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The Daily Article

Why is the Greg Laurie movie “Jesus Revolution” so popular?

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, Daily News, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Jesus Revolution, the movie about a spiritual awakening in California in the early 1970s, is outperforming many Best Picture Oscar nominees at the box office. Why is it striking such a chord with so many millions of people? 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

For more on Jesus Revolution, see our review

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0:00.0

The cultural issues of our day can be like walking through a mind field. Are you ever blindsided by

0:08.5

questions about faith and culture? Maybe you're asking some of those questions yourself. Find answers

0:15.1

in our just released Volume 11 of Biblical Insight to Tough Questions where Dr. Jim Denison addresses 10 tough,

0:23.2

current questions and their biblical responses.

0:26.7

This volume includes subjects like social media usage, gay marriage, and mental health, among

0:32.8

others.

0:34.0

Rest assured, God's eternal unchanging word has the answers, all of them.

0:39.6

Be the light in your world.

0:41.8

Request your copy of Biblical Insight to Tough Questions, Volume 11, today at thedaily

0:48.2

article.org.

0:52.6

Today is Wednesday, March the 22nd, 2023.

0:57.1

Welcome to the Daily Article podcast.

0:59.7

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's article written by Denison Forum, co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

1:07.6

Jesus Revolution, a movie about a spiritual awakening in California in the early 1970s, is nearing

1:14.2

$46 million in ticket sales as of this morning. In doing so, it has matched or surpassed

1:21.3

recent movies like The Fablemans, The Banshees of Inasharan, Tar, Women Talking, and Triangle of Sadness, Combined.

1:32.0

For more on Jesus Revolution, see our review in the episode notes of today's podcast.

1:37.9

Why is the movie striking such a chord with so many millions of people?

1:42.6

Reverend Greg Lorry, a California pastor and central figure in the

1:46.2

movie, writes, quote, we were created to worship, and when you get down to it, every person on

1:53.1

earth does worship. We don't all worship the God of heaven, but we all worship someone or something.

1:59.1

It may be a sports figure, an entertainer, or someone else.

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