You wait for years for a mainstream Christian film then two come along at once.
The Christmas Candle has its premiere on Sunday 8th December in a number of Vue cinemas. Â Find out your nearest cinema here and take a crowd!
The publishers say:
The Christmas Candle is a timeless and inspirational story based on the novel by bestselling author, Max Lucado. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happens in the small village of Gladbury — except at Christmas. Legend has it that every twenty-five years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights the Christmas Candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve.Â
The film features Susan Boyle and stars Hans Matheson, Samantha Barks, Lesley Manville and Sylvester McCoy.
Black Nativity premiered in London on Thursday. Â Its official trailer is here and it is in cinemas from Friday 6th December. Â Here are ‘Five things to know‘ about the film. Â And here is a Review.
See where Black Nativity is on.
The publishers say:
In a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes’ celebrated play, the holiday musical drama BLACK NATIVITY follows Langston(Jacob Latimore), a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs(Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett). Unwilling to live by the imposing Reverend Cobbs’ rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima(Jennifer Hudson). Langston embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey and along with his new friends, and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing, and family.
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Sorry Brother Stephen but i do not think these ” Christian ” movies preach the gospel message
Christmas Candle looks like it will encourage angel worship [ demons ]
Black Nativity appears to be yet another black human drama and note the sly attack on Christianity with the youth running back to mother from his strict reverend father [ such a tiresome stereotype ]
Everywhere you look in so called entertainment there is an overt or covert attack on us [ just seen in The Lone Ranger ]
Brothers and sisters we need to be more spiritually discerning as to satan’s wily machinations
This world is busy teaching ” another JESUS” and we need to speak out about it
Just because Christ and nativity is mentioned in a movie title does not mean it lifts up the name of our LORD YESHUA
How many are aware that december 25 is Nimrod’s birthday ?
We should have nothing to do with this so called season of good will
We should be showing YESHUA’s love in and out of season
May the Lord give brother Stephen a more discerning spirit as this world increasingly turns to myths and fables Amen
I saw The Christmas Candle on Sunday. It did not encourage angel worship at all. It was a really wholesome tale, exploring an apparent dichotomy between waiting for a miracle and doing something about your situation yourself and concluding that both are part of the work of God. I am only sorry that more of us did not get out to support such an honest Christian endeavour.
As to Black Nativity, it hasn’t come to Swansea or Carmarthen yet. But a film informed by the Christian faith, even with the odd silly stereotype, is something I am pleased to see in the market. Better a glass half-full than an empty one. It’s a bit like the first world war quote: ‘If you know a better shell-hole, go and sit in it.’ Am I turning into a liberal?!
Moving a bit wider, I am aware that 25th December is probably around the time of our Lord’s conception rather than his birth (which I am placing at the feast of Tabernacles in the autumn), but I am not about to start a campaign to move the date of Christmas.
I was truly unaware that Genesis gives us the date of Nimrod’s birth …
As to showing the love of the Lord all the year round, no-one will argue with that, but equally, there is a time to rejoice that God became one of us.
Eccl 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;