Let the Pentecostals tell it, and this (at the time of this writing) new, soon-to-be-released movie, based upon the book by a pastor named Tommy Tenney, produced by Matt Crouch, son of Paul and Jan Crouche—owners and founders of TBN—is the greatest thing ever, for the Christian community, since canned soup, sliced bread or even the birth of the Christ Himself. But, is it? They herald it as being true to scripture. Is it—being largely fiction, by Mr. Tenney’s own admission, with key components of the story, including the overall thrust, being inaccurate (any and every false prophet one can ever hope to encounter will always claim that his point of view is the most scriptural of all!)? The day after the premiere (10/11/06) Jan Crouch praised and appraised it not as a movie but as a prophecy from God. Really? Esther is lauded in all the promotional hype and media bling as a young woman, chosen of God for her extraordinary role because of her faith. Huhn?! If there was any faith to speak of, how did the God of all the universe miss it, when evidently, He saw the whole thing(!)? Perhaps we should give Mr. Tenney credit for having the guts to admit publicly that his work, the book, is fictitious; might that also be an admission that the book is loaded with doctrinal error, as well? After all, the book and movie cannot be both fiction and true to scripture all at the same time.
