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Daily Java: The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14).

There is a reason Hollywood cannot make a decent movie for Christians. It is because it doesn’t understand them. To understand God, a person must have God in them.

They try and try. But the movies either have a stupid caricature of Christians as the bad guys, or maybe as sappy people that look goofy, or overboard or something. Movie Christians can never be normal people.

On the off chance that a movie is made where Christians look normal, people go to it in droves. It makes a lot of money. The same with a movie about a Bible character that is well-made. People go to them and they make money.

Hollywood thinks that, when they see these movies, if they would use the “formula” they see on screen. They too can make money. So they bring out some Bible characters or some kind of Bible situation and bomb. And they cannot figure out why. To them Christianity is alien.

Without the Spirit of God inside your heart, God makes no sense. Spirituality makes no sense, either. That is because his Spirit gives you understanding of him that you can’t have otherwise.

There is no “formula” for doing things in a Christian way. There is no “formula” in making a Christian movie. Movies that succeed with Christians are usually made by Christians who understand the dynamics and motivations of being a Christian.

To the world, Christianity is worthless. All they see is a bunch of don’ts. They also see the end of their self-centered lives and they hate it. So when they make a movie, it is always about a guy who is telling them in some mean and authoritarian way what they cannot do.

It may be a “Christian” president that is trying to turn the country into a theocracy, or a preacher that is trying to keep the kids from having fun, or a mother who makes her daughter be a freak for God. These movie characters are always stern-looking. They have an exalted view of their own ability to force other people to obey God. They shout scriptures and have “holy stuff” all over the house.

In other words, they are not real. Probably no more than 5 percent or less of Christians may even come close to that but Hollywood sees all Christians as that way.

That is because they are afraid of them and see them as no more than adversaries. Hollywood wants to make movies about sex and pleasure and stuff and Christians don’t want to see that. Christians in general love their country and want the best for their children. Hollywood wants to tear down our morality and values.

The ironic thing is that Hollywood could not thrive and be as big as it is except in a Christian nation. In a Christian nation, there is tolerance and acceptance of people. This would never happen in a Muslim or Hindu nation. They are too strict as a culture and wouldn’t allow it. And in a Muslim nation, the folks in Hollywood would be killed.

Without the Spirit, there is no understanding.

Oh, God, that your Spirit may come into this world and fill us all with understanding and with your love.