#WARROOM BIBLE STUDY MOVIE#

Personal prayers are best offered in a quiet and private place. If that’s not an essential point, why not show alternatives by having one or two choose someplace different? (And what have they done with their clothes and other things? Closets are storage areas.)

In narration over what Elizabeth is doing to her closet, Miss Clara does acknowledge that the place is not the critical thing, But Clara, Elizabeth, and the couple’s young daughter, all turn their clothes closets into a prayer rooms. It’s apparently based on Matthew 6:6, in the old King James Version, “when thou prayest, enter into thy closet.” Most modern translations simply have “room,” or “private room.” In the context of the Matthew text, the Lord is decrying the hypocritical Pharisees’ practice of offering their personal prayers out in public, “that they may be seen by men” (vs. However, there were a number of things that concerned me, so that, in spite of what is positive, I would not personally recommend the film to others.ġ) First, there’s the “closet” issue–going into a clothes closet to pray. Great! Miss Clara’s desire to pass on what the Lord had taught her was also good, providing an example of personal discipling (cf. War Room provides an interesting and emotionally intense story about a husband and wife in serious conflict (an all too common problem), and how God answered prayer and got them on the right path. Later, I went back and watched it again, double-checking some things.

#WARROOM BIBLE STUDY MOVIE#

Question: What do you think of the Christian movie War Room?Īnswer: My wife and I watched this recently released film.

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