God Is Not On Recess
A thoughtful and well-executed look at the challenge of childhood hunger. The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. Boredom and depression are far from merely childish demons, not least because an adult has to battle them for so much longer. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume. Like, when is she going to get her period? What bra should she buy? Blume turned millions of pre-teens into readers.
She did it by asking the right questions—and avoiding pat, easy answers.
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One Good Deed, by Terri Fields. But Anh finds something else to do with his Anger: This offbeat story makes the potentially cerebral topic of dealing appropriately with anger simple and delightfully visual. One night, Ilyas wonders about the location of Allah and after discussing this with his good pal Duck, they concoct some ideas of where they might find Him. And through them we believe Allah to be true. As he confronts his fear of being ridiculed for his 'lopsided' looks, complaining to his best friend Mr. Mouse, he runs into Vyasa, the poet. And , verses later The Mahabharata was finished and the broken tusk that Ganesha once tried to toss away now had value and his looks were much less important.
The Boy and the Ocean, by Max Lucado.
God's love is special. While the story communicates the spiritual benefits of parents exposing children to the natural world and sharing their beliefs about God, the artwork brings the message home. What is God, by Etan Boritzer. Boritzer starts off well, explaining some of the historical concepts of God, what the word religion means and how different religious groups worship. The race, ethnicity and age of the girl change from page to page.
The girl-child God uses all manner of paint, song, glitter, colors, darkness, light and clay among her creative tools. Some were the color of deep, dark dirt; some looked like the pale sand on the beach. Some were boys and some were girls.
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Some were taller; some were shorter. Some were thin; some were round. And God thought they all looked just right! Her father attempts to convince her that sharing whatever apples grow would be considered an act of charity. When apples finally grow on her tree, however, she becomes reluctant to share them with others. Ultimately, it comes down to the third and final debate between Radisson and Josh, who again both make compelling points. Josh then halts his line of debate to pose a question to Radisson: Josh then casually asks Radisson how he can hate someone that does not exist. In the end, Martin Paul Kwo , a student from China whose father had forbidden him from even talking about God to avoid jeopardizing Martin's brother's chance at overseas study, stands up and says, "God's not dead.
Radisson dates Mina, an evangelical whom he belittles in front of his fellow atheist colleagues.
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Her brother Mark Dean Cain , a successful businessman and atheist, refuses to visit their mother, who suffers from dementia. Mark's girlfriend Amy is a left-wing blogger who writes articles critical of Duck Dynasty. When she is diagnosed with cancer, Mark dumps her. A Muslim student named Ayisha Hadeel Sittu secretly converts to Christianity and is disowned by her infuriated father when he finds out.
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After the final debate, Josh invites Martin to attend a concert by Christian pop rock group the Newsboys. Radisson reads a letter from his late mother, and is moved to reconcile with Mina. Amy confronts the Newsboys in their dressing room, only to ask them to help guide her in converting to Christianity. While on his way to find Mina, Radisson is struck by a car and fatally injured. Reverend Dave, who is waiting at the intersection, tends to Radisson and helps him become a Christian as he dies.
The film's main characters all convene at the Newsboys concert, where they play a video clip of Willie Robertson congratulating Josh. He was speaking about a young girl who was asked to do some things that went against her faith and got in trouble for not doing them.
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That story put my jaw on the floor and made me think about how many students go to college as a Christian and how few stay a Christian after they finish their four years. It was that story that inspired me to set the movie on a college campus. The film soundtrack was released on March 3, , by Inpop Records. The film became a surprise success at the box office. Writing for The A. It's an uninspired amble past a variety of Christian-email-forward bogeymen that feels far too long at just minutes".
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On the other hand, the young Earth creationist apologetics ministry, Answers in Genesis , would not endorse the film because of the promotion of several elements which they deemed to be "unbiblical". Evangelical Michael Gerson , however, was highly critical of the film and its message, writing "The main problem with God's Not Dead is not its cosmology or ethics but its anthropology.
It assumes that human beings are made out of cardboard.
Academics are arrogant and cruel. Liberal bloggers are preening and snarky.
Unbelievers disbelieve because of personal demons. It is characterization by caricature. But even faith-filled moviegoers will sense the claustrophobia of the echo chamber within which this largely unrealistic picture unfolds. Pure Flix Entertainment produced a sequel, God's Not Dead 2 , [27] with a release date of April 1, , [28] [29] several days after Easter. A Light in Darkness , was released on March 30, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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