Forrest Frank Announces The Jesus Generation Movie

The Gospel Music Association spread the announcement, and the name already says a lot: The Jesus Generation Movie. A title is too little to judge a work by, but it's plenty to think about. Whoever chooses a title like that has already picked the subject they want to talk about, even if the rest is still missing.

From generation to generation

Psalm 145 puts it plainly: "One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts" (Psalm 145:4, ESV). Commending and declaring show up in the same line, like two breaths of the same people. Whoever has seen God at work doesn't keep it to himself: he tells it.

The Bible also records the other side: "there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel" (Judges 2:10, ESV). It only took one generation dying for the people to forget. Faith isn't inherited by last name or by environment; it's passed on when someone lives it in front of another person and explains why.

That's why a big title guarantees nothing. You can sing along to the name of Jesus and not know him, and no screen or T-shirt fixes that. What fixes it is the gospel told clearly and a life that backs it up.

What you can do right now

What will be on screen remains to be seen. In the meantime, you can do something no premiere can do for you: read an entire gospel. If you've never finished one, start with Mark. If the conversation is going to be about Jesus, it's worth knowing the record firsthand and not just the culture's version.

And pray for the people behind the project. A movie is the work of months and many hands. Ask that the result exalt Christ and not the project, and that everyone who sees it walks out wanting to open the Bible.

This announcement won't change your week, but it can serve as a bridge. Before the premiere, read a gospel and tell someone what Jesus has done. The generation that proclaims starts with one person who celebrates.