American Gospel: Christ Crucified

Christ Crucified picks up from Christ Alone and drives deep into the doctrine of substitutionary atonement. From skeptics and apostates, to sound biblical commentators, you can't come away from this movie without knowing the historic Christian doctrine. Soli Deo Gloria.

The 3 HOURS are hard to watch, unless you are a religious philosophy major. I hung in there for the first 30 minutes pretty easy but then they dive into the deep end of the pool. Have your floaty handy!!! You might want to do it 1 hour at a time. Because of the above I would have to invest another 3 hours to really unpack everything and I won't do that. I would rather spend 6 hours actually reading God's word and let the Holy Spirit lead me in what is truth.

Disgusting. Slanderous. Accusing. No thorough evidence. Partnering with the spirit of accuser of the brethren. Carelessly slandering men and women of God. Not telling the full stories, ripping statements out of context, and straight up lying. Truly a disgrace. Truly heartbreaking.

This doc accomplishes nothing for the Gospel and only pushes the promotion of the strictest evangelical sect of christianity and condemns anyone that thinks even slightly differently. Which is funny, because it is claiming to fight against the "american gospel" but what it is trying to declare as the gospel...is a gospel that literally IS of America! Not the original and full truth of the Gospel in the Bible.

Harden hearts, no compassion, no heart of God, just offense and carless. I am convinced that many people in this doc would condemn and slander the very Apostles in the Bible themselves if they were still around, and even Jesus Himself.

I love every one of these people that made this and is involved in it from bottom of my heart, and pray that God would open your eyes to your deception and false accusations. You have partnered with the enemy without even realizing and call it in the name of God.

This is created with the purpose of swaying people to Substitutionary Atonement which is what the producers believe. I follow a Christus Victor view as it lines up with many parts of the Bible and gives me a more logical and beautiful view of God, but I can understand people having other views. What I don't like is demonizing other views by stating that the Bible is CLEARLY stating x when the Bible supports multiple viewpoints depending on the verses chosen. They also choose some of the more progressive edges to create the greatest contrast and make it clear that they are following the RIGHT path. Even some of the ways they cut the scenes allows them to distort the message of the speaker. Unfortunately this is the case for many trying to make a point, be it global warming, veganism, capitalism, or in this case, substitutionary atonement. One of the pro substitutionary atonement speakers states that the progressives make the mistake of being so certain that their thinking is right, immediately followed by their camp stating that what they believe is clearly right. Less hypocrisy and more humility would do every follower of Christ a bit of good.

Anytime anyone defends "the true gospel", they are defending the one that THEY believe to be correct.

This movie is well produced, however it is horribly biased towards a very twisted view of reality. The main thrust of the film is defending the idea of a tyrannical, psychopathic God with a multiple personality disorder who hates people and sends them to hell. This film is a desperate effort to stop the large movement of people finally recognising the sick nature of this belief system. The clock is ticking for these beliefs. Deep down conservatives know that people are becoming increasingly indifferent to this kind of Christianity, and they are having to bring out all the stops to try and prevent them from fading into history.

I can see why the evangelical and reformed community seems to love this film. That is because it reinforces the false security they find in thinking that only they know the truth, and that all other viewpoints are invalid. This will be incredibly comforting for those in the exclusive "saved" club. But for those who dare to think for themselves outside of a narrow, arrogant, and exclusive worldview, it will be disheartening and even laughable. Those labeled "progressives" are poorly and unfairly represented, while so called "experts" are given a pat on the back for explaining "the true gospel."

To summarise, if you are an evangelical you will love this film. If you're not, you will be somewhere between saddened and indifferent.