Fireproof
by Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
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Author: Alex Kendrick, Eric Wilson, Stephen KendrickBrand: AMZ - Omaha
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-02
ISBN: 1595547169
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
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Book Review: One of the very best in Christian Truth
Summary: 5 Stars
I complement any author and director or cast of characters who can make me openly weep at the end of a story.
I do not find that as easy to do as it once was in my youth.
The movie remake of this book was that riveting and emotionally moving. Well in the same class as the first "Left Behind" book and movie. I continued to contemplate the impact and message clearly given thorughout this entire drama for hours and even days afterwards.
I loved the book and bought and started this movie, but then took it out within minutes of its beginning and decided instead to watch the other four movies I had ordered with it before coming back to it.
Later I realized that of all the five movies I watched over the next week, the real reason I had done that with the movie was that the beginning of the movie looked far to familiar and much to close to home in it's portrayal of the conflicts that existed from time to time in my own family and in my own life. Books can give you mental pictures but when you see it played out it has another entirely different impact.
It actually hurt to see these characters doing and saying the very same things I and my wife had done and said.
But after watching Pilgram's Progress (an excellent movie for adults), Second Glance (a great movie for teens), Final Exit (a good movie for all ages)and Escape from Hell (another good one for anyone)...and getting the excellent messages they imparted (both individually and combined)...I returned to Fireproof the movie and decided it was time to go from front to back and just tough it out.
I am very glad I did that. Because it has a message for every couple, individual and group of people who work together about how good and pleasant life can and should be...with the Love of Jesus Christ in ones heart...and the realization of the fact that we need him so desperately in our daily lives and that we can be forgiven and blessed...if we only surrender our own "arrogant will" and stubborness to him and live by God's design.
The very best way I can sum up this book and movies impact and ultimate message for each and every one of us...is to recite a poem located in an American Poetry Anthology Book I have on my shelf.
Its called simply "The Gift".
THE GIFT
God did not come
to be a king,
To teach us prophecies
or to make us sing.
He did not want
to recieve great wealth,
Or even ensure the
people's health.
He came to give us
a wonderful gift,
The helping hand;
A spiritual lift.
It is a very simple
thing he left,
The right and power
to forgive ourselves.
The message of fireproof is encapsulated in this poem and that if we fall to our knees and first ask for, get and then give forgiveness. Then we can ultimately forgive ourselves...and we can move on to make our lives and the world a better place.
But this only comes with submission to him and from living for him and receiving his grace...not from within government, powerful men or women, a court system, and education system or those who follow an evil path.
Only Christ can give you what this book and movies message offers...true peace, restoration and love. Read it and watch it and see if you can keep from tearing up at the end...I dare you to be honest and receive the blessing.
To those who negatively evaluated this book and the film...???????
God Bless all who watch and open their hearts. Great story and movie, cast and message.
Jim L Sr.
Summary of Fireproof
Inside burning buildings, Captain Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner.
Yet at home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.
Growing up, his wife Catherine always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father. Now, after seven years of marriage, she wonders when she stopped being "good enough." Countless arguments and anger have them wanting to move on to something with more sparks.
As they prepare for divorce, Caleb's father challenges him to commit to a 40-day experiment: "The Love Dare." Wondering if it's even worth the effort, Caleb reluctantly agrees, not realizing how it will change his world forever.
Surprised by what he discovers about the meaning of love, Caleb begins to see his wife and marriage as worth fighting for. But is it too late? His job is to rescue others. Now Captain Holt must face his toughest job ever . . . rescuing his wife's heart.
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