Posted on 02/17/2015 12:01:59 PM PST by Faith Presses On
Amber Hewson has a curious way of deciding where she's going to live next: looking at the gas gauge in her car. Every so often, when she's feeling fidgety, she'll just pack up her stuff, hit the open road and drive until the needle points at empty. That tells her when to coast into whatever anonymous burgh she's near and start the next chapter of her life. It's a pattern that's already propelled her across 14 states.
[My note: See also:
Another PluggedIn review, of "50 Shades of Grey," as well as a thread here dealing with the controversy over Focus on the Family's PluggedIn reviewing it:
http://www.pluggedin.com/movies/intheaters/fifty-shades-of-grey.aspx http://www.pluggedin.com/movies/intheaters/fifty-shades-of-grey.aspx
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3258384/posts
And then a negative review of "Old Fashioned" from secular Vox.com, which discusses it alongside "50 Shades of Grey," and as one would expect, has little regard for Christian movies in general.
http://www.vox.com/2015/2/15/8038283/christian-movies-bad-old-fashioned-fifty-shades
- Faith Presses On]
(Excerpt) Read more at pluggedin.com ...
well... there’s nothing in the bible that would command the hero of the movie to act the way he did (not be alone with any strange woman under any circumstance for any reason), but it is a device that creates a drama. sometimes we pile things on the bible and then it is that which the secular world hates.
“Flee sexual temptation.”
“Don’t give the appearance of evil.”
I’ve heard many Christian men say that the best way to avoid falling into temptation is to keep away from it.
“Flee sexual immorality,” it should have read.
From what I’ve read, Old-Fashioned had already planned to open Valentine’s weekend and it was 50 Shades that followed suit.
I saw it with the Mrs. on Saturday. It was a good movie, good message, and didn’t suffer from the “campy” factor that you see in some low-budget, Christian movies. You can support this movie with your $$$ and not feel dirty afterward.
One item - there are adult themes addressed in this movie. I’d say it is a solid PG-13 for kids raised in Christian households. For kids who go to public school, I’d call it a “G” rating on the sliding scale I use for this purpose.
One might be concerned about appearances if there is someone present who could be misled. But otherwise it is silly egotism.
I saw it and thoroughly enjoyed it as a romantic love story. He sets those boundaries/guardrails up for himself to guard against temptation.
It depends. I’ve read on FR that men can’t refrain from indulging in any available sex. If that’s a man’s view of himself, then keeping away from any situation in which a woman might throw herself at him is only common sense.
There are also false accusations.
Now back in the real world, I can’t think of any situations in which I find myself alone with a man other than my husband. Even at the doctor, there’s a nurse present (to protect the doctor from liability).
If there is a reasonable choice, it makes sense to go to the more proper “looking” alternative, because you never know who will talk, and that can be a real bear. I’m not saying anyone should go flirt with sin.
On the other hand, it simplifies life to not try to go beyond the bible. Now you don’t have to be concerned about what God really wants and what people who are consumed with show want. Also, God’s directions are based in divine agape love. People think “chaste” love is weak and feeble, but they are not aware of what God can do. God’s love will flood away lust. In the case of the movie, if it weren’t for the bothersome “promise” (and God tells us not to swear any oaths) then human consideration, propelled with God’s love, would have prevailed — and putting the woman outside would scarcely be needed to keep the situation pure.
I hope to see it sometime too. Thanks for your comments.
The weather kept me from replying before now.
Actually, there are often people around when we don’t realize it, and the more we do something, the more likely that is. And it becomes disarmingly comfortable. The someone “around” can even be someone who happens to call on the phone, too. Then the woman the man is actually with is “around” also. Like what happened with the man in the story, a man who is careful about not spending time alone with women will be pointing them in the direction of Jesus when the subject comes up. And what people witness was also only one consideration. There was the matter, too, of temptation. How often does the familiarity of being in close quarters, such as at work, bring that temptation? I’ve worked with Christians who are careful at work about keeping separate in some ways from the opposite sex.
A few generations ago, it wouldn’t have been unusual at all for people to refuse to be alone with members of the opposite sex—the name of the movie is Old-Fashioned, after all. Lol
As for the hate of the world—it doesn’t take anything beyond the Word. The world hates God and anything to do with Him, his Son, or His people.
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