Stars of new faith-based movies ordinary angel He calls on Christians to be a light to the world and follow the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, and says that living a life of following Christ in community is Biblical. “The path to fulfillment.”
“He says this Matthew 5:14“You are the light of the world, no town built on a hill can hide it.” Actor Alan Ritchson, an outspoken Christian, says this on one of his shows. new video on him Insta Church YouTube account.
in ordinary angel (PG), Ritchson plays the father of a young girl who suffers from a fatal illness and requires an organ transplant. Two-time Oscar nominee Hilary Swank plays a hairdresser who enters her father’s life to help. The film is based on a true story and will be released on Friday.
“It will inspire you.” He spoke about the film on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “This gives us hope again for humanity and is a call to action to jump into your community and just help.”
Community is the theme of Ritchson’s latest video on his InstaChurch channel, which he launched in 2022.
“I work with a psychiatrist.” Ritchson said. “And one thing that has emerged as one of the most important things I can do to find a more fulfilling life is to get more involved in the community, but for me it’s very difficult. I always Because I’m doing my job” way. [It’s] It’s very difficult to make friends and community when you travel a lot. ”
Ritchson read a recent article. atlanticAmericans reported having fewer face-to-face interactions than before.
“From 2003 to 2022, American men reduced their average time socializing in person by about 30 percent.” said the story. “For unmarried Americans, the decline was even greater, by more than 35%. Among teenagers, the decline was more than 45%. Boys and girls ages 15 to 19 spent less time socializing each week than three In other words, there is no other statistical record of a time in U.S. history where people spent more time alone.”
Ritchson said there is a solution to the lack of community in the Bible.Jesus “The path to the fullness of our lives, the high calling in the Sermon on the Mount, where our blessings are found, and which continues to call us salt, light, a city on a hill. ” God. “
Ritchson examined Old and New Testament passages about the New Jerusalem. New Jerusalem, he said, is a place where “heaven and earth meet.”
“So, back to this article in The Atlantic where we don’t hang out with each other anymore.” He said. “We are no longer a light figure in people’s lives, and we need to ask whether our way is better than the way Christ called us. “We have to think about whether that is the Messiah, the place where heaven and earth meet, where we think of it.” Does that fit into that equation, and if it is the new city of God for other people? what it means to us in our lives. ”
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Michael Faust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His story was published in Baptist Press. Christianity Today, Christian Poecent, of leaf chronicle, of toronto star and of knoxville news sentinel.
