Faith
A Shocking Tragedy Sparks a Powerful Journey Toward Faith and Forgiveness
Filmmaker Bill McAdams Jr. has transformed his personal journey of grief into a cinematic testament of grace in his new film, "God’s Here." The story follows a Texas firefighter struggling with the loss of his family to a tragic accident, reflecting McAdams’ own experience losing his brother.
The film explores the profound challenge of extending mercy to those who cause us pain, modeled after the director’s own mother. She famously forgave the driver responsible for her son’s death just days after the tragedy occurred.
Faith Facts
- The film features Kevin Sorbo and was inspired by the real-life death of the director’s brother in 2012.
- McAdams highlights a Christian worldview that avoids "sugarcoating" the difficult realities of loss and mental health.
- The production led to the director meeting his wife, Sarah, illustrating how God brings beauty from ashes.
McAdams emphasizes that healing only comes through the intentional surrender of anger to Christ.
He maintains that while grief never fully disappears, believers must trust that God has a sovereign plan for every trial.
"You have to understand that He does have a plan. Bring that pain to God."
By immersing himself in Scripture and daily prayer, the filmmaker found the peace his characters seek on screen.
He hopes audiences realize that through Christ, it is possible to move from the depths of despair to a life filled with joy.
Sarah Mullally’s entry as the Archbishop of Canterbury signals a shift toward a ministry defined by compassion and a nurturing spirit.
Drawing from her background as a nurse, she seeks to lead the Church through a focus on kindness and the healing love of God.
Faith Facts
- Mullally views her vocational background in nursing as the foundational training for her current role in Christian leadership.
- Her theology centers on the parable of the Good Samaritan, emphasizing that love for God must overflow into active care for neighbors.
- She believes local churches must serve as primary models of compassion, treating kindness as a demanding and costly virtue rather than a weak one.
Mullally often reflects on the biblical requirement to be moved by the suffering of others just as Christ was stirred to action.
Faith Facts
- Christ Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus, showing that sorrow is a holy and expected response to death.
- The promise of God wiping away all tears in Revelation 21:4 refers to the eternal kingdom, not necessarily our current life.
- Believers are called to grieve with hope, yet this hope does not negate the need for time to mourn.
True Christian fellowship requires standing with the brokenhearted rather than rushing them toward a forced sense of victory. While believers hold a blessed hope in Christ, the Bible never suggests that our earthly journey will be free from deep sorrow and lamentation.
We must reject a sanitized version of faith that views grief as a lack of spiritual maturity or an embarrassment to the Gospel. Scriptural victory involves the presence of God in our pain, not the absence of the pain itself.
The Church should be the primary sanctuary where the hurting feel safe to express their loss without judgment or pressure to move on. By listening and crying with those in need, we reflect the heart of a Savior who is near to the brokenhearted.
May we cultivate a biblical worldview that honors the sanctity of life and the reality of loss until we reach our eternal home.
A powerful move of the Holy Spirit is sweeping through college campuses as students embrace repentance and the Gospel.
Author Jennie Allen recently witnessed an undeniable outpouring at Southeastern University in Florida, where hours of worship and public confession transformed the student body.
Faith Facts
- More than two-thirds of the room at Southeastern University committed to vocational ministry or mission work after the call to repentance.
- Students confessed struggles including suicidal ideation, addiction, and anxiety as they sought healing in Christ.
- Jennie Allen said she has baptized hundreds of students over the last two years as Gen Z turns to biblical truth.
During a time of deep confession, one student cried out about a past struggle with abortion, sparking a chain reaction of vulnerability and healing.
This moment of truth led hundreds of students to surrender their lives to vocational ministry and mission work for the Kingdom.
“They want God. This is not complicated for them. They feel hopeless and helpless, and when they hear that the God of the universe loves them and knows their name, they’re in.”
Many young people are finding that the empty promises of the secular world lead only to desperation and a crisis of identity.
By naming their sins and the lies of the enemy out loud, these students are finding the freedom and grace only possible through Jesus Christ.
This generation is proving that when the Church stands firm on the Truth, the Holy Spirit moves to restore the brokenhearted and reclaim the culture.
Let us pray that this fire of revival continues to spread until every campus in America is touched by the glory of God.
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