Now playing: Counterfeit Christianity

It seems the bigwigs in Hollywood just don't get it.

After Mel Gibson's amazing, anointed film "The Passion of the Christ" reached blockbuster status, many of us Christians, sick of the sex, violence, drugs and language that are epidemic in films as of late, were excited at the fact that Hollywood might finally realize that there is a market for good, clean (not that "The Passion" was clean... it was bloody, rightfully so, but clean in the sense that there was none of the vices listed above) faith-inspired movies.

We hoped the studios would take notice. Well, they did... but like Howard Dean's laughable attempts to show his "faith-based side," we learned that Hollywood's version of Christianity is a far cry from the Truth that we embraced at "The Passion."

After Mel hit it big from his life-changing chronicle, film studio execs rubbed their hands together and said, "Hey, we've got a new market. Put something together, quick!"

And from this, we get films like "Constantine" (no offense, A.K.), and most recently and ridiculously, NBC's "Revelations." Both of these films, while claiming to insert "Christian principles" and the Holy Scriptures, completely miss the mark when it comes to key issues, such as heaven and hill, faith and works, and even simple things like Biblical CONTEXT.

True believers who have even read a smidgen of the book of Revelation easily see through NBC's irreverent and irresponsible use and twisting of scripture to make a good flick. In "Constantine," according to this review by Focus on the Family's Plugged In entertainment magazine, the "Good News" of the Gospel is that you get into Heaven by doing one truly selfless act. How dangerous that is at a spiritual level! Imagine how many people, if they believed that, could wind up in Hell because they considered something they did "truly selfless" and that they were good to go?

In "Revelations," Bill Pullman and Natasha McElhone must, according to Plugged In, "find and protect Jesus [say what!?] from the stalking Antichrist so that His kingdom may be fulfilled." Scripture is often misquoted and in some cases, rewritten, and it's clear these people don't realize that Christ's kingdom has ALREADY been fulfilled by His death and resurrection. Of course, those aspects of Christianity are never mentioned, and everything is just a mishmash of Catholic mysticism and made up garbage.

NBC's going to be scratching their heads going, "What? I thought those Left-your-Bee-hind books did so darn well! We talked about Antie-Christ, too!" Of course, most of their hearts lack that personal, saving relationship of the Gospel (or even an honest look at the Bible as lit), and their works are going to show themselves for what they are: counterfeit, ingenuine, and more spirtually murky and destructive than helpful.

It's no secret that The System of The Matrix in which we live likes its more obvious entertainment attacks -- the sex, violence and language -- but what it likes more are attacks that look like spirituality. One of Satan's many aliases is Lucifer, literally, the "light bearer." Christ is the light of the world, but Satan appears to be light (2 Cor. 11:14), when in reality he is darkness. He claims "enlightenment," but is really the cosmos' biggest fool. So it is with these phony "Christian" shows.

This isn't just entertainment here, people. This is a matter of life and death... which again, is why I attest that modern society's mainstream media oversaturation can and will be our undoing. Break free! If you're really interested in the End Times, read the Bible and then read the news! We're there, baby.

Instead of rejoicing at Hollywood's acceptance of Christians as a valid demographic with specific needs, we will now ADD to our prayers (in addition to having studios provide REAL Christian media) that the crap that's out there now won't be watched, and won't lead people away from the Truth. ::MH::