Jesus Revolution, a new movie recounting the Jesus movement of the 1970s has become a box office sensation.

The movie made $15.5 million dollars its opening weekend. Now it's nearing the $40 million mark,

and has become a runaway hit with Christian moviegoers.

But is the movie accurate?

And does its focus on megachurch pastor Greg Lorry do justice to this movement that changed

the world?

Welcome to The Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church.

I'm Julie Roy's. And joining me today is David

DeSabbatino, a Christian filmmaker and creator of the Emmy Award-winning documentary, Frisbee,

the life and death of a hippie preacher. If you've watched Jesus Revolution, then you know that

Lonnie Frisbee plays a key role in the movie. That's because Frisbee played a key

role in the Jesus movement. He was the hippie preacher who helped lead thousands to the Lord

and perform mass beach baptisms on the Southern California coast. And he's the young man who

imparted his vision of reaching lost hippies to Pastor Chuck Smith, who then launched the

Calvary Chapel movement.

But there's also a dark side to Frisbee that the movie didn't mention.

According to DeSabotino, Frisbee was living a double life, partying and engaging in gay

relationships at night, and then preaching the next morning.

Plus, DeSabatino says the film's focus on megachurch pastor Greg Lorry is the antithesis of the next morning. Plus, De Sabatino says the film's focus on megachurch pastor Greg

Lorry is the antithesis of the 1970s Jesus movement. The focus of this revival movement was

Jesus, not celebrity preachers. Plus, De Sabatino says some of the facts presented in the film are

just plain wrong. Greg Lorry is lying about how that church started.

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