Last night a bunch of my friends and I went to see the movie "Amazing Grace". It is a powerful story about William Wilberforce who abolished the slave trade in England during the 1750's. Initially going into the movie I had forgotten that Wilberforce is not the man who wrote the song "Amazing grace", therefore I was terribly confused for a good portion of the movie, but not at all detached from the story.
The character of Wilberforce is filled with integrity and courage....faith and love. He was a man who experienced many trials and let downs; yet persevered by the strength of God. The movie starts out showing a broken and sick man, worn down from his seemingly impossible work. And later displays a man of great victory! Not just outwardly but in his character as well.
It is so refreshing whenever a good Christian film is made. Too often, most Christian movies are either cheesy (due to a lack of budget), unserious or made with terrible actors. Thankfully this is not the case. It turns out that Wilberforce was friends with John Newton (the true writer of amazing grace) who helped thrust him into fighting the slave trade. There is an especially powerful scene towards the end when Newton is an old blind man and says, "Two things do I remember clearly; I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior!"
I highly recommend this movie to all who would go see it!
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Yay for good movies with good budgets! That's why most Christian movies etc aren't so fantastic - lack of funds. I hope to go see this movie soon^^
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