“Jesus Revolution,” a movie from the Irwin Brothers that released on Friday, defied film critics’ reviews over the weekend, taking the #3 spot at the box office despite showing on less than 2,500 screens.
“Jesus Revolution” is the story of the birth of the “Jesus People” movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It stars Kelsey Grammar (Frasier) as Pastor Chuck Smith, who started Calvary Chapel in Southern California and was encouraged to invite hippies into his struggling church. Hesitant at first to do so, Smith is quoted in the film as saying: “When God walks in here and brings me a hippie, I’ll ask him what it’s all about – because I do not understand.”
The hippie-street-preacher God brought into Smith’s life was Lonnie Frisbee (played by Jonathan Roumie [The Chosen]) – and their relationship launched the unexpected revival that exploded into what TIME Magazine dubbed a “Jesus Revolution” in its June 21, 1971 cover story.
The film also chronicles the coming-of-age salvation story of a young Greg Laurie (played by Joel Courtney), who was led to the Lord at Calvary Chapel. Laurie is now a popular evangelist and senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California – one of the largest churches in the U.S.
On Friday, American Family Association president Tim Wildmon shared that he had viewed a preview of the film. “This was the best Christian movie I’ve ever seen – and I’m not easily impressed by Christian movies,” he shared.
Ray Pritchard – Wildmon’s co-host – agreed, arguing that the movie could not have come at a better time.
“I think the scheduling of this movie is clearly providential, in the hands of God, considering what has been happening up at Asbury and the talk of revival,” Pritchard stated. “Guys, God’s up to something – and we haven’t seen the end of it yet.”
In fact, that was one of the prayers of director Jon Erwin, who stated: “If a Jesus revolution happened before, it can happen again. Why can’t the next Jesus revolution begin right now?”
CinemaScore gave “Jesus Revolution” a rare A+ grade from filmgoers after seeing the movie. Last year only two films received that high a rating: “Top Gun: Maverick” and “The Woman King.”
“Why can’t the next Jesus revolution begin right now?”
This would be a good thing, if it were truly a Jesus revolution and not a political stunt or just a con to make money.
There are so many so called churches out their that have little or nothing to do with God, God’s Word or God’s Love.
Just because they call themselves a church, doesn’t mean they are a Church of God, that teaches the Word of God and to know, love and follow Jesus Christ.
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
The other option is to go to Washington and listen to Hunter Biden’s Sermon on how to mount, where blessed are the indoctrinated Geeks who inherit the earth wherever secular Democrats rule,,,,,about 6 ft in an Arkansas Dirt bath,,, and their idea of a beatitude is a bearded lady who hates being a man, and loves dressng up as a girl, or a woman who dreams of being G.I. Joe Biden whose bicepts look more like pea shooters than a masculine man’s strong guns. or taking their Drug Lord’s name in vein is an act of injecting your arm with their feel good stuff.