The title alone alludes to what type of movie this is. Devout Christian undergoes emotional test that strengthens their faith in the long run. Although the plot line seems a bit cliché, the overall meaning proved meaningful… at least to me.

Throughout the movie, the main actress Grace (played by Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s Melissa Joan Hart), played the part of an AP History teacher put on trial for mentioning Jesus in the classroom. The movie shows the more important dilemma of Church vs. State on a more local level to provide perspective for the individual viewer.

Just beyond the overall purpose, Director Harold Cronk tried to use the historical factual description of Jesus throughout the movie. In the film, it is said that they can choose not to believe in him and what he did, but they can’t ignore the factual evidence that he was on Earth.

The story line deemed inspirational, which is why the filmmakers must’ve chosen to include songs like God’s Not Dead in the background, which is sung by the Newsboys who made a special appearance like in the first movie.

As well as the Christian band, Duck Dynasty’s Sadie Robertson acted the best friend of the other main lead Brooke, played by Hayley Orrantia.

But the fun doesn’t stop there, the movie was beautifully filmed as well as scripted. The camera never seemed to stop moving. The angles would zoom in and slowly keep moving to the side. It was an interesting way to capture the movie, but good nevertheless.

As well as camera angles, lighting was also a key factor in this movie. Anytime a person was talking about their faith, the light seemed to grow. The filmmakers wanted to make it seem like God was there, as corny as that can be.

The bottom line is that any movie like this seems to show the true belief of Christians and the internal struggles they deal with from time to time, as well as how they handle it. Cronk never failed to capture the emotions of every character or let a little comic relief with the two pastors. Movies like this are a hot topic for sure.