We watched Leap of Faith tonight at church and then chatted about it for little bit searching for the theological messages contained within. I am convinced that film writers know Scripture more than we may think they do sometimes. The main character was Jonah Nightengale, and at the end of the movie, he was upset with God because God did a mighty work despite Steve Martin's con man character. Jonah in the Bible did the same thing - God saved Nineveh and Jonah was mad about it and pouted underneath a plant.
We are all looking for something in which to put our faith, something to which we give our hope, or something that gives meaning to our lives. The trouble comes when we put our faith in the wrong thing...
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