Jesus Camp is a documentary that aims to inform you about how evangelicals raise their children and what their beliefs are. The film follows Levi and Rachel’s journey to Jesus Camp and later to Colorado Springs and Washington D.C. The filmmakers ask the audience ‘When does education become indoctrination?’ and their film lets viewers answer for themselves. Jesus Camp’s creators convey their answer to the question indirectly through multiple components of cinematography including camera angles‚ lighting
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Derek C. Jones Professor Romesburg Freshman Comp. 1 December 16‚ 2015 Jesus Camp Jesus Camp is a documentary about a Pentecostal Christian children’s summer camp in North Dakota‚ called “Kids on Fire.” The camp is run by a minister named Becky Fischer. It’s directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing. The filmmakers follow three pre-teens‚ Levi‚ Rachael and Tory‚ around the country as they attend the camp‚ sit in on one of Ted Haggard’s sermons in his New Life mega church in Colorado Springs
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seems like everything in Revelations is coming true. We need Jesus now more than ever. The opening scene of the documentary was very misleading: just think… if you were an “outsider” looking in… and had no idea what Christianity or who this‚ Jesus person‚ they keep talking about was. You would think this woman is crazy‚ and she is manipulating these kids. Well that’s exactly how they feel. Fischer is emphasizing that they must fight for Jesus but also accusing the Muslim race for teaching their kids
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the experience they’ve just encountered or think it’s abnormal and intolerable. Living in New York you can experience culture shock on any corner of a neighborhood‚ culture shock is so common that I’ve just learned to embrace it; but when I saw “Jesus Camp” I was so flabbergasted I couldn’t believe my what I was hearing or seeing at that. Sociology‚ which is the study of society‚ teaches you to have a non-judgmental perspective on humans in society; therefore if a sociologist goes through the experience
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culture. The film Jesus Camp shows Evangelical Christian people and what their lives are like while being with this religion. Evangelical Christianity is a worldwide movement within Protestant Christianity maintaining that the essence of the gospel consists in the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. In the film it showed that these people say the world is sick and they need to fix it with the new boys and girls that were freshly introduced to this religion. In the film it states
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2015 Movie Response: Jesus Camp In the documentary Jesus Camp young children are shown in their native environment to have very close relationships with the Lord. Jesus Camp focuses on young white evangelical Christians from the heartland of America who are all being home schooled by their mothers and taught to be zealous soldiers in God’s army fighting the Devil and the morally bankrupt and godless secular culture in what is called the sick world. The importance of Jesus Camp cannot be emphasized
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and Jesus Camp both demonstrate that there are many images of Jesus and that there is a link between Jesus and God. Marcus J. Borg explains that there are two versions of Jesus and that within each version there are many different interpretations of Jesus. The first version of Jesus is pre-Easter Jesus and the second version of Jesus is the post-Easter Jesus. Borg states that “The pre-Easter Jesus is the historical Jesus” (84). This is the Jesus while he was still alive and the human Jesus. This
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The Jews expected Jesus to fulfill His theme of Jesus as Messiah. Jesus proves He is the Messiah by His actions showing how true of a Messiah He is‚ His lineage and coming from the line of David‚ and the way in which He defeats opposing powers and justifies their need for a king. Jesus’ actions are portrayed throughout the book of Matthew. Jesus establishes justice and peace. Jesus was a perfect example of the Prince of Peace. This was a great way for the Jews to realize Jesus’ actions match up
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Impact of Jesus History of Western Civilization If there was a debate focusing on the question of who is the most important‚ influential‚ or impactful person in the history of the world‚ Jesus Christ and Chuck Norris would be neck and neck for the top spot. Although Chuck may present an interesting case‚ Jesus has to take the cake for how he influenced entire cultures and their cultural beliefs during his time on earth‚ and almost 2000 years later in the modern era. The amount of lives he has
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After reading “Jesus’ Two Natures: God and Man” by Matt Slick‚ I now have a better and more clear understanding of the relationship of Jesus’ human and divine nature. The common misconception‚ outlined in the text‚ is that Jesus is half man and half God. This simply is not true; Jesus has two very distinct natures: he is both divine and human. Jesus was the Word of God‚ and with that said‚ Jesus’s divine nature and ability did not alter when He became flesh. When Jesus became flesh and gained his
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