This is by far the best of the GOD'S NOT DEAD trilogy. A do not miss for anyone who likes movies about God and Jesus Christ. Michael Mason writes and directs this drama that brings together estranged brothers after a deadly fire destroys St. James Church located on the campus of Hadleigh University. Most sequels tend to gradually get worse as they continue, but this film proves the opposite with quality of cast and story. Featured in the cast: David A.R. White, John Corbet, Anne Leighton, Ted McGinley, Mike C. Manning, Tatum O'Neal and David Maldonado.

Disappointing movie! God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness has three parts. Well part 3 starts out slow but then bang a fire etc. Too much personal dialogue, and self searching. There is character development which is redeveloping what the viewer already knows! Beginning third I give a 5 out of ten! The middle third of the movie is interesting, which shows how the University sees the Church offensive, this movie never asks if any other organization was in the same circumstances would their would be different treatment? A new character is introduced which is a lawyer. The lawyer is pastor Dave's brother the relationship is interesting. The arguments, the legal and personal escalation is entertaining. Build up and build up for the climax. Middle is 7 out of 10! The bottom third is an example of identity politics and cultural Marxism at work. People get hurt and the creation of a manufactured Belfast situation. The pastor has an existential crisis and goes pacifist. Turn the other cheek means in old Jewish custom the second time you do this we have a problem to resolve. What happens here is no resolution. Why do some groups get pushed around? Why can people get their way by screaming and yelling with out asking what is the point? What are the facts? People tend to push around with what they can get away with! There is no church any where. Compilation works is the answer! The point of the law suit was the principle, God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness has NO answer on if what the University did was wrong? 3 out 10 for the ending. 5 stars.

And coming from an atheist, that's saying something.

The first "God's Not Dead" was a two sided ego match between the good Christian student and his evil atheist strawman of a professor. It wasn't deep, it was actually rather hateful against anybody who was non-Christian. But like most Christian movies it wasn't made with the intention to change hearts or minds but instead to preach to the already converted.

It also made a lot of money so damn right they'd make a sequel.

And in some ways the sequel was even worse because it focused around a total non-issue. A history professor mentions Jesus in class and for this she's sanctioned, put on leave and needs to go to court to defend her rights. Meanwhile the evil ACLU, who have actually defended the rights of Christians to pray in the real world, are portrayed as hating Christianity for no good reason. I mean they cast Ray Wise as the lead prosecutor and had him play it as demonically as possible. I'm not kidding. They really wanted to make it seem like he was the actual devil.

It also made a lot of money so of course they'd made a sequel.

But somewhere between the making of the second and the third something changed. We actually got a real movie with a message but one that didn't paint atheists as being the bad guys. In fact Reverend Dave, played by David A.R. White, is seen as being a much more understanding and caring individual than he has in the previous movies.

The end result is a surprisingly decent movie with a Christian message. What was even more surprising was how so many Christians seemingly didn't go see this movie for whatever reasons they had, Maybe this only goes to show that they're not interested in a movie that changes hearts and minds but only repeats to them what they already have in their own minds.

And quite honestly, I think that's really sad.