Kingdom of Heaven
Friday afternoon I went to see the “Kingdom Of Heaven” with Connie after she got out of work. I have been somewhat looking forward to the movie for a couple of month’s. I wondered how the crusades would be portrayed through the eyes of the director.
I walked away not sure what to think or feel.
The main character (Orlando Bloom), who becomes a knight through his dying father’s blessing, is racked with guilt over the suicide death of his wife who took her own life after the death of their infant baby. This guy, who is looking for forgiveness for himself and his wife, is finding no comfort or hope from those who are leaders of the Church, so he travels to the very hill that Christ was crucified on and determines that God has abandoned him. In this hopelessness he simply seeks to live out his days serving the king to which he was pledged.
One thing that turned my heart was that so many people throughout this movie are dressed in the Christian garb, going to the Christian events, and are so far from the Jesus they claim to be acting on behalf of.
Has anything changed in the last 900 years? Am I the same way?
I walked away not sure what to think or feel.
The main character (Orlando Bloom), who becomes a knight through his dying father’s blessing, is racked with guilt over the suicide death of his wife who took her own life after the death of their infant baby. This guy, who is looking for forgiveness for himself and his wife, is finding no comfort or hope from those who are leaders of the Church, so he travels to the very hill that Christ was crucified on and determines that God has abandoned him. In this hopelessness he simply seeks to live out his days serving the king to which he was pledged.
One thing that turned my heart was that so many people throughout this movie are dressed in the Christian garb, going to the Christian events, and are so far from the Jesus they claim to be acting on behalf of.
Has anything changed in the last 900 years? Am I the same way?
posted by C.M. Coon at Monday, May 16, 2005
1 Comments:
Hey I think that there are alot of people in this world that do wear those shirts and accessories thinking that if they wear it people will think that they are christians. Or maybe they are thinking by wearing it they are christian, i'm not sure. i think that alot of people are like this. i know that when i wear things that have a message of God on them, i think twice about things. I would say not much has really changed. I don't know that's just my opinion.
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