A Great Awakening: Worth Watching!

Christian entertainment can miss the mark when it polishes away the hard edges of life. We’re picky about that, and we say it out loud. Then we found a film that surprised us enough to stop everything and recommend it: A Great Awakening, a historical drama built around the unlikely friendship between George Whitfield and Benjamin Franklin.

What grabbed us is how the movie stays family friendly without sugarcoating reality. It traces Whitfield’s growth in faith, the influence of the Wesley brothers, and the sharp difference between trying to earn your way to God through works versus receiving grace. It also tackles a question that still divides people today: are faith and reason enemies? The story argues they don’t have to be. Franklin’s reason and Whitfield’s conviction collide, but the film makes room for honest tension, long conversations, and the slow work of persuasion.

We also connect the idea of “awakening” to our current moment. An awakening means you were asleep, and recent years have exposed where many of us were sleepwalking, in church life and beyond. The biggest takeaway is personal and practical: you never know what seed you’re planting when you speak for Christ, and you can’t predict how far that influence can travel through a friend, a community, or even a nation.

Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/H4-rMC88ylQ?si=OP7cuIkaS8YwaJo5

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