Are Churchgoers a Market for Hollywood?

I was reading USA Today yesterday and came across this article, "Hollywood turns to divine inspiration." This article fits perfectly into a thread that was started in this post last week. Not to mention, my buddy Phil threw up a good post on the subject too.

The opening headline of this article says, "In God, Hollywood is trusting it will find big profits."

I almost fell out of my chair...what if part of the sentence was missing and the headline only said, "In God, Hollywood is trusting?!" For all the churchgoers around the world this is exactly how Hollywood hopes we read this line. They hope that if they keep producing movies with a spiritual theme, check out the list of up and coming ones here, there will be a shift in the thinking of a huge market of people that will start embracing what they are doing with their wallets!

I think this quote is one worth holding on to next time we think Hollywood, in general, is out there trying to give the churchgoer what they want at the box office to promote our system of beliefs. To be sure there are God-fearing producers who are seeking to use their talent for the glory of God (see Phil's post above), but in general, we must all remember that Hollywood is trusting God for a payday and not a life changed! But we know that Hollywood doesn't change lives for eternity, God does! And God will use any means necessary to draw men and women to Himself!

I am praying that God will raise up more Christ enslaved producers who will make it their mission to produce movies for His glory in a market that can challenge the hearts, minds and souls of millions!