I love this film! Major studio productions of the lives of Christians are often inaccurate and painful to watch. This isn't.
Wesley is not most famous simply for founding Methodism - rather, his claim to fame is as a powerful revivalist and evangelist. Like Whitefield, Finney, Moody and the like he was greatly used by God to bring challenge, salvation and blessing to thousands of lost souls.
The scriptwriter Lawrence Barrett had an invaluable source for his material - Wesley's own published journal. Many Christian viewers will recognise the scenes in the film - using word-for-word reproductions from Wesley's own recollections.
I was moved to tears during two of the scenes depicted - one when Wesley was a member of a congregation in a chapel and a later one involving the resolution of an earlier issue concerning a highwayman. In contrast there was a hilarious scene involving the reaction of some church members to one of his sermons (the reference "riff-raff" may identify this for you if you've seen the picture!).
If you are a Bible-believing Christian I would heartily recommend this film to you, and I thank God for those responsible for its production for not compromising or watering down the gospel.
Wesley is not most famous simply for founding Methodism - rather, his claim to fame is as a powerful revivalist and evangelist. Like Whitefield, Finney, Moody and the like he was greatly used by God to bring challenge, salvation and blessing to thousands of lost souls.
The scriptwriter Lawrence Barrett had an invaluable source for his material - Wesley's own published journal. Many Christian viewers will recognise the scenes in the film - using word-for-word reproductions from Wesley's own recollections.
I was moved to tears during two of the scenes depicted - one when Wesley was a member of a congregation in a chapel and a later one involving the resolution of an earlier issue concerning a highwayman. In contrast there was a hilarious scene involving the reaction of some church members to one of his sermons (the reference "riff-raff" may identify this for you if you've seen the picture!).
If you are a Bible-believing Christian I would heartily recommend this film to you, and I thank God for those responsible for its production for not compromising or watering down the gospel.