“The Reliant,” a conservative Christian movie challenging Christians and non-Christians on guns, violence, forgiveness and salvation
By Julio Severo
Economic collapse causes widespread
rioting and social unrest, leaving a lovesick 19-year-old girl struggling to
care for her siblings in a stretch of woods bordered by lawless anarchy,
wondering why a good God would let this happen. This is the environment of “The
Reliant,” a conservative Christian movie challenging Christians and non-Christians
on guns, violence, forgiveness and salvation.
When my wife and I watched the preview of “The
Reliant,” by courtesy of its producer, Patrick Johnston, we expected everything
from this Christian movie, except guns and violence.
Yet, the abundance of guns and violence in
the movie has in no way overshadowed conservative Christian principles,
especially forgiveness and salvation.
“The Reliant” portrays a world in collapse
where guns are tools of violence in the hands of people of violence and where
guns have a mixed reception among Christians, with some refusing having
anything to do with them, with some using them in a wrong way and with others
understanding that they have usefulness and importance in a decayed world.
“The Reliant” is a Christian action movie with
a powerful conservative and evangelistic message impacting how unbelievers use
guns without Christ and how Christians apply the lordship of Christ when using
or not using guns. It was written and produced by the pro-family, pro-life, family
practice physician and author Dr. Patrick Johnston.
“The Reliant” will be in over 750 theaters
across the United States on October 24, and will be available on DVD and VOD on
December 3. Its stars include Kevin Sorbo, Brian Bosworth, Nicole C. Mullen and
the Benham Brothers. It has received 13 First Place awards at secular and faith-based
festivals.
The
film has received negative coverage from the left-wing press because of its
defense of the right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution
— which makes the film very timely considering that socialists defend gun
control. Kevin Sorbo, a famous Hollywood star, is an outspoken conservative,
anti-socialist evangelical Christian.
Socialists always seek to disarm innocent
populations while keeping all the guns in the hands of a cruel socialist elite.
The result is that an armed elite can do whatever it wants to, including killing,
an unarmed population.
Any government taking the God-given rights
we have to defend ourselves, our families and our properties is a government usurping
rights God has never given to it. “The Reliant” serves as an undeniable warning
that the gun control politics of socialism are a threat to Christians and non-Christians,
that people without Christ can do great violence with or without guns and that
Christians should understand that guns are necessary tools for defense, not
violence.
“The Reliant” leads you to several
challenging questions:
* What do you do when armed violence hits all
society and you are an anti-gun Christian?
* What do you do when armed violence hits your
family and you are a Christian? Do you answer with unarmed or armed defense?
* What do you do when armed non-Christian people
kill your family? Do you answer with vengeance or forgiveness?
* What happens if a murderer repents and
accepts Jesus Christ as his Savior? Is there hope for him?
“The Reliant” answers these and many other
hard questions.
So are you going to lose the opportunity
to see such questions answered in “The Reliant”?
To watch the trailer and purchase tickets
in the U.S., visit: www.TheReliantMovie.com
Portuguese version of this article: “The
Reliant,” um filme cristão conservador que desafia cristãos e não-cristãos
sobre armas, violência, perdão e salvação
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