Recommended Resources for Reformation |
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FOR REFORMATION SOCIETIES
RECOMMENDED FILM RESOURCES
* Martin Luther (110 min) - Excellent 1950’s Black and White award winning film. * Luther (120 min) - A fast moving big budget (US$100 million) epic on the Great Reformer. * God’s Outlaw - The Story of William Tyndale (93 min) - A well-produced drama on the English Bible Translator, Reformer and Martyr who gave his life that we could have the Bible in English. * Amazing Grace (120 min) - Big budget epic on William Wilberforce’s parliamentary battles to end the slave trade. * What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? (60 min) - Excellent Coral Ridge production. * Francis Schaeffer’s “How Shall We Then Live?” (10x30 min) - Monumentally important Worldview overview from the time of the Romans through to our present time. * The History and Theology of Calvinism (260 min) - Tremendous series. Foundational. * Cromwell (134 min) - Tremendous epic on the English Civil War and Puritan general Oliver Cromwell. * KJV – The Making of the King James Bible. * Our Christian Heritage (50 min). * A Tale of Two Cities (130 min) - One of the greatest stories – powerful contrast between English Christianity and French Revolution Humanism. * The Ten Commandments (220 min) - Moses and the Exodus are powerfully depicted in this great award winning epic. * Ben Hur - One of the greatest films ever. Must viewing. Powerful. * The Passion (120 min) - The Crucifixion, graphically depicted. * Empty Cities (28 min) - Effective Moody Science documentary on ancient civilizations. * The Way of the Master - A Tremendous evangelistic training programme series. * Answers in Genesis - Outstanding Creation evangelism resources. * Evolution Vs. God - Way of the Master’s excellent expose of the fraud of Evolutionism. * The Final Frontier – Death and the Afterlife. A Powerful Evangelistic film aimed at the cynical, skeptical and media saturated. * The Atheist Delusion – Excellent Way of the Master documentary. Powerful Evangelism. + The Case for Christ – Both the drama and documentary. + Christian History Institute Overview of Church History (4x30 min) - Good overview. + God’s Not Dead (120 min) - Profound and powerful drama on the intimidation of students by atheist professors in university. Inspiring. + Witchcraft Repackaged (120 min) - Vital exposé of the occultic Harry Potter phenomenon. + The Gods of Entertainment (60 min) - Very important exposé of Hollywood’s Humanism. + Florence Nightingale (22 min) - Inspiring introduction to the Lady With the Lamp. + Truth Prevails – Jan Hus (56 min) - New documentary on the Reformer and Martyr of Prague. + Monumental - Kirk Cameron’s Search for America’s National Treasure. + A Christian Manifesto (60 min) - Francis Schaefer’s documentary against abortion. + The Spreading Flame - An overview of Protestant history. + Lady Jane (135 min) - The brave Protestant queen who was martyred under “Bloody Mary” after only 9 days reign. + Spurgeon Tonight (56 min) - The Prince of Preachers, Charles Spurgeon. + Jesus of Nazareth (380 min) - Beautifully presented. + It’s a Wonderful Life (130 min) - Classic Christmas film on the impact of a life lived for others. + Warriors of Honour (Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson) (80min) + Beyond Gates of Splendour (96 min) - The story of the 5 missionary martyrs in Ecuador. + The Story of Eric Liddell (80 min) - Inspiring documentary of Scottish Olympic champion of Chariots of Fire fame and his martyrdom as a missionary to China. + The Da Vinci Delusion (60 min) - Coral Ridge Ministries exposé of the Da Vinci Code. + Candle in the Dark – the Story of William Carey (140 min) - Christian History Institute drama on the Father of the Modern Missionary movement. + Captivated – Finding freedom in a media captive culture (107 min). - God and Generals (220 min) - The War between the States particularly focusing on the Christian generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. - Zulu Dawn (120 min) - Historical epic on the Battle of Isandlwana 1879. - The Agony and the Ecstasy (140 min) - Historical epic on Michelangelo’s artistic masterpiece on the ceiling of the Cistine Chapel. - Becket (150 min) - Epic on English Martyr Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. - Apocalypto (138 min) - An exposé on the brutal Central American Mayan “civilization”. - The End of the Spear – Dramatic big screen drama on the missionary martyrs in Ecuador. - Bitter Harvest – Drama of the Holodomor in Ukraine 1930s. Powerful presentation of resistance to Soviet genocide of Christians.
Key: * Highly Recommended + Recommended - Recommended with caution
Many of these films are available through from: Christian Liberty Books, PO Box 358, Howard Place 7450, Cape Town, South Africa, tel: 021-689-7478, fax: 086-551-7490, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and website: www.christianlibertybooks.co.za.
Visit www.movieguide.org for film reviews from a Christian perspective.
www.FrontlineMissionSA.org also has some film reviews from the perspective of historic accuracy.
OTHER RESOURCES: Africa Christian Action PO Box 23632, Claremont, 7735, Cape Town, SA E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Web: www.christianaction.org.za
American Vision PO Box 220, Powder Springs, GA 30127, USA E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
A Puritans Mind
Banner of Truth Trust 3 Murrayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6EL,Scotland E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Christians For Truth Web: www.cft.org.za
Chalcedon Foundation, The Web: www.chalcedon.edu
Christian Liberty BooksPO Box 358, Howard Place, 7450, Cape Town, SAE-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Web: www.christianlibertybooks.co.za
European Institute of Protestant Studies, The 256 Ravenhill Road, Belfast, BT6 8GL, Northern Ireland E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Web: www.ianpaisley.org
Frontline Fellowship PO Box 74, Newlands, 7725, Cape Town, SA E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Web:www.frontlinemissionsa.org
Kingsmeadow Web: www.kingsmeadow.com
KwaSizabantu Mission Web: www.kwasizabantu.com
Ligonier Ministries Web: www.ligonier.org
Reformation.org Web: www.reformation.org
Reformation Heritage Books 29665 Leonard Street, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49525, USA E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Web: www.reformationheritage.org
Reformation Society, The PO Box 74, Newlands, 7725, Cape Town, SA E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr. Peter Hammond |