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(Shane Harper singing "Hold You Up")

When it's coming apart, you had it all

It wasn't enough

No, it's not enough

They tell you it's not worth the price

So just let it go

But you know you can't

You know you won't

It's not easy, no, finding the words to say

When you're feeling lost, you'll find your way

The world is so broken and sometimes it leaves you cold

At nighttimes you can't feel the fire to guide you home

The demons will harm you and try to steal what you know

But the angels, they brought you

And they're gonna hold you up

They're gonna hold you up

They see the fear in your eyes

Heart sinks like a stone

'Cause when you're afraid, it weighs on your soul

When the timing is right, somehow you'll know

When nobody stands, stand on your own

It's not easy, no, finding the words to say

When you're feeling lost, you'll find your way

The world is so broken and sometimes it leaves you cold

At nighttimes you can't feel the fire to guide you home

The demons will harm you and try to steal what you know

But the angels, they brought you

And they're gonna hold you up

They're gonna hold you up

They're gonna hold you up

They're gonna hold you up

They're gonna hold you up

- Name?
- Wheaton. Josh Wheaton.

You got your
pre-registration sheet?

Josh:
Yeah.

All core requirements are here.

What is your humanities elective?

Philosophy 150.

Radisson, 11:00 on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday.

You might want to think about a different instructor.

Because?

Let's just say you're wandering into the snake pit.

I'd recommend Patel or maybe Mueller.

Come on, man.
It can't be that bad.

Think Roman Colosseum, lions,
people cheering for your death.

Josh:
Yeah, but I'd have to rearrange my whole schedule.

I don't think
I can really--

It's your funeral.

Last drop date is the 22nd.

You might want to keep that in mind.

You're done.

- Thanks.
- Yeah, have a good semester.

- Hi.
- Martin Yip.

What does
P.R.C. stand for?

People's Republic of China.

Oh. Seriously?

Martin:
Oh yes, always serious.

registrar:
Okay.

(cell phone ringing)

♪♪

You've gotta be kidding me!

receptionist:
White & Wolfe, how can I help you?

Yes, please hold.

White & Wolfe.

Mm-hmm, I will let 'em know
you called.

Thank you, bye-bye.

businessman:
Buy as much Tochigi Heavy Industries

as you can on-margin.

We've gotten wind of a merger

and the Japanese could care less about insider trading.

You're gonna thank me for this one, I guarantee it.

You're on with Marc.

Hey, I need you to give me directions.

You're kidding, right?

No, somebody stole my GPS

and my phone has decided that
it is spinning propeller time.

Marc:
Can't do it. The Nikkei just opened

and there's a massive
sell-off going on.

Oh, and by the way, I made reservations for us Friday

at La Rive Gauche.

Wait, you'll take me to La Rive Gauche

but you won't take the time to give me directions?

What's in it for me?

female:
You're kidding, right?

You're serious.

Okay, well, I'm on my way to an ambush interview

of Duck Commander Willie Robertson,

and I am going to crash that party

and hold his feet to the fire.

And yesterday's discrete web hits were over 32,000,

which means I am on pace for
over a million views this month

and my--

(together)
--Own advertisers.

That's my girl!

Not just another pretty face.

female #2:
Miss Shelley, I've got something special for you today.

Think you're gonna like it.

Oh my, chicken!

I don't know when was the last time I had chicken.

female #2:
That would be yesterday, for lunch and dinner.

Are you serious?

I don't think that she should
have the same thing every--

You think of anything else gonna make her that happy?

Is it okay if I help?

Oh, alright, alright.

You're new here, aren't you?

It's me, Mom.

Mina, your daughter.

(chuckling)

I'm sorry, I don't--

It's okay, it's okay.

I don't see a ring.

It's complicated.

♪♪

I am Professor Radisson and this is Philosophy 150,

Introduction to Philosophical Thought.

If either of those facts is news to you,

then now would be your turn to leave.

I understand some of you are here

to satisfy your Liberal Arts elective requirements.

If you're looking for an easy grade without much work,

well, then now would be your turn to leave.

See, you've now enrolled at a university.

You'll be expected to produce
university-level work.

Pfft, I'm out.

There's always one.

Michel Foucault, Bertrand Russel,

Ludwig Feuerbach, Bertolt Brecht,

Friedrich Nietzsche, Ayn Rand, George Santayana,

Democritus, Denis Diderot, David Hume,

John Stuart Mill, Albert Camus, Richard Dawkins,

Sigmund Freud, Noam Chomsky.

The list goes on.

Philosophers, poets, scientists, authors,

towering intellects, all of them.

But what do they all have in common?

Yes?

They're all dead.

Professor Radisson:
Well, that would be incorrect.

Mr. Dawkins and Mr. Chomsky are
still very much alive, Mister--

G-dog Gerard Trigga.

G-dog.

Anyone else?

No one?

Well, they are,
or were... atheists.

Based on the 16th-century
French "athéisme,"

from the Greek "theos," meaning "God,"

and from the prefix "a,"

meaning, as it always
does in Greek, "without."

In short, each of the thinkers I named

took the strong position that there is no God,

as opposed to the weak position of agnosticism.

"Gnostic," from the Greek "gnosos," to know,

and again, with the prefix "a" meaning to not know,

or more accurately, to doubt the
existence of a supreme being.

This semester, I propose that we refuse

to waste our limited time together debating the existence

of the big man in the sky, the myth of a benevolent,

all-powerful,
supernatural being.

- Hey!
- How was your flight?

- Wonderful.
- Wonderful?

It's like
a 30-hour flight.

Thirty-six.

Great to see you.

Nice to see you.

Dakar to Zurich, Zurich to Frankfurt,

an 8-hour layover,

and direct to Carter International.

Ugh, how does that translate as wonderful?

I'm happy, I'm safe, and now I'm here because God is good.

All the time.

And all the time?

God is good.

Professor Radisson:
God is dead.

This is, of course, a metaphor,

but an illustrative one meaning
not that God has somehow died,

but rather that he never existed in the first place,

other than in the depths of our forebears' imaginations.

He was a useful fairy tale in ages gone by,

when his fiery anger was used to explain away plagues

and crop failures, diseases and disasters,

which we now ascribe to bacteria and viruses,

chromosomal disorders, and plate tectonics.

In short, science and reason have supplanted superstition,

and we are all the better for it.

And with your permission,

I would like to bypass this senseless debate all together

and jump to the conclusion

of which every sophomore is already aware of:

there is no God.

All that I require from each of you

is that you fill in the papers I've just given you

with three little words:
"God is dead,"

along with your signature.

The sooner we reach a unanimous consensus,

which I expect we will,

I will be spared the tedious duty

of slogging through dry and dusty arguments,

and you will bypass the section of the course

in which students have traditionally received

their lowest grades of the semester.

And when you finish, please pass your papers to the right.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, a lower case "g."

Maybe this one ought to get extra credit.

Thank you.

Excuse me, Mister--

Wheaton.
Josh Wheaton.

Mr. Wheaton,
is something wrong?

Yeah, I can't.

I can't do what you want.

I'm a Christian.

Oh, don't worry.

You can still go back to your dorm room

and sink to your knees

and pray to your bedside if you'd like.

What you do in your personal life is your business,

but what you do in this class is mine.

I can't.

Alright, Mr. Wheaton.

Allow me to explain the alternative.

If you cannot bring yourself to admit that God is dead

for the purposes of this class,

then you will need to defend the antithesis

that God is not dead.

And you'll need to do it in front of this class

from the podium.

And if you fail, as you shall, you will fail this section

and lose 30% of your final grade right off the bat.

Are you ready to accept that?

Well, who would decide whether I won

or lost the argument?

Well, I would.

It's my class, my rules.

Grading's my prerogative.

No disrespect, but I'm not sure you can be objective.

What would you propose?

Well, what about them?

Well, that's interesting,

but why would I want to empower them?

Well, you've already won them over.

I mean, I'd have to unconvince them,

get them to admit they were wrong.

Alright, Mr. Wheaton.

You'll get 3 sessions,

the last 20 minutes of each of the next 3 classes,

to make your case.

I promise to keep my interruptions to a minimum.

You may take whatever questions you'd like from the class,

but I will not increase your allotted time.

Of course, you'll be responsible

for all the other class assignments.

But, you know, you could change your mind

and bring in your signed statement at our next class,

and we'll go forward as though none of this ever happened.

The rest of us, having dispensed
with primitive superstition,

will turn our focus to the issue of being in reality.

For our next class,

please have read David Hume's "The Problems of Induction"

and Renee Descartes' "Discourse on Method,"

to which you may add Bertrand Russell's

"Why I Am Not a Christian"

in preparation
for Mr. Wheaton's lecture

and in thanks for his failure to help us reach

a unanimous consensus.

Josh's girlfriend:
You don't want to deny your faith, I get it.

So, the answer's simple:
drop the class.

Yeah, but I'm not sure I can do that.

I feel like God wants someone to defend him.

Don't be ridiculous.

I don't know, I just keep thinking

of that C.S. Lewis line,

"Only a real risk can
test the reality of a belief."

Josh's girlfriend:
So, you're gonna risk our future over your yearbook quote?

Josh, why am I here?

Hello, earth to Josh.

Why am I, Salutatorian of our graduating class,

here at my
third-choice school?

I'm sorry for having the next 50 years

of our life planned out.

That's just who I am.

I don't know, Kara,
it's just--

Josh's girlfriend:
Josh, I love you, but I absolutely forbid you

to go up against this professor in his own classroom.

We have too much at stake.

The whole thing's rigged to make you look like an idiot,

and if you want to get into law school,

you can't afford to flunk this class.

Even a "C" could be disastrous.

♪

I don't know why you wear those heels.

What's wrong with 'em?

You're too tall.
You're taller than me.

You're man enough to handle it.

I'm just saying, I don't want
to be the short guy at the prom.

Mr. Robertson!

Hi, or should I call you Willie?

You can call me Willie.

Amy Ryan,
I blog "The New Left."

Can I ask you a few questions?

Yeah, sure, fire away.
This is my wife--

Amy:
Korie, I know.

I'm actually surprised to see you here.

I thought you'd be home, barefoot and pregnant.

I haven't been barefoot and
pregnant in a really long time.

I do kinda miss those days, huh?

Yeah, you want to start
again? We can try.

No.

Amy:
You've made a fortune selling devices

that are designed to lure water fowl to their deaths.

Oh, I guess when you say "you,"

you're referring to the whole group of my family,

which would be "y'all."

You can just
change it to "y'all."

That'd be an easier expression,

that way it'll get everybody in there.

So, y'all have made a fortune, isn't that right?

We're doing alright.

We can certainly buy bigger tires on our trucks

and four-wheelers
to get out in the mud with,

so life is good.

What makes you think you have the moral right

to go around maiming and killing innocent animals?

Hey, look, let's just get one thing straight.

I ain't maiming nothing.

Whatever I see and I aim at, I shoot.

When I shoot it, I kill it and then I eat it.

So, you do kill those ducks?

Willie:
Of course I do. What am I gonna do,

cook 'em while they're still moving around?

That would be cruel.

Korie:
That'd be bad.

So, this isn't an act? You're
actually proud of what you do?

Of course I am. Why would I
do it if I'm not proud of it?

And you go along with everything he says?

We've been married for 20 years.

I don't go along with everything he says,

but on the things that matter, yeah,

I agree wholeheartedly.

So, what do you say to people
who are offended by your show,

not just because of the hunting,

but because you openly pray to Jesus in every episode?

Hey, we're not trying to offend anybody, alright?

If they don't want to watch the
show, they can turn the channel.

As far as my praying to Jesus,

my life and my whole eternity belongs to God.

All this stuff is temporary:
the money, fame, success.

Temporary.

Even life is temporary.

Jesus, that's eternal.

Jesus said this:

"Whoever acknowledges me before men,"

he will acknowledge before the Father in heaven.

"Whoever disowns me,
I'll disown him to the Father."

Now, those words are written in red so they're important.

And that's it?

That's it.
That's what we're going with.

Pretty simple, isn't it?

Thanks for your time.

Come on, let's go do some acknowledging.

You're welcome to join us.

Amy:
No thanks, I'm good.

You're good?

Alright.

Who was that lady?

♪♪

♪♪

You're beautiful.

I wish you didn't have to do that.

It's for my father.
He's very traditional.

(horn honking)

(speaking foreign language)

Who were you talking to?

No one.

Ayisha, I know it's hard living in their world

and being apart from it,

a world you can see but can't touch.

I know they seem happy,

but know that when you look around at all those people,

there is no one who worships God,

not the way he deserves and demands to be worshipped.

We must never forget who and what we are.

That is the most important thing.

Yes, Baba.

I only insist on this because I love you.

You know that, don't you?

That I love you?

Of course, Baba.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Can I help you?

You waiting for someone?

Yeah, you could say that.

It looks like he's out at the moment.

reverend:
Well, maybe that's why he sent me.

(Stellar Kart singing "Ones and Zeros")

We are the ones and zeros

The beautiful incomplete

(cell phone ringing)

We are the future heroes

A colorful symphony

We are the ones

Josh:
I could drop the class, run away,

pretend like it never happened,

which is what my girlfriend wants.

I could sign the paper saying something I don't believe.

Or I commit academic suicide in front of a live audience

by trying to prove that God exists.

How many people in that class?

Eighty maybe.

And how many of them do you think

would ever step foot in here,

or any other church for that matter?

Well, none probably.

So, your acceptance of this challenge,

if you decide to accept it,

may be the only meaningful exposure to God and Jesus

they'll ever have.

Yeah.

Yeah, I suppose so.

Check out
Matthew 10:32-33.

What, that's it?
That's all?

Yeah.

Just a Scriptural citation?

If you're still undecided after that one,

Look at Luke 12:48.

It can't be that simple.

reverend:
Sure it can.

You're here because that still small voice inside you

isn't happy with the choices
everyone else wants you to make.

Personally, I think it's the Holy Spirit talking to you.

That's how he interacts with us if we allow him to.

All you have to do is decide

whether or not you're willing to listen.

It's not easy, but it's simple.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

"So everyone who acknowledges me before men,

"I also will acknowledge before
my Father who is in heaven,

"but whoever denies me before men,

I also will deny before
my Father who is in heaven."

"Everyone to whom much was given,

"of him much will be required,

"and from him to whom they entrusted much,

they will demand the more."

(text message alert tone)

Amy:
Sorry I'm late.

I had to move a ton of stuff around just to get here.

That's alright.

Please, go and have a seat
Ms. Ryan.

(text message alert tone)

Oh, excuse me a second.

We've gotten your results back
from your test the last week.

(text message alert tone)

Okay, as I was saying--

(cell phone ringing)

I'm so sorry.
I have got to take this call.

Amy.

Your results came back positive.

You have cancer.

I don't have time for cancer.

I'm too busy.

doctor:
Listen, it's already grown into the surrounding tissue.

Your lymph nodes are involved
and your blood markers indicate

evidence of distant metastasis.

Now, I've already scheduled you for an MRI.

We need to determine the extent of it.

I know you're very important

and the world can't get along without you,

but it's my job to let you know

that it may be preparing to do exactly that,

and it certainly will unless
you begin immediate treatment.

Do you understand?

♪

Hey babe.

Babe, where have you been?
Did you turn your phone off?

More like I forgot to turn my phone on.

Do you know what day it is?

Thursday?

Anything else?

The 13th?

Happy anniversary.

Six years ago, your youth group collided with mine.

You remembered.

Mm-hmm, and
we're gonna celebrate.

You remember how we met?

The Newsboys.

They're gonna be in town next Friday.

Kara:
You are amazing, which is why I love you.

Look, I know I came off probably way too strong yesterday.

You know, I just--

I get concerned when outside
things start coming between us.

You get that, can't you?

- Sure.
- Forgive me?
- Always.

Come on.

I just need--

Whoa!

Well, that can't all be Statistics.

Josh, please tell me you haven't been spending

all your time on that philosophy thing.

Not all of it.

Okay, most of it.

Josh, that's not funny.

Okay, it's really not.

Look, this is something I want to do, okay?

I don't understand how it comes between us.

Josh, everything you do is about us.

Okay, we're a team.

I mean, we're what, 6 years going on forever, right?

That means your grades, your whole future,

I'm a part of that.

I don't see how this is contributing to our future.

Josh:
Yeah, well, neither do my parents

or anyone else in my life.

What should that tell you

if every single person that loves you

is saying the exact same thing?

Josh, I'm letting you know now for your own good,

this experiment is over.

You need to prioritize and decide

who's the most important person in your life,

me or Professor Radisson?

What if it's God?

God wants you with me, so it's the same answer.

Return the books to the library, sign the stupid paper,

and move on.

A year from now, we'll look back on this and laugh.

We're not in high school anymore.

The decisions you make now can have real consequences.

Josh!

Josh, this is serious.

I know.

You know.

Reverend Dave:
I can't believe I'm making a 12-hour drive to Florida

to do things that seemed corny when I was 12.

out-of-town pastor:
David, I promised my mother a picture of me in mouse ears

standing in front of the fairy tale castle.

The mouse ears are for me, picture is for her.

To you, it's old-hat, but to me,
it's a lifelong dream come true.

Can you not understand that?

Then we'll go for the undersea submarine ride.

Reverend Dave:
Actually, I think they closed that ride like 20 years ago.

And then we'll ride the world's biggest roller coaster.

Sixteenth biggest.

In my mind, when I'm screaming as we descend,

it will be the world's biggest

and I'll be glad that it's not taller than it is.

(engine sputtering)

That doesn't sound good.

(engine sputtering)

Maybe the battery--

(engine sputtering)

Or the starter.

Either way, we're not going anywhere right now.

I'll call and arrange for a rental car.

But how will we get to the rental car?

They'll deliver it to us.

Are you serious?

Yeah, absolutely.

They'll deliver us the car we are to drive?

Yeah.

Hello?

Amazing.

Professor Radisson:
But there are some flat-earthers out there

who still consider the existence of a supreme deity

to be either necessary,
or self-evident, or both.

And with that, as previously announced,

I will be turning the podium
over to Mr. Wheaton,

who will be presenting his case in favor

of a supreme celestial dictator,

otherwise known as God.

Mr. Wheaton,
are you ready?

Podium is yours.

Atheists say that no one can prove the existence of God,

and well, they're right.

But I say no one can disprove that God exists.

But the only way to debate this issue

is to look at the available evidence,

and that's what we're going to do.

We're going to put God on trial,

with Professor Radisson as the prosecutor,

and me as the defense attorney,

and you as the jury.

Most cosmologists now agree

that the universe began
some 13.7 billion years ago

in an event known as the Big Bang.

So, let's look at theoretical physicist

and Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg's description

of what the Big Bang would have looked like.

And since he's an atheist,

we can be sure
there isn't any believer-bias

in his description.

In the beginning, there was an explosion,

and in 3 minutes, 98% of the matter there is

or ever will be, was produced.

We had a universe.

For 2,500 years,

most scientists agreed with Aristotle on the idea

of a steady-state universe,

that the universe has always existed

with no beginning and no end, but the Bible disagreed.

In the 1920s, Belgian astronomer
Georges Lematre, a theist,

who was actually also--

female student:
What's a theist?

Josh:
A theist is someone who believes in the existence of God.

He said that the entire universe jumping into existence

in a trillionth of a trillionth of a second,

out of nothingness,

in an unimaginably intense flash of light

is how he would expect the universe to respond

if God were to actually utter
the command in Genesis 1:3,

"Let there be light."

In other words, the origin of the universe unfolded

exactly how one would expect after reading Genesis,

and for 2,500 years,

the Bible had it right and science had it wrong.

Reverend Dave:
So, the earliest you can get here is 5?

Okay, we'll be waiting.

Wait, it has air conditioning, right?

Okay, thanks.

Well, looks like we won't get there 'til late tonight.

Sorry, I think you're gonna
miss an entire day at the park.

It's okay, David.

I'm sure we can make good use of our time here today.

Sure.

We can meet the choir director,

talk about song choices for the upcoming concert.

Or we could meet the women's club

about the details for the next craft bazaar.

Lots of important stuff.

secretary:
And since you're not leaving,

you'll have time to meet Mina for lunch.

Right, I can meet Mina for lunch.

out-of-town pastor:
Sounds like you need this vacation more than I do.

Reverend Dave:
No, I just need to do some meaningful work

so that I can have something to take a vacation from.

out-of-town pastor:
You know, some of the most important work that we do

may seem meaningless to us.

This coming from the missionary

who literally is in the trenches,

winning hearts for the Lord on a daily basis.

David, God has you exactly where he wants you.

He who is faithful in a very little thing

is also faithful in much.

God knows you're doing the work.

It's all part of his grand design.

Josh:
All of which points to a God that created it.

You see, in the real world, we never see things

jumping into existence out of nothingness,

but atheists want to make one
small exception to this rule,

namely, the universe and everything in it.

female student #2:
But in his book, "The God Delusion,"

Richard Dawkins says

that, "If you tell me God created the universe,

then I have the right
to ask you who created God."

Dawkins' question only makes sense

in terms of a God who has been created.

It doesn't make sense in terms of an uncreated God,

which is the kind of God that Christians believe in.

And even leaving God out of the equation,

I then have a right to turn
Mr. Dawkins's own question

back around on him and ask,

"If the universe created you,
then who created the universe?."

You see, both the theist and the atheist are both burdened

with answering this same question

of how did things start.

What I'm hoping you'll pick up from all this

is that you don't have to commit intellectual suicide

to believe in a Creator behind the creation.

And to the extent that you don't allow for God,

you'd be pretty hard-pressed
to find an incredible

alternative explanation for how things came to be.

Professor Radisson:
Well, I imagine you're quite pleased with yourself.

I see you've carefully avoided
the fact that Stephen Hawking,

the world's most famous scientist,

and who is not a theist,

has recently come out in favor
of a self-designing universe.

I haven't avoided it,
I just didn't--

You just didn't know about it.

Alright, well let's see what Professor Hawking,

Lucasian Professor of physics at Cambridge,

who occupies a teaching chair
once held by Sir Isaac Newton,

has to say about the origin of the universe.

And I quote, "Because there's a law such as gravity,

"the universe can and will create itself from nothing.

"Spontaneous creation is the reason

"there is something instead of nothing.

"It's why the universe exists, why we exist.

"lt is not necessary to invoke God

to set the universe
in motion."

End of quote.

So, you may have never come across his comment,

but his point remains.

How do you answer?

I don't know.

Professor Radisson:
You don't know?

I prick the balloon of your entire argument

with a single pin, and you don't know?

Huh.

Well, I mean, I'd like to tell
you I have the perfect answer,

but it doesn't shake my underlying faith.

Professor Radisson:
Okay, so the greatest scientific mind in all of history says

that God is not necessary, but
a first-semester freshman says,

"Oh, yes he is."

Wow, you know, that's gonna be a really tough choice.

Well, I look forward to next week's lecture.

Class is dismissed.

Do you think you're smarter than me, Wheaton?

Do you think there's any argument you can make

that I won't have an answer for?

I never said I was smarter.

That's the first intelligent thing you've said.

Now, I want to make this clear.

In that classroom, there is a god,

and yep, I'm him.

I'm also a jealous god, so do not try to humiliate me

in front of my students.

You know, I also checked up on your declared major.

Pre-law?

What exactly is pre-law?

We don't award degrees in that.

Don't bother answering, but know this,

if you truly feel a need to continue with the charade,

I will make it my personal mission to destroy any hope

of a law degree in your future.

Have a nice day.

- You did it, didn't you?
- What?

You know what I'm talking about.

You went and did your argument, didn't you?

Yeah, yeah I did.

What were you trying to prove?

I'm not even sure there are words to describe

what I'm feeling right now.

I'm sorry Josh, but it's over between us.

That's it?
It's just--it's over?

Kara:
It's over, Josh.

If you're going to do something this stupid and selfish

after I already told you
what would happen--

Yeah, but that's sort of the point, isn't it?

This is something that's important to me, right,

but since it's not important to you,

you made it a make-it-
or-break-it-thing for us.

You didn't ask me, you told me.

It wasn't a decision that we made,

it was a decision that you made for the both of us.

Well, somebody had to.

Okay.

That's it? "Okay"?

Josh:
It's not what I want.

Honestly, I'm still hoping you'll change your mind, right,

but I have to do this thing.

I feel like it's something that God wants me to do.

I can't just turn away from it, especially not now,

now that I've started.

My mother was so right about you.

I just wish I'd had the sense to listen.

♪

(Manic Drive singing "Save a Life")

Oh picture it, a little girl,
just a beautiful 8-year-old

Trying to live through this life in a crazy world

Hey, Fahid.

She finds herself as a teen
and her life in ruins--

(video game beeping)

Showed that girl she had meaning and a purpose to life

Maybe avoid that downward slide

Would you tell her the truth or let her live in a lie?

It all just seems to change

When you see it
as a life to save--

preaching:
1 Corinthians says you're saved,

and Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day

according to the Scriptures.

If you believe this in your heart,

if you accept this by faith,

you see, God will forgive you, he'll cleanse you,

and he'll set you free.

(video game beeping)

(video game powers off)

Give me that!

Give me that!

You must never tell Baba.

Swear to me you will never say anything.

Swear it!

Marc:
Bottle of Cristal, my table.

Yes, Mr. Shelley.

I have some news.

Me too.

Okay, but me first.

I've just been named partner.

I think I have cancer.

Did you hear me?

Did you hear what I just said?

I have cancer.

This couldn't wait until tomorrow?

What?

How can you say that to me?

I thought you loved me.

I do, but you're changing our agreement,

you're breaking our deal.

You make it sound like a contract negotiation.

Well, what did you think this was?

I thought it was love.

Grow up, Amy.

Love is the most overused word in the English language.

It's what we say when we want something,

when we need something,

and you're as guilty of it as anybody.

We had fun.

You were my hot, young girlfriend with the chic job.

I was your upwardly mobile,
charming, successful boyfriend.

And we were together because we each got something

out of the relationship that we wanted,

and it was good.

It was--
actually, it was great.

But now it's over.

How did I not see this in you?

Because you saw what you wanted.

You understand that I might die?

And I'm sorry about that.

Hey, you're in my philosophy class.

Martin, right?

Correct,
and you're Mr. Josh.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's me,
Mr. Josh.

Hey, is that on our reading list?

No.

Can I ask you a question?

Yeah, sure.

Why are you doing what you are doing?

Everyone else thinks I'm crazy.

My girlfriend--
ex-girlfriend left me over it.

My parents don't want me to risk it.

At the end of it all,

I'm gonna have to work like a dog

for the rest of the semester

just to catch up on my other classes.

You have described your difficulties,

but you haven't answered my question of why.

I don't know.

I just--I think of Jesus
as my friend.

Martin:
So, you think Jesus is God?

Yeah, and the Son of God.

I don't want to disappoint him,

even if everyone thinks I should.

See, to me, he's not dead.

He's alive.

I don't want anyone to get talked out of believing in him

just because some professor thinks they should.

See you around, Martin.

Bye.

Hiya, Tom Blanchard, Metro City Auto.

Here's your keys.

- Thank you.
- Satisfaction is guaranteed.

Do I need to sign something?

Absolutely.
I'm giving you a car.

Sign here,

and then one more right there, and one more there.

And if you could just initial there, there, and there.

Thank you.

Call us when you're back.
You have it for the weekend.

We'll come pick you up.

Thanks.

(engine sputtering)

You're kidding.

(engine sputtering)

What did you do?
Did you break it?

What?

Check and see if it's still in gear.

No, it's in park.

I don't understand.
It worked 5 minutes ago.

Alright, well, now it's not.

How soon can you get us another car?

Tom:
Well, not tonight.

It's already after 5:30.

Everyone's gone home

and I'm already kind of late for an audition.

An audition?

Yeah, the gang and I are doing "Death of a Salesman"

and it's kind of a dinner theatre thing.

What happened to satisfaction guaranteed?

It's alright, David.
We can leave tomorrow.

You want to make this drive and miss half the day?

Perhaps it's gonna rain anyway.

Forecast for tomorrow
is 82 and sunny at 9 a.m.

Sometimes you don't make any sense.

Sometimes you make too much.

Just remember, God is good.

All the time.

And all the time?

God is good.

Will you sign this saying you reject the car?

(phone ringing)

You're on with Marc.

It's me, dork, your sister.

Mina:
Oh, and this is about?

You really should go see Mom.

She's not doing well.

She hasn't been doing well for years.

That's why they call it dementia.

Mina:
Still, you should go see her.

Claire said you haven't been there in awhile.

Marc:
Like it matters?

Besides, I just bought her a new TV.

Look, I'll make you a deal.

You go and you ask her what 3 + 3 equals.

If she gives you the right answer, I'll visit.

That's not fair.

Marc:
Life's not fair. I gotta go.

Say hi to Amy.

Marc:
No, that's over.

What'd you do?

Unresolved personal issues.

She's got some stuff she's gotta work through.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Well, that's the way it goes.

Okay, ready to get this started?

(scoffing)

Seriously, you have got to get a life.

Yeah, tell me about it.

Hey honey.

Oh, sorry, the door was open.

I just let myself in.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Oh hey, did you pick up the bottle of wine I wanted?

I did.

I left it in the car.

It's in the car.

Don't worry about it.

You have a lot on your plate.

So, you know, just--

thank you for helping set up our dinner party.

Well, unless I'm wrong,

all the guests are from the philosophy department?

That's not true.
Vivian's a sociologist.

You're proving my point.

Look, I can't help it.

See, my intellectual rigor falls to pieces

the instant I get around you.

Really?

You could have fooled me.

The first time I walked into your classroom,

you were all blood and thunder.

That was a performance, staged largely for your benefit.

In the mean time, I kept trying to keep my eyes off you

and hoping that there was a brain inside that pretty head.

Mina:
Why?

Well, because if there wasn't, then, you know,

there's no way I could have made myself go out with you.

Look, as it was, I waited until you aced the midterm.

It was an A-minus.

Close enough.

Come on, where is she?

Huh?

Who?

That carefree,
free-spirited girl

who forced me to almost risk my career by dating her.

You know, the one who quoted Emily Dickinson, and Shelley,

and Spongebob Squarepants
with equal self-confidence.

I mean, what ever happened to the old Mina?

'Cause I miss her.

She has got a mom who's failing,

she's sensing time is passing by,

and she's starting to wonder if she's unequally yoked.

Alright, you've been reading again, haven't you?

Reading, listening, thinking.

You can hardly call this thinking.

As a matter of fact, it's the opposite of thinking.

You know I'm a Christian.

You knew that when you first started seeing me.

Yes, and you know that I'm not.

Yeah, I know,

and I know there's a lot of things

you don't want to talk about,

so we don't talk about them.

Yeah, except the not talking is starting to get louder

and louder, and soon it will be deafening,

and I don't know if I can put up with that.

- I know.
- Do you?
- Yeah.

Because we need to be clear on this.

There's only room in this relationship for two,

which means I don't get a mistress

and you don't get to drag a
2,000-year-old dead carpenter

turned itinerant rabbi into our lives.

Look, I'm gonna go freshen up.

Is this the same car?

Oh, no sir.
No, sir.

Same model, different color.

The other one was a cabernet.

This is more of a merlot.

Reverend Dave:
You know, lying's not good.

Lying to an ordained minister
is flat-out bad.

You know that, right?

Tom:
Sir, I assure you this is a different automobile.

Here, try it out.

How'd your audition go?

Oh, pretty good.

I'm up for the role of Biff,
so--thanks for asking.

(engine sputtering)

You guys going somewhere?

How's it look for you with the department chair position?

I'm up for review
mid-semester.

Dean Powell assures me it's a slam dunk.

female colleague:
Well, congratulations Jeffrey.

Anything else on your plate?

Not really.

female colleague #2:
Feel like sharing?

I've got this student in my
introductory class this semester

who's--well,
he's taken a challenge

to prove the existence of God.

In your classroom?

- Yes.
- Silly boy.

- Freshman?
- Oh yeah.

Doesn't seem quite fair to me.

Well, how's that?

Mina:
He's inexperienced in front of a room,

and you're expecting him to compete with you

in your own field of expertise.

Professor Radisson:
Come on, Mina. This is fun for me.

I can't help it if a boy wants to make a fool of himself

and commit academic suicide.

Look, I tried to stop him.

I gave him an out, but no, no, no,

he wants to prove that God isn't dead.

(colleagues chuckling)

Look, I know I am in the minority here,

but I actually believe in God.

Yes, yes, well, she is--
she's a work in progress.

(colleagues laughing)

So, darling, I think it's best we just change the subject.

Mina:
But I'm just saying--

Mina, I've asked politely, okay?

Okay.

The coq au vin is almost done.

Professor Radisson:
Excellent.

To the dining room.

Professor Radisson:
Nothing like a nice merlot to take the edge off.

Cheers, everyone.

Mina, this wine is awful.

It's been cooked.

It tastes like it was sunning in a moldy basement.

Talk about your
"Grapes of Wrath."

(colleagues laughing)

I bought it before I went shopping the other day.

I locked it in the trunk

and when I got home I forgot about it.

Well, I think this dinner serves as a valuable lesson.

As Socrates put it over 2,000 years ago,

"Gnothi seauton."

Looks like it's Greek to her.

Professor Radisson:
Oh, it's "Know thyself," darling, know thyself.

Which I suggest means knowing your own limitations.

You know, if you'll all excuse me,

it's time for the help to depart.

Sweetheart--

♪♪

♪♪

female lab technician:
No pacemaker?

No other piercings, right?

No.

female lab technician:
I know it sounds crazy, but I have to ask.

If there's any ferrous metal anywhere inside your body,

the magnetic field will put it out, and forcibly.

♪

Josh:
In our last class, I was asked a question

that I couldn't answer.

As Professor Radisson pointed out,

Stephen Hawking is an atheist.

He also wrote a book called "The Grand Design"

in which he says the following:

"Because there is a law such as gravity,

the universe can and will
create itself from nothing."

And to be honest, I didn't know how to refute that.

I mean, after all, Hawking is clearly a genius.

But, Professor John Lennox,

who teaches mathematics and philosophy

has demonstrated that there are not one, even two,

but three errors of logic contained

in that one simple sentence,

and it all boils down to circular reasoning.

Hawking is basically saying that the universe exists

because the universe needed to exist,

and because the universe needed to exist,

it therefore created itself.

It's like this.

If I say to you that I can prove

that Spam is the best-tasting
food that's ever existed

because in all of history, no food has ever tasted better,

you'd probably look at me strange

and say I haven't proven anything.

And you'd be right,

all I've done is restate my original claim.

But when Hawking claims that the universe created itself

because it needed to create itself,

and then offers that as an explanation

as to how and why it was created,

we don't immediately recognize
that he's doing the same thing.

But he is, prompting Lennox to further comment,

"Nonsense remains nonsense,

"even when spoken by famous scientists

"even though the general public

assumes they are
statements of science."

This is the height of hubris.

Are you telling me that you, a freshman,

are saying that Stephen Hawking is wrong?

No, what I'm saying is that John Lennox,

a professor of mathematics and philosophy,

has found Professor Hawking's reasoning to be faulty,

and I agree with his logic.

But if you can't bear to disagree

with Hawking's thinking,

then I suggest that you turn to page five of his book,

where he insists philosophy is dead.

And if you're so sure

of Professor Hawking's infallibility,

and philosophy really is dead,

then well, there's really no need for this class.

Mina:
It's like I'm a convenience to him,

except for when my faith comes up,

then he becomes verbally abusive.

I'm guessing he's bright.

Brilliant.

Handsome.

Yes.

And his attention makes you feel special,

gives you a sense of completeness.

Have you been reading my diary?

Psychologists call it the Cinderella complex.

It's not my name for it, so don't get upset with me.

Guys are capable of the same thing.

It's just they don't have a name for it.

But in essence, you're looking for his approval

to give you
a sense of self-worth

instead of generating it internally.

Don't most people do that?

Yeah, a lot of people do, sure.

But, using romance
to shore up self-image

is an unstable foundation.

Do you believe God's capable
of error, bias, or bad judgment?

No.

So, if he's incapable of mistakes,

and he made you in his likeness and image,

then it follows that he cares about you, right?

Right.

To the point where God's only Son

would willingly be crucified again for you, just you,

if that's what was necessary.

Well, if he loves you that much,

who cares what your boyfriend thinks?

To the wrong person, you'll never have any worth.

But to the right person, you'll mean everything.

Josh:
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

for the last 150 years, Darwinists have been saying

that God is unnecessary to explain man's existence

and that evolution replaces God,

but evolution only tells you what happens

once you have life.

So, where did that something that's alive come from?

Well, Darwin never really addressed it.

He assumed maybe some lightning hit a stagnant pool

full of the right kind of chemicals

and bingo, a living something.

But it's just not that simple.

You see, Darwin claimed that the
ancestry of all living things

came from that one single, simple organism

which reproduced and was slowly modified over time

into the complex life forms we view today.

Which is why, after contemplating his own theory,

Darwin uttered his famous statement,

"Natura non facit saltum,"

meaning,
"Nature does not jump."

Well, as noted author Lee Strobel pointed out,

that if you can picture
the entire 3.8 billion years

that scientists say life has been around

as one 24-hour day,

in the space of just about 90 seconds,

most major animal groups suddenly appear

in the forms in which they currently hold.

Not slowly and steadily as Darein predicted,

but in evolutionary terms, almost instantly.

So, "nature does not jump" becomes

"nature makes
a giant leap."

So, how do theists explain this sudden outburst

of new biological information?

"And God said, 'Let the water teem with living creatures

"'and let birds fly above the earth

across the expanse
of the sky.'

"So God created the great creatures of the sea

"and every living and moving thing

"with which the water teems,

"according to its kind.

And God saw that it
was good," Genesis 1:20.

In other words, creation happened

because God said it should happen.

And even what looks, to our eyes,

to be a blind, unguided process

could really be divinely controlled from start to finish.

Isn't there anyone you'd like
to have here with you for this?

No, there's nobody.

♪

♪

♪

(slow clapping)

Lies, lies, and more lies.

It's easy to dismiss what you don't understand

or what you don't want to understand.

Professor Radisson:
There it is, the default setting of the Bible-thumper.

"If only you would open the Scripture and read,

then you would understand."

So says the brave young freshman.

"For thou art wise, and with thou, all wisdom shall die,"

Job 12, verse 2.

What else does Job tell us?

"For man who is born of woman is few of days,

"and full of trouble.

"He comes forth like a shadow and does not continue.

"So man lies down, and does not rise

'til the heavens
are no more."

Well, at least he got that part right.

What happened to you?

When a 12-year-old watches
his mother dying of cancer,

it's only natural to beg God for her life.

He'll promise anything

to his make-believe
grandfather in the sky,

including to love and worship him forever,

if only he will spare her.

Sometimes the answer is no.

Tell that to me the day you lose someone you love.

She died believing a lie.

She died believing that someone out there loved her

even while he was strangling her to death.

A God who would allow that is not worth believing in.

That is why, Wheaton, you will find

the most committed atheists were once Christians,

but we took the blinders off.

We saw the world for what it truly is.

You see, Shakespeare had it right.

Life is really a tale told by an idiot,

full of sound and fury, and signifying nothing.

♪♪

Ayisha!

♪♪

"He's the one god
who has not begotten."

Say it!

I command you to say it!

No, Baba.

Jesus is my Lord and Savior and
he died to save me from my sins.

No!

(Tricia Brock singing "What I Know")

Carry on, carry on

What I know is you, my God, are real

No matter how I feel, you've never let me go

And what I know is there will never be a day

You aren't just a breath away

And through it all I've gotta hold to what I know

Gonna hold to what I know

What I know

What I know

Amy:
Sorry for the delay in posting my interview.

It's been a rough week.

When I finally caught up to--

(crying)

New post.

I have cancer.

Amy is going to die.

(sobbing)

No!

(sobbing)

Jeffrey, I need to talk to you.

You know how I feel about that.

On campus, I'm Professor Radisson, okay?

So, then he claims that Dawkins
is the one who was in error,

as if Dawkins thought--

Jeffrey, I'm leaving you.

Excuse me.

What?

What are you saying?

I'm leaving you.

You can't do that.

I won't accept it.

I'm sorry.

Professor Radisson:
I said I don't accept that.

I won't allow it.

I know, I heard you, but it's not your choice.

Good bye, Jeffrey.

How long has she been hiding her faith?

About a year.

I can't even imagine what she must be feeling.

You asked to be in the trenches, David.

What have I done, Pastor Dave?

I've lost everything.

What if I made a mistake?

Ayisha, you've displayed an amazing amount of courage

by standing up for your faith.

God knows the risks you've taken and he will honor that.

I don't think I can do this.

We're here for you, Ayisha.

Reverend Dave:
Are you--have you read of the Apostle Paul?

He said, "I know what it is to have little,

"and I know what it is to have plenty.

"ln any and all circumstances,

"I have learned the secret
of being well-fed

"and of being hungry,

"of having plenty and of being in need.

I can do all things--"

"Through Christ
who strengthens me."

Right.

You're not alone, Ayisha.

You're gonna be okay.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

I made a mistake with you,

Letting you speak in front of my classroom

and spew your propaganda.

But today, we're gonna change things up a bit.

Josh:
Evil.

Now, it's been said that evil
is atheism's most potent weapon

against the Christian faith, and it is.

After all, the very existence of evil begs the question,

"If God is all-good
and God is all-powerful,

why does he allow
evil to exist?."

The answer at its core is
remarkably simple: free will.

God allows evil to exist because of free will.

From the Christian standpoint,
God tolerates evil in this world

on a temporary basis so that one day,

those who choose to love him freely

will dwell with him in heaven,
free from the influence of evil,

but with their free will in tact.

In other words, God's intention concerning evil

is to one day destroy it.

Professor Radisson:
Well, how convenient.

"One day, I will get rid of all the evil in the world.

"But until then, you just have to deal with all the wars,

"and Holocausts, tsunamis, poverty, starvation, and AIDS.

Have a nice life."

Next, he'll be lecturing us on moral absolutes.

But why not?

Professor Radisson, who's clearly an atheist,

doesn't believe in moral absolutes,

but his core syllabus says he plans to give us an exam

during finals week.

Now, I'm betting that if I manage to get an "A"

on the exam by cheating,

he'll suddenly start sounding like a Christian,

insisting it's wrong to cheat,

that I should have known that.

And yet, what basis does he have?

If my actions are calculated to help me succeed,

then why shouldn't I perform them?

For Christians, the fixed point of morality,

what constitutes right and wrong,

is a straight line that leads directly back to God.

Professor Radisson:
Oh, so you're saying that we need a God to be moral,

that a moral atheist is an impossibility.

Josh:
No, but with no God, there's no real reason to be moral.

I mean, there's not even a standard

of what moral behavior is.

For Christians,
lying, cheating, stealing--

in my example, stealing
a grade I didn't earn--

are forbidden.

It's a form of theft.

But if God does not exist,

as Dostoyevsky famously pointed out,

"If God does not exist,
then everything is permissible."

And not only permissible, but pointless.

If Professor Radisson is right, then all of this,

all of our struggle, our debate,

whatever we decide here is meaningless.

I mean, our lives and ultimately our deaths

have no more consequence than that of a goldfish.

This is ridiculous.

So, after all your talk,

you're saying that it all comes down to choice:

believe or don't believe.

That's right, that's all there is.

That's all there's ever been.

The only difference between your position and my position

is that you take away their choice.

You demand that they choose the
box marked, "I don't believe."

Professor Radisson:
Yes, because I want to free them.

Because religion
is like a--

it's like a mind virus that parents have passed on

down to their children,

and Christianity is the worst virus of all.

It slowly creeps into our lives

when we're weak or sick or helpless.

So, religion is like a disease?

Professor Radisson:
Yes. Yes, it infects everything.

It's the enemy of reason.

Reason?

Professor, you left reason a long time ago.

What you're teaching here isn't philosophy.

It's not even atheism anymore.

What you're teaching is antitheism.

It's not enough that you don't believe.

You need all of us to not believe with you.

Professor Radisson:
Why don't you admit the truth?

You just want to ensnare them
in your primitive superstition.

What I want is for them to make their own choice.

That's what God wants.

You have no idea how much I'm gonna enjoy failing you.

Yeah, but who are you really looking to fail, Professor?

Me or God?

Do you hate God?

That's not even a question.

Okay, why do you hate God?

This is ridiculous.

Why do you hate God?
Answer the question.

You've seen the science and the arguments.

Science supports his existence.

You know the truth.

So, why do you hate him?

Why?.!

It's a very simple question, Professor.

Why do you hate God?

Because he took everything away from me.

Yes, I hate God.

All I have for him is hate.

How can you hate someone if they don't exist?

You've proven nothing.

Maybe not.

They get to choose.

Is God dead?

God is not dead.

God's not dead.

God's not dead.
God's not dead.

God's not dead. God's not dead. God's not dead.

God's not dead. God's not dead. God's not dead.

(students agreeing in unison)

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Martin:
Josh!

Josh. Josh!

Your decision to prove God is not dead

has affected me greatly.

I'm glad.

Yes, and it has changed everything.

I've decided to follow Jesus.

That's great, Martin.

Hey, you know what?

You've gotta check this out.

- Okay.
- Come on.

Reverend Dave:
Why did I have to bring my suitcase?

Not bringing it would show a lack of faith.

Oh merciful Father, please allow this car to start.

Amen.

That's it?

Why, do you have a better "Lord, please make my car run"

blessing that you know?

No.

So then, let's give it a try.

Okay.

No, no, no, no.

Put our bags in the trunk first.

David, we spend our entire lives talking about faith.

Now I'm asking you to show faith.

Okay.

(engine starting)

- Unbelievable.
- No. Faith.

- God is good.
- All the time.

- And all the time?
- God is good.

I don't even know what I'm doing here.

I mean, it's not like you even know who I am.

You prayed and believed

your whole life,

never done anything wrong,

and here you are.

You're the nicest person I know, I am the meanest.

You have dementia, my life is perfect.

Explain that to me.

Sometimes the devil allows people

to live a life free of trouble

'cause he doesn't want them turning to God.

Your sin is like a jail cell,
except it's all nice and comfy,

and there doesn't seem to be any need to leave.

The door's wide open

'til one day, time runs out,

and the cell door slams shut

and suddenly...
it's too late.

Who did you say you were?

I can't believe this.

The car actually starts

and now we're being
done-in by believers.

I think it's beautiful.

Please, no more words of wisdom.

But I'm just happy to see

all these people going to sing about Jesus.

(horn blaring)
Move!

Hello, gentlemen.

Can I help you?

I'm Amy Ryan.
I write "The New Left."

Michael Tait.
How are you?

Did we schedule this?

No, I actually find that the
best interviews are unscripted.

So, in a few minutes, you guys are gonna go out there

and you're gonna sing about God and Jesus

as if they're as real as you and me.

How can you do that?

Well, to us, they are as real.

As a matter of fact, even more so.

I mean, we exist in the here and now.

They've existed forever.
Think about that.

Yeah, you know, in the beginning was the Word.

The Word was with God and the Word was God.

(Amy chuckling)

So, I see.
So when you're pressed,

you quote a bunch of ancient scribblings and say,

"Don't worry,
it's all in there."

Well, they may be ancient, but they're not scribblings.

I mean, we believe God gave us an instruction manual,

and it's where we draw our strength

and it's where we find our hope.

So, where do you find your hope?

I'm dying.

Duncan Phillips:
Hey Amy, you're not here to trash us, are you?

I think that's what you might have done,

but I think you're here kinda wondering,

kinda hoping that this stuff is for real, aren't you?

How do you know that?

Duncan Phillips:
I just felt that that's what God was saying,

and he just wanted you to know it.

That's--I can't--

Jody Davis:
Yeah, and he's just the drummer.

(Safe Haven singing "Chasing the Sun")

And we never really did what we're told

And we'll say we were dumb and all alone

But we're still chasing the sun

We'll say we were young and full of hope

And we never really did what we're told

And we'll say we were dumb and all alone

But we're still chasing the sun

One day, we'll fade
but we'll never forget--

♪♪

female voiceover:
"My dearest son,

"words cannot express the love I have for you

"or the sorrow in my heart

"knowing that I will never be able to see you grow up

"and fulfill God's plan for your life.

"My heart is broken at the thought of leaving you.

"I know God is in control.

"His ways are higher than our ways

"and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts.

"Live life to the fullest and
remain in the joy of the Lord.

"You will forever be in my heart.

I love you.
Mom."

(phone dialing)

Mina:
Hey, it's Mina.

Sorry I missed your call.
Leave a message.

Mina, it's Jeffrey.

Please call me.

male:
Hey guys, we're a-go for the show.

Hey Steve, give us a minute, buddy.

This is kinda important.

- Thanks guys.
- Thanks.

Can we pray for you real quick?

Do you mind?

Cool.

Dear God, we don't know your plan for Amy, Lord,

but we're asking you would save her tonight, Lord.

Change her, cleanse her, give her a fresh start, Lord.

Let her know that she's loved, and more importantly,

that she is loved by you, the Master of the universe.

Give her strength for the journey ahead, Lord,

and let her know in her heart, God, speak to her,

that you're gonna be with her every step of the way.

We pray this, Jesus, in your holy name.

Amen.

Yeah.

Duncan Phillips:
Hey guys, we gotta roll.

Cool, you gonna be okay, Amy?

You good?

♪♪

Make a way for

Make a way for

Make a way for the King

The King is coming

♪♪

Empty hearts are filling up

Wicked ways are coming undone

Every eye is looking out for you

City lights are burning out

Freedom's song is ringing loud

Dead men waking up to the sound of you

And all our hearts can sing

All our hearts can sing

Make a way for

Make a way for

Make a way for the King

The King is coming

So, make a way for

Make a way for

Make a way for the King

(thunder rumbling)

Oh, that's perfect.

So much for sunny and clear skies.

(tires screeching)

Call an ambulance!

Call an ambulance!

Don't move.

His ribs are crushed.

His lungs are filling with blood.

He doesn't have long.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Don't move.

I can't die.

I'm not ready.

Do you know Jesus?

I'm an atheist.

I believe it's God's mercy that brought me here right now.

I'm dying.

How can you call that mercy?

Because that car could have killed you instantly.

And I'm sure right now you probably wish that it did,

but I'm here to tell you that it's a gift

'cause the God that you don't believe in

has given you another chance,

another chance to change your final answer.

I don't want to die, but I'm so scared.

Reverend Dave:
If it's any consolation, so was Jesus.

He was so scared, he sweat blood.

He asked the Father if it could be removed from him,

but the answer was no.

He says no a lot.

Reverend Dave:
He gives us the answers we'd ask for

if we knew what he knows.

"'For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

"so are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts are higher than
your thoughts, ' says the Lord."

Exactly.

So, the question is--
stay with me.

Stay with me.

Are you willing to put your faith in Jesus Christ?

Are you willing to take that chance?

Yes.

God is willing to forgive you of your sins, all of them,

if you accept his Son and ask him into your life.

That's all you have to do is just accept his Son.

Accept his love and receive his forgiveness right now.

Do you accept him as Lord and Savior?

Yes, I accept.

Reverend Dave:
It's alright.

In a few minutes, you're gonna
know more about God than I do,

or anybody else here does.

It's okay, it's okay.

♪

♪

Michael Tait:
If you check out the screens behind me,

we have a very special message from a very good friend.

Willie:
Hey, I'm Willie Robertson,

speaking on behalf of the Robertson family.

Me and the gang wanted to let you know

we've heard in the news

that there's been a bit of
a squabble down there on campus.

One of your professors insisted that God is dead.

Well, I'm happy to announce
that the reports of God's death

were greatly exaggerated.

Now, let me ask you a question.

Have you got your cell phones on you?

Good.

Alright, now while this next song is playing,

I want everyone to go to their contacts

and click on everybody you know

and text them three simple words:

"God's not dead."

And there's 10,000 of you out there,

and everyone knows about 100 people.

That's a million messages right there.

A million times we're gonna tell Jesus that we love him

in the next 3 minutes.

And for the young man who took up the gauntlet

to defend God's honor, and you know who you are,

I can only imagine the smile you put on God's face.

This one goes out to you.

It was you, wasn't it?

The one who defended God?

Yeah.

How did you know?

I heard you talking in the cafeteria.

Only a real risk tests the quality of a belief, right?

♪

Let love explode and bring the dead to life

A love so bold to see a revolution somehow

Let love explode and bring the dead to life

A love so bold to see a revolution somehow

Now I'm lost in your freedom

And this world I'll overcome

My God's not dead, he's surely alive

He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion

My God's not dead, he's surely alive

He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion

Roaring, he's roaring, roaring like a lion

Let hope arise and make the darkness hide

My faith is dead

I need a resurrection somehow

Now I'm lost in your freedom

And this world I'll overcome

My God's not dead, he's surely alive

He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion

My God's not dead, he's surely alive

He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion

Roaring, he's roaring, roaring like a lion

He's roaring, he's roaring

Let heaven roar and fire fall

Come shake the ground with the sound of revival

Let Heaven roar and fire fall

Come shake the ground with the sound of revival

What happened here tonight is a cause for celebration.

Pain, yes, for just a few moments, but now,

think about the joy in heaven.

My God's not dead, he's surely alive

He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion

My God's not dead, he's surely alive

He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion

God's not dead, he's surely alive

He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion

God's not dead, he's surely alive

He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion

Roaring, he's roaring, roaring like a lion

He's roaring, he's roaring, roaring like a lion

Roaring like a lion

Our God is alive

♪♪

(Superchick singing "This is the Time")

This is a story of your life, a movie starring you

What's the next scene have for you to do?

Leave the dishes in the sink, leave your fear there too

Live the story you would write for you

Say, hey, hey, wake your heart

And break, break, break apart

The walls that keep you from being you

And walk, walk towards the light

And don't stop 'til you live your life

Like someone died for you

This is the time to try

Just step out, your life is waiting

And as you fall, you'll find that you can fly

This is the time to try

Just step out, your life is waiting

And as you fall, you'll find that you can fly

You can find a million words to build a wall of fear

Safe behind that wall, imprisoned here

Take that someday step today to who you're meant to be

And turn your dreams to plans so you can breathe

Say, hey, hey, wake your heart

And break, break, break apart

The walls that keep you from being you

And walk, walk towards the light

And don't stop 'til you live your life

Like someone died for you

This is the time to try

Just step out, your life is waiting

And as you fall, you'll find that you can fly

Ask anyone whose time is up

What they'd give for what you've got

And how they'd live your life

Live like your life's worth dying for

You just walked out that prison door

And you'll know how to live your life

This is the time to try

Just step out, your life is waiting

And as you fall, you'll find that you can fly

This is the time to try

Just step out, your life is waiting

And as you fall, you'll find that you can fly

This is the time to try

Just step out, your life is waiting

And as you fall, you'll find that you can fly