• Say "I Do" to Marriage
• Dove Review: Fireproof
• Video Resources for Marriages
• Christians in Cinema: Kirk Cameron
• "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" Coming Soon on DVD
• Exodus Film Group Taps Talent of Tony Bancroft
• Chapman Sings "Cinderella" in Latest TV Performance
• "Love Dare" Selling Wildly in Front of "Fireproof" Release

Hi <<First Name>>,

Do you remember the last wedding you attended? Remember the flowers and the funny things the small kids did? What about the music? What songs were sung or played?

A co-worker is getting married on a boat this weekend. They set sail for a dinner cruise, and about the time the sun sets, the ceremony begins. It will be a beautiful wedding, and a great start to their marriage

Millions of people are married every year and have high hopes for a life of love, happiness, and wedded bliss. The ceremony is the easy part. The hard part is living together day in and day out, building a solid foundation that will last.

This week the much-anticipated film Fireproof releases in theaters across the nation. It’s the story of Caleb and Catherine Holt, a couple who drifted apart. Divorce seems inevitable, but then Caleb’s father intervenes and challenges him to take The Love Dare.

Building on the success of their previous films Facing the Giants and Flywheel, Sherwood Baptist Church presents an entertaining and stirring movie. View the trailer, then find a theater near you and purchase tickets online. When you attend opening weekend, you support independent filmmaking.

From the screening room,

Angela Walker
ChristianMovieNews.coms

Dove Family-Approved

Recommended for ages 12 and over

This is not only a well-made film which includes good acting, cinematography and editing, but its strikingly realistic approach to marriage difficulties incorporates true-to-life dialog. The film puts it all right out there. Some of the selfish behavior of the married couple is hung-up like dirty laundry for all to see.

Love Comes Softly Series Boxed Set - 6 DVD Collection Based on Janette Oke's best-selling book series, and directed by Michael Landon Jr., Love Comes Softly is inspired story-telling for the whole family. I Love You More - DVD Six sessions on how everyday problems can strengthen your marriage Love Talk - DVD A Six-Session guide to speaking each other's languages A Vow To Cherish - DVD "Get out your Kleenex!" – Today’s Christian Woman

As a teen idol in the 1980s, Kirk Cameron starred in the sitcom “Growing Pains.” During that time, he met his wife Chelsea Noble and began a relationship with Christ. After the show ended, Kirk had roles in other films, including the Left Behind movie series.

His passion for evangelism also led him to a friendship with Ray Comfort and work on “The Way of the Master” radio and television programs. He and Chelsea live with their six children, four of whom are adopted. The family vehicle of choice? A 15-passenger van, with a Volvo as a back-up.

While Kirk was working on the new Sherwood Films’ movie Fireproof he was in the final stages of publishing his personal memoir Still Growing.

How have people responded to the book you just wrote (Still Growing)?

Kirk:  Most people have really enjoyed. They’ve enjoyed having a behind the scenes type look at what it was like being a teen idol back in the 1980s. And people have found it inspiring. Some have even used it as an evangelistic gift to give to friends who were fans of “Growing Pains” but aren’t walking with the Lord.

It’s an easy way to introduce people to the gospel, because obviously, most of the book touches on issues of faith and atheism and what I was dealing with in the form of my story. And at the end it presents the Gospel, so people have really enjoyed it overall.

It’s written very personably and in an engaging way. You were involved in a lot at that time: writing, preparing for the film, and working on “The Way of the Master.” What’s going through your mind as you’re working on multiple projects like that?

Kirk:  How is my wife and how are my kids handling all of this? It’s nice to be busy, to have Still Growing and Fireproof going on at the same time. But at the same time, I’ve got six kids at home, and I need to make sure they’re fee ling good and doing great and make sure Chelsea (Noble) is feeling good and doing great.

Once Fireproof comes out and things settle down a bit, it will be a nice time for me to kind of back off and celebrate a little bit.

The film utilizes a tool called The Love Dare that has 40 days of challenges for a spouse to go through. Obviously, they weren’t all demonstrated in the film, but of the ones used, did one in particular resonate with you?

Kirk:  There were so many great little moments in The Love Dare that it’s hard to choose. Halfway through the movie, Caleb (Kirk’s character) calls his father and say, “Dad, this just isn’t working. I bought her flowers, I made her coffee, I gave her a note and made her dinner. She’s just throwing it right back in my face. I’m not doing it any more. This is a dead-end street.”

And he responds, “Something tells me you’re doing just enough to get by. You’re not really putting your whole heart into it.”

I think that’s an easy way out that a lot of people take in marriages. They think, “I’m going to do a couple of little nice nights this year, and she should just say ‘Thank you.’ That should make up for the last ten years of my disrespect and inattentiveness.”

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After an amazing box office success, landing the title as the Top Grossing Documentary of 2008, EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed will be making its debut in the DVD market on October 21, 2008.  EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed will continue to open up the debate of freedom of speech and freedom of education in the United States.

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by Angela Walker

Tony Bancroft, (co-creator of Lenny & Sid) who started as a Disney animator and worked his way up through the studio ranks to co-direct the Disney hit "Mulan" has joined Exodus Film Group to co-direct their new animated feature "Bunyan & Babe." He will be working with Academy Award winner Jim Rygiel ("Lord of the Rings") on the modernized version of the legendary folk tale of Paul Bunyan and his sidekick Babe the Blue Ox.

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by Josh Kimball - Christian Post

by Josh Kimball - Christian Post