematic form. Theologians of all stripes (Christians and atheists) provide necessary context to the debate. Well worth the $5 rental from Vimeo.

Loved the first doc they made, enjoyed this even more. There is some real meat and potatoes theology here, contrasted with dissenters of orthodox Christianity who express themselves in their own words. I appreciated the participation of the people who while disagreeing, seemed to engage in good faith. I grant that the run time is daunting, but I was very involved throughout the film. Highly recommend.

This is created with the purpose of swaying people to Substitutionary Atonement which is what the producers believe. I follow a Christus Victor view as it lines up with many parts of the Bible and gives me a more logical and beautiful view of God, but I can understand people having other views. What I don't like is demonizing other views by stating that the Bible is CLEARLY stating x when the Bible supports multiple viewpoints depending on the verses chosen. They also choose some of the more progressive edges to create the greatest contrast and make it clear that they are following the RIGHT path. Even some of the ways they cut the scenes allows them to distort the message of the speaker. Unfortunately this is the case for many trying to make a point, be it global warming, veganism, capitalism, or in this case, substitutionary atonement. One of the pro substitutionary atonement speakers states that the progressives make the mistake of being so certain that their thinking is right, immediately followed by their camp stating that what they believe is clearly right. Less hypocrisy and more humility would do every follower of Christ a bit of good.