By Kyle Garza
Weekend before last, people poured into theaters to watch two very different movies: Logan and The Shack. While I’ve not seen The Shack, I have read the book, and I did go see Logan that Saturday.
Logan was easily the most violent film I’ve seen in awhile, but has generally been recognized as an altogether great film — not just a mere sci-fi, action, superhero piece. The Shack has been getting lots of mixed criticism (some Christians decrying it as evil heresy – others praising it).
But at the heart of both films is the vital role of a father’s love in our earthly relationships. Logan isn’t painful to watch just because of blade-mutilation: it makes us desperately reach out to a broken man and beg him to love his daughter, eventually giving up his life to keep her safe. We feel it would do not only her, but himself as well, a world of good if they could just maintain a healthy father/daughter relationship.
So, while the two films couldn’t be more different, I find it interesting that they happened to release on the same weekend and happen to find so vitally in their center the importance of a father’s love in our lives. I think our society is due for more of that important thematic material.
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I met a preacher years ago that told me a story about his daughter dying. He had played in Rock bands in the sixties. Became saved and sober and started his preaching career. He was away from home a lot filling in for other preachers. He was at one of these churches a long way from home when his daughter was killed in a car crash.
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It took him a long time to find peace with God but he did. He past on a word or two of wisdom he had picked up during this time. "If someone tells you that you should not question God, walk away because you are talking to a fool. Why would you not question God, after all, he alone has the answers."