Reel Faith with Chuck Bower

Reel Faith with Chuck Bower

by Chuck Bower
ChristianityFilm Reviews
Season 1

Heart of a Titan: Working with Purpose

Remember the Titans - IMDB Page Colossians 3:23-24 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."
S1 · E25
Aug 11, 2025
8:47

Awakening to Eternal Layers: Inception's Dreams and Hebrews' Realities

Inception - IMDB page Book of Hebrews God, I don't understand - Ken Boa
S1 · E24
Jul 28, 2025
11:13

Faith Over Fear: Lessons from Joshua, Caleb, and Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - IMDB page Numbers 13 17When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. 18See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? 20How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.) 27They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” Numbers 14 2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! 3Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.” 6Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes 7and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. 8If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. 9Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”
S1 · E23
Jul 14, 2025
10:54

“Great Scott! Faith, Time, and the Future!”

Back to the Future IMDB page The Abraham story is found in Genesis, chapters 15-22.
S1 · E22
Jun 30, 2025
9:12

With Great Power, Comes Great Faith: Lessons from Luke and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Spider Man (2002) IMDB page Luke 12 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” 16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” Do Not Worry 22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. 32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Watchfulness 35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” 41 Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?” 47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
S1 · E21
Jun 16, 2025
7:57

Patch Adams’ Heart and Romans’ Call: Living Love Out Loud

Patch Adams - IMDB page Romans 13:8-10 8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”[a] and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
S1 · E20
Jun 2, 2025
8:39

Obedience is better than sacrifice!

Book of I Kings I Samuel 15:22-23 But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”
S1 · E19
May 19, 2025
11:25

Pressing On: Perseverance in Christian Living Inspired by Rudy's Triumph

Rudy - IMDB page Galatians 6:9 (NIV): “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
S1 · E18
May 5, 2025
8:59

Raiders of the Lost Ark & God's Holiness: Jesus Bridges the Gap

Raiders of the Lost Ark - IMDB Page Hebrews 12:14 - "Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord." Lev 19:2 - “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.'" Romans 3:23 - "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 8:3 - "For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh," Hebrews 10:10 - "And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." I. Call to awe! II. Call to gratitude! III. Call to live differently!
S1 · E17
Apr 28, 2025
9:25

Sin is forgiven, death is defeated!

The Passion of the Christ - IMDB here John 10:18 says, ‘No one takes [my life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.’ 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 6:9 tells us, ‘For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.’ His resurrection means sin is forgiven, death is defeated, and we who believe share in that victory. The empty tomb is proof: nothing can separate us from God’s love.
S1 · E16
Apr 21, 2025
9:44
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