Facing the Giants

Facing the Giants is the latest football story to hit movie theatres. It was three years ago that a group of church members from Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia believed that God wanted them to make a movie. They prayed about it and now Facing the Giants is playing at more than 400 movie theatres around the world. The movie is about a high school football coach that encounters an unexpected challenge and this challenge helps him find a purpose bigger than the victories. The coach and the team discover how faith plays out on the field.

I haven't seen the movie yet, but the trailer has sparked an interest to see it soon. It's not often that movies come out that are family friendly. I've read reviews and some of the reviews haven't been encouraging. For example, Christianity Today says: "There are good lessons here about honoring God in everything that we do, the importance of respect and leadership, and the power of prayer. Those are all things viewers could benefit from hearing. Whether they ever will hear them, though, is another matter—when a film is as unintentionally corny as this one, it's anyone's guess as to how many viewers can stomach all the schmaltz for the positive message at the end." Regardless of what the critics are saying, it's a movie our family will go see.

Actually, Facing the Giants is not the only Christian-themed movie releasing this fall. Others include One Night with the King, the story of Esther, The Nativity Story , and Amazing Grace.