A great idea for a film in which the Apostle Paul is somehow mysteriously taken from first century Rome and placed in the 21st century American northwest area of Eugene, Oregon. It started off as a really good movie for about 30-45 minutes complete with realistic Greek as well as Hebrew speaking with English subtitles. As the movie progressed it went on many rabbit trails and became unclear as to its plot. Who was the main character? Paul or Tim? Why all the unnecessary scenes about dating the reporter? Interpretive dance? Villains plotting, then no resolution? It tried to create a movie about Paul, a movie about Tim and his romance, and a side-scene about some villains that oppose Paul. It was a good idea, but got lost in itself somewhere along the way. The editors could have easily cut about 30-40 minutes to focus on the main character to really create something good, but instead we got a lot of scenes of church people that wanted to be in a movie.
Theologically, the movie was highly questionable which was the greatest disappointment. It was more of a cool Neo-Evangelical take on how the Apostle Paul should act as well as how the church in general is messed up.
In the movie Paul works illegally at a wine vineyard that is used to create wine? Paul is non-judgmental in one scene toward Tim's room-mate that is about to fornicate, in which he basically says only God can judge and later apologizes to him. They end by going into his room to play video games. We get the impression that Paul was a weakling when it came to moral issues. Paul also meets with various pagan religious leaders to learn about them, but never to challenge them with the gospel as that would be judgmental. Hardly anything like Paul from the scriptures. There is a jail scene where Paul is falsely imprisoned and the jailer confesses his personal sin to him, but is utterly lacking of any gospel presentation. (Would have been a perfect time for it.) Also, Tim's room-mate somehow comes to Christ, but we don't know how it happened. We see him Baptized, but that is about it. Paul does a miracle, but no gospel is mentioned at all. After the miracle he gets his own TV show by weakly giving into a producer who compels him to sign an agreement, but we don't know anything about what he says or does on the show. Paul was a real jelly-spine when the world pressured him apparently.
Finally, Paul's main reason for coming to the future is to somehow create an ecumenical alliance of various groups in Eugene Oregon, while condemning their divisions. This is the ultimate Neo-Evangelical fantasy -- to bring everyone together for a huge kumbaya session while utterly disregarding any kind of doctrine. This is the complete opposite of anything that Paul taught in the Bible. Paul comes off as an impotent old man that never judges, never shares the gospel, is cool, and promotes some kind of silly unbiblical ecumenical unity. Biblically, this movie is highly questionable.
As I watched I thought it would be an interesting take to have Paul come to the future to create an ecumenical alliance quickly in order to prepare a one-world-church for the Anti-Christ. Would have made a good thriller! But, alas I got a cool Neo-Evangelical Paul instead. Oh well, it was free. Thank you Encourage TV on Youtube.
Theologically, the movie was highly questionable which was the greatest disappointment. It was more of a cool Neo-Evangelical take on how the Apostle Paul should act as well as how the church in general is messed up.
In the movie Paul works illegally at a wine vineyard that is used to create wine? Paul is non-judgmental in one scene toward Tim's room-mate that is about to fornicate, in which he basically says only God can judge and later apologizes to him. They end by going into his room to play video games. We get the impression that Paul was a weakling when it came to moral issues. Paul also meets with various pagan religious leaders to learn about them, but never to challenge them with the gospel as that would be judgmental. Hardly anything like Paul from the scriptures. There is a jail scene where Paul is falsely imprisoned and the jailer confesses his personal sin to him, but is utterly lacking of any gospel presentation. (Would have been a perfect time for it.) Also, Tim's room-mate somehow comes to Christ, but we don't know how it happened. We see him Baptized, but that is about it. Paul does a miracle, but no gospel is mentioned at all. After the miracle he gets his own TV show by weakly giving into a producer who compels him to sign an agreement, but we don't know anything about what he says or does on the show. Paul was a real jelly-spine when the world pressured him apparently.
Finally, Paul's main reason for coming to the future is to somehow create an ecumenical alliance of various groups in Eugene Oregon, while condemning their divisions. This is the ultimate Neo-Evangelical fantasy -- to bring everyone together for a huge kumbaya session while utterly disregarding any kind of doctrine. This is the complete opposite of anything that Paul taught in the Bible. Paul comes off as an impotent old man that never judges, never shares the gospel, is cool, and promotes some kind of silly unbiblical ecumenical unity. Biblically, this movie is highly questionable.
As I watched I thought it would be an interesting take to have Paul come to the future to create an ecumenical alliance quickly in order to prepare a one-world-church for the Anti-Christ. Would have made a good thriller! But, alas I got a cool Neo-Evangelical Paul instead. Oh well, it was free. Thank you Encourage TV on Youtube.