Fireproof

This weekend Sam and I went to see the movie Fireproof. It was a wonderfully wholesome and uplifting movie. Those are not easy to find these days. It stars Kirk Cameron as Caleb Holt, a firefighter (come on ladies, you all know you had a crush on him in junior high school when he was in Growing Pains). His wife Catherine is a PR rep at a hospital. Their marriage is struggling. It is about to end when Caleb's father issues him a 40 day "Love Dare". The things that Caleb is asked to do in this Love Dare are things that we should all be doing in our marriage, struggling or not. It was a great reminder to me of some areas where I am weak.

The allegory of marriage withstanding a fire is powerful. The tagline of the movie is "Never leave your partner behind." This is true of Caleb as a firefighter and he learns it to be true of the marriage covenant. In our day and age of marriages being temporary though vows of "for richer, for poorer, for better for worse, in sickness and in health" are taken, it was great to see a movie that upholds marriage as the way that God intended it to be "to death do us part".

The movie will not be a blockbuster. Wholesome movies, especially those with a spiritual message never are. But, I encourage you all to see it. Both because it is a wonderful, entertaining movie and because I think it is great to support such films so that more will be made in the future.

Reading the website for the movie I learned that it was actually produced by a church's movie and media ministry. All of the actors except for Kirk Cameron were pretty much local people and even church members. The writers of the movie have also authored a book The Love Dare as mentioned in the movie that they say is great to use whether your marriage is hanging on by a thread or healthy. The music was also great featuring two of our favorites, Casting Crowns and Third Day along with others that I was not familiar with. You can purchase songs from iTunes via the Fireproof iMix. I think I may just do that right now.