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It’s not much of a stretch to say that during this pandemic, pretty much everyone in the world has consumed more media than normal due to the fact that we’re all stuck inside. As someone who creates movies and TV shows, I’ve been trying to figure out how to make what I’ve created more accessible […]
Note: The following is an excerpt from Darren Wilson’s new book, Chasing a God You Don’t Want to Catch, available everywhere books are sold May 12. To find out more, visit: bit.ly/chasingagodbook. Perhaps one of my biggest misconceptions was the idea that if I gave myself fully over to the Lord, He was going to
“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony” (Rev. 12:11). Whenever the world goes through a tragedy or traumatic event like we are experiencing right now with COVID-19, the initial reaction of the media is to focus on a wide variety of horror stories and how awful
As I’ve watched the entire world come to a screeching halt because of the coronavirus, two things in particular have become crystal clear. 1) The devil’s ministry has been put on full display. 2) The time has come for Christians to put their money where their mouth is. Second Corinthians 3:17 tells us that where
It seems like a lifetime ago that I was a full-time college professor just outside of Chicago. I made my first film, Finger of God, during my spring/summer breaks and with equipment I had to borrow from my university. At the time, becoming a full-time filmmaker was the furthest thing from my mind. I mean,
It’s hard to believe that it has been seven years since I last directed a movie. I filmed Holy Ghost and Holy Ghost Reborn together, and in the time since I transitioned into making television shows and creating my streaming service, WP TV. But the time has come to get back in the director’s chair
In 2014, I had just released Holy Ghost and was gearing up to get its sequel, Holy Ghost Reborn, out to the world, when my brother-in-law, Matt Bilen, came to me with an idea he had been kicking around for years. One night, he was reading an illustrated version of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress to
(All this week, WP Films has been making each of their films free to watch for one day. Today is the final day, where they are showing their newest movie, Finger of God 2. You can watch for free at wpfilm.com/holy-sharathon/). I dreamed up the idea for Finger of God 2 sometime in 2016. I
(All this week, WP Films will be making each of their films free to watch for one day. Today is the fifth of those films, Holy Ghost Reborn. You can watch for free at wpfilm.com/holy-sharathon/). It should have been called Holy Ghost 2. Everyone told me so, but I didn’t listen. I thought it was
(All this week, WP Films will be making each of their films free to watch for one day. Today is the third of those films, Father of Lights. You can watch it free at wpfilm.com/holy-sharathon/). Probably the most frequent question people ask me about my films is, “Which one is your favorite?” The correct response,
All this week, WP Films will be making each of their films free to watch for one day. Today is the second of those films, Furious Love. You can watch for free at wpfilm.com/holy-sharathon/ . People often ask me if it’s difficult to make my movies or is it just a total blast the whole
(All this week, WP Films will be making each of their films free to watch for one day. Today is the fourth of those films, Holy Ghost. You can watch it for free at wpfilm.com/holy-sharathon/.) After Father of Lights, I thought I was done making these movies. I was ready to move on to other
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