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Now the late 2010s, an aging Reverend Dave faces cultural and social backlash, including having his church burned down during a protest, and he is antagonized by atheists, leftists, liberal ... Read allNow the late 2010s, an aging Reverend Dave faces cultural and social backlash, including having his church burned down during a protest, and he is antagonized by atheists, leftists, liberal college students, the school board, and rioters.Now the late 2010s, an aging Reverend Dave faces cultural and social backlash, including having his church burned down during a protest, and he is antagonized by atheists, leftists, liberal college students, the school board, and rioters.
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- TriviaDavid A. R. White who plays Rev. David Hill has been in all three movies.
- GoofsAdam is released from jail after Pastor Dave declines to press charges against him for starting the fire at the church, but Adam's action still resulted in Pastor Jude's death. Any prosecutor would still put Adam on trial for manslaughter, even if Jude's family wished otherwise.
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Pearce Hill: And *that's* the truth, David!
- Crazy creditsThere is a post-credits scene featuring one of the Newsboys talking about the franchise's impact and how to further join the legacy.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of God's Not Dead: We the People (2021)
- SoundtracksYours Forever
Written by Scotty Mearig
Performed by New Hope Oahu
Published by DREAM Label Group Publishing/New Hope Oahu Music
Courtesy of DREAM Worship
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The best of the three.
And coming from an atheist, that's saying something.
The first "God's Not Dead" was a two sided ego match between the good Christian student and his evil atheist strawman of a professor. It wasn't deep, it was actually rather hateful against anybody who was non-Christian. But like most Christian movies it wasn't made with the intention to change hearts or minds but instead to preach to the already converted.
It also made a lot of money so damn right they'd make a sequel.
And in some ways the sequel was even worse because it focused around a total non-issue. A history professor mentions Jesus in class and for this she's sanctioned, put on leave and needs to go to court to defend her rights. Meanwhile the evil ACLU, who have actually defended the rights of Christians to pray in the real world, are portrayed as hating Christianity for no good reason. I mean they cast Ray Wise as the lead prosecutor and had him play it as demonically as possible. I'm not kidding. They really wanted to make it seem like he was the actual devil.
It also made a lot of money so of course they'd made a sequel.
But somewhere between the making of the second and the third something changed. We actually got a real movie with a message but one that didn't paint atheists as being the bad guys. In fact Reverend Dave, played by David A.R. White, is seen as being a much more understanding and caring individual than he has in the previous movies.
The end result is a surprisingly decent movie with a Christian message. What was even more surprising was how so many Christians seemingly didn't go see this movie for whatever reasons they had, Maybe this only goes to show that they're not interested in a movie that changes hearts and minds but only repeats to them what they already have in their own minds.
And quite honestly, I think that's really sad.
The first "God's Not Dead" was a two sided ego match between the good Christian student and his evil atheist strawman of a professor. It wasn't deep, it was actually rather hateful against anybody who was non-Christian. But like most Christian movies it wasn't made with the intention to change hearts or minds but instead to preach to the already converted.
It also made a lot of money so damn right they'd make a sequel.
And in some ways the sequel was even worse because it focused around a total non-issue. A history professor mentions Jesus in class and for this she's sanctioned, put on leave and needs to go to court to defend her rights. Meanwhile the evil ACLU, who have actually defended the rights of Christians to pray in the real world, are portrayed as hating Christianity for no good reason. I mean they cast Ray Wise as the lead prosecutor and had him play it as demonically as possible. I'm not kidding. They really wanted to make it seem like he was the actual devil.
It also made a lot of money so of course they'd made a sequel.
But somewhere between the making of the second and the third something changed. We actually got a real movie with a message but one that didn't paint atheists as being the bad guys. In fact Reverend Dave, played by David A.R. White, is seen as being a much more understanding and caring individual than he has in the previous movies.
The end result is a surprisingly decent movie with a Christian message. What was even more surprising was how so many Christians seemingly didn't go see this movie for whatever reasons they had, Maybe this only goes to show that they're not interested in a movie that changes hearts and minds but only repeats to them what they already have in their own minds.
And quite honestly, I think that's really sad.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $5,728,940
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,689,677
- Apr 1, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $7,414,178
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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By what name was God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018) officially released in India in English?
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