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What impact has the Christian faith on #ChristopherNolan, the creator of the #batman #darkknight trilogy, #inception #tenet, #interstella and many more #films. Read the blog at ByFaith.org #film #cinema #christianityandfilm #christiancinema #christianfilm #filmandfaith #entertainmentandfaith #bible #Scripture #PaulBackholer #ByFaith #ByFaithMedia #Prayer #Pray #Savior #ByFaithMedia #byfaith #Christianityandart #faithandart #culture #christianityandculture https://www.instagram.com/p/CVKaefro-ug/?utm_medium=tumblr

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"Maybe a fella ain’t got a soul of his own, but on’y a piece of a big one. Then I’ll be all aroun’ in the dark. I’ll be ever’where — wherever you look. Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there" says Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) to his mother as he goes on the run at the end of The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His words speak about the deep connection between oppressed peoples everywhere as powerfully today as they did when Steinbeck wrote them in 1936. As a Christian they remind me of God's "preferential option for the poor" revealed in liberation theology and of Jesus' words in Matthew 25 that whenever we feed the hungry, or welcome the stranger, we are also feeding and welcoming Him. Tom is right that the souls of the poor are connected, but from a Christian perspective not because they are all simply one - but rather that Christ is present in each of them. So that...wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy....Christ is there. . . . . . . . . . . #tomjoad #grapesofwrath #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #johnsteinbeckquote #henryfonda #darrylzanuck #darrylfzanuck #johnford #soul #christian #christ #jesus #liberationtheology #preferentialoptionforthepoor #filmandtheology #filmandfaith #matthew25 #blm #blacklivesmatter #hungry #oppressed #greatdepression https://www.instagram.com/p/CFjPVjilb6u/?igshid=13vc2acri68js

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Prayer begins and ends Captain Krause's day aboard the USS Greyhound as he leads a convoy of merchant ships across the Atlantic in 1942. Relentlessly attacked by U-Boats it is not prayer that miraculously keeps Krause (Tom Hanks) safe - prayer rarely works like that, and there would have been men equally praying on the ships and German submarines that were sunk - but it is prayer the helps make him who he is - a man of compassion, wisdom, humility and fortitude. Prayer connects us to the Divine, allowing God to work in our lives and share Her/His strength with us. Greyhound is a traditional war film with great visuals and lots of tension. But it also manages not to glorify war or jingoism and is solidly held together by Hanks' powerful display of grace under pressure. I also admire it's depiction of faith and prayer as a quiet but natural element of men's lives. What ever you are going through today I pray you may feel close to God too and that His/Her love may give you strength and peace. Amen. . . . . . . #greyhound #ussgreyhound #greyhoundmovie #greyhoundfilm #tomhanks #ww2 #merchantship #merchantships #convoy #atlanticocean #atlanticconvoys #atlanticconvoy #uboat #germanuboat #submarine #prayer #prayers #faithandfilm #filmandtheology #filmandfaith #faith #divine #God https://www.instagram.com/p/CCgjDfHFBoW/?igshid=3irebs3brdwp