Gods and Generals -

Some of you may have noted my inclusion of two links (in the column to your right) to the official website of the Gods and Generals movie. I just realized I never made a note of endorsement within the journal here. Please see this movie; go at your next opportunity to at least rent the movie, if not buy it. I assure you, one viewing will not be enough. You will want to watch it again in a short while and it is worth the money you will spend on buying it, plus you will be able to then share it with friends and family. Below, you will find quotes from Doug Phillips of Vision Forum regarding the movie. He wrote a review shortly after watching a special viewing of the Director's Cut well before the movie was released.

"Here we see [Stonewall] Jackson seeking to win dying souls, not to some god, but to Jesus Christ. Here we watch him praying that God would allow a cessation from battle to honor the Holy Sabbath. Here we weep with him as he rejoices that God would bless the fruit of the womb. Here we see the man, who was known to most as a warrior, demonstrate a love and loyalty to his wife so precious and sanctified that an aura of holiness engulfs the couple as they pray before their God. Here we watch in awe, as we have never watched a man before, embrace a holy ferocity in battle motivated by the singular belief that the warrior of Christ need never fear bullets, for he will not die one day sooner nor later than the sovereign God decrees. And here, with heartbreaking anguish, we watch the dying warrior commend his soul to his God, while the loved ones around him bathe him with hymns of eternal love to the Savior...Gods and Generals presents orthodox, no-holds-barred Christianity. Not because the film was designed as a tool of evangelism, but because the film is faithful and true to the life of a soldier who was first and foremost an obedient evangelist for Jesus Christ." - Doug Phillips, Vision Forum (LINK)