“Unplanned” continues to surprise with $3.2 million Top Ten second week
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“Unfazed by a Twitter ban, abortion-themed biopic remains the highest grossing indie film in wide release after expanding to 1,500 screens in second week” - RNS
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Unfazed by a Twitter ban, abortion-themed biopic remains the highest grossing indie film in wide release after expanding to 1,500 screens in second week” - RNS
“God’s mercy is referenced during the film, but in a vague, theologically accommodating manner that a Bible-believing Christian will find the need to expand on in significant ways. With that said, Abby’s story leads into the gospel so well, with questions about forgiveness and the basis for forgiveness, even to the repentant director of a clinic who was complicit in more than 22,000 abortions.” - Greg Linscott
“Despite intense media opposition, an “R” rating from the MPAA, and big tech censorship, pro-life film “Unplanned” is wildly outperforming expectations at the box office.” - Daily Wire
“The story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life advocate, is powerfully portrayed in the upcoming film “Unplanned,” a story birthed by thousands of hours of fervent prayer.” - Christian Post
“The show is going to be a combination of scripted television interspersed with interviews from major scholars and members of Christianity.
“Erwin, his brother Andy and their production partner Kevin Downes have formed a new filmmaking company, Kingdom, which will bring multiple filmmakers together to create a ‘pipeline of event movies’ that proclaim a biblical message and “serve the church,’ Erwin told Baptist Press.” - BPNews
“’Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ is definitely not an ‘everything you ever wanted to know about Fred Rogers’ indulgence.” - CV&V
“Unfortunately this adaptation of a beloved book did not escape the butchery of Hollywood secularism.” American Conservative
This article first appeared at Proclaim & Defend, the blog of the Foundations Baptist Fellowship International. It is republished here with permission.
“[W]hile The Shack may raise good questions, its answers (and its heresies) will make it just another downhill push for those on the slippery slopes of creating a free-form God out of loose-gripped truths and personal experiences.” WORLD
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