Usually I can almost reach out and touch Him, but … but right now it’s like … it’s like He’s a million miles away,” to which her ailing grandfather Walter Wesley (Pat Boone) replies, “Honey, you of all people should realize when you’re going through something really hard, the teacher is always quiet during the test.” In both these cases and in many other references, Cronk and his writing team produce a film that appeals primarily to emotionalism. At another point, Wesley conveys her frustrations, complaining how “recently when I’ve been praying, it’s like Jesus isn’t letting me feel His presence.
At one point, Thawley “lets Jesus into her heart” (even though there is plenty of evidence that it is the Holy Spirit via the Word of God who is creating faith in her). Like the first film, “God’s Not Dead 2” has its share of theological expressions that may be familiar to evangelicals.
Journalist and blogger Amy Ryan (Trisha LaFache), who likewise became a Christian in the previous film with the help of the Christian pop band Newsboys, returns to the screen along with the Newsboys. Foreign exchange student Martin Yip (Paul Kwo), who became a Christian in the previous film, is disowned by his atheist father and, with Pastor Dave’s guidance, decides to study to become a pastor. White) is selected for the jury and works through a ripped-from-the-headlines-style subplot about the state issuing subpoenas for his sermons similar to what happened in Houston in 2014. In the shadow of the ensuing court case involving her teacher, Thawley becomes a Christian.Īlongside this plot and the court case, Cronk weaves in characters from the previous film. Although Wesley is a Christian, she hadn’t included Jesus in the lesson plan it was Thawley who brought Jesus into the discussion. The first thing she sees when opening it is that her brother has John 1:12 written in the front cover, “But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” Thawley’s study of the Bible prompts her classroom question. Being raised in an atheist home, she is surprised to discover that her brother owned a Bible which she receives when a kindly volunteer gives it to her after the Salvation Army finished packing up her brother’s worldly possessions. The student asking the question, Brooke Thawley (Hayley Orrantia), is grieving the death of her brother. In answering the question, Wesley quotes the Gospel of Matthew where Jesus says, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:43-45). High-school teacher Grace Wesley (Melissa Joan Hart) becomes embroiled in a First Amendment legal case after receiving a reprimand for addressing a student’s question about the similarities between the pacifist approach to civil protest taught by Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi and Jesus. “God’s Not Dead 2” is the sequel to the 2014 film “God’s Not Dead.” In this installment, director Harold Cronk moves the apologetic arguments from the college lecture hall to the courthouse. White, Ray Wise and Pat Boone run time: 120 min.) Apologetics vs. Onyango, Robin Givens, Trisha LaFache, Paul Kwo, David A.R. (Rated G PG for some thematic elements directed by Harold Cronk stars Melissa Joan Hart, Hayley Orrantia, Jesse Metcalfe, Ernie Hudson, Benjamin A. While “God’s Not Dead 2” deals with a serious topic - the persecution of Christians within the increasingly volatile arena of public discourse - it is not a serious or particularly good film, writes reviewer Ted Giese.
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