{"id":3699,"date":"2011-09-03T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2015-02-02T15:43:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T22:43:46","slug":"courageous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/03\/courageous\/","title":{"rendered":"Courageous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"facebook\" src=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Courageous-Movie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>At the end of this month, the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1630036\/\">&#8220;Courageous&#8221;<\/a> is going to be released&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i9VT_NBIVfs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I was fortunate enough to be invited to see a preview screening of this film a while back and thought it was superb.\u00a0The essential focus of the movie is Fatherhood and, more broadly, masculinity. The tagline of the film is from the book of Joshua:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>&#8220;But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD&#8221; &#8211; Joshua 24:15<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This film is coming from the same group of people who brought us the movie\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1129423\/\">&#8220;Fireproof&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0and includes some of the same actors.\u00a0I actually think that Courageous is a more polished film than Fireproof, which I felt was, at times, slightly\u00a0clunky and a little bit cheesy. Courageous has a few moments that made me wince, but they were generally few and far between.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">One of the actors was at the screening I attended and he said that they hoped that Courageous would do for Fatherhood what Fireproof did for marriage. I think it certainly does hit its mark in this respect and I left the movie theatre feeling inspired. I&#8217;ve organized a group &#8220;man trip&#8221; to the cinema shortly after it goes on general release and I hope that those coming will be likewise inspired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Oh yes, one other thing. The title soundtrack comes from the greatest band in the world, <a href=\"http:\/\/castingcrowns.com\/\">Casting Crowns<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pkM-gDcmJeM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of this month, the movie &#8220;Courageous&#8221; is going to be released&#8230; I was fortunate enough to be invited to see a preview screening of this film a while back and thought it was superb.\u00a0The essential focus of the movie is Fatherhood and, more broadly, masculinity. 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