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What Are You Afraid Of?

11/30/2013

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A while back I saw a a movie that caused me to be afraid - really afraid.  Not because it was a horror film that gave me the chills and built tension with each passing scene or that the atmospheric layered story line was told superbly.   No, and it wasn't the fact that it was not a huge Hollywood blockbuster that largely went unnoticed by critics and that it was created with a marginal budget that would put most horror movies to shame.  And it wasn't even the fact that it contained no gore, sex, violence, slashing or mayhem to evoke a sense of gripping, edge of your seat, apprehension.  No, the extremely scary fact about this movie was that it could have and should have been created by a born-again, spirit-filled, washed in the blood -CHRISTIAN!

It amazes me how the mainstream horror industry as a whole has been largely avoided by Christians?  I am so very tired of horror movies that glorify only evil and violence and neglect to show the other, more powerful side of the equation. I mean, as children of the light, do we not have a mandate to expose and show how utterly weak and powerless the forces of evil really are?  Not to say that there is not a strong demonic presence in this world that should be taken lightly.  On the contrary, I am saying that we need to tell this world that there is a very real, very powerful, yet invisible battle for their very souls raging all around them - every day.  If our spiritual eyes were to be opened - for just a few seconds, what transformation would our lives take? 


Can God use the horror genre as a whole for his glory?  Absolutely and positively - if we get involved and stop letting the world give us their definition of what SCARY should be.  


This post of course, is just an introduction.  I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas and even arguments to my point.  


Come on, what are you afraid of?





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Paul
5/2/2014 04:08:54 pm

Scott Derrickson, the writer-director of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" & the upcoming "Deliver Us From Evil" is a Christian. A liberal Christian, but one just the same, and about all he makes is horror films - for mainstream audiences. Also, Brian Godawa, a screenwriter and lecturer has a whole series on how horror is not only a genre that has value and use to Christians, but that God uses significant horror imagery in the Bible (flesh-eating zombies for one). I agree that horror films, if done properly are glorifying to God, not the other way around. Thanks!

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John J. Zelenski
5/2/2014 08:31:35 pm

Paul, I totally agree! Why should the devil have all the good movies? Thanks for the comments - truly appreciate them!

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