The Christerion Collection Ep. 4 – Miracles From Heaven
Added 2024-04-30 21:00:05 +0000 UTCMatt and Beth have risen again for another episode of The Christerion Collection!
Matt and Beth have risen again for another episode of The Christerion Collection! This time, they're breaking down the Jennifer Garner vehicle Miracles From Heaven, the first movie in the collection based on a true story about a little girl who says she went to heaven after being knocked unconscious.
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When I was in youth group we went to see heaven is for real, I remember nothing accept that creepy little girl who died and came back and would paint hyper realistic paintings of Jesus. And hes blond with blue eyes. And people are like why? And they're like because god knew she'd feel safe around white Jesus. And i was like wow
Nan McVicker
2025-08-29 17:51:41 +0000 UTCGreat to hear this movie exists! I think it might totally wreck me if I watch it but I’m glad I heard your guys’ takes. It sounds like a piece of art that only film done right could capture.
Clare
2025-08-16 18:12:05 +0000 UTCGosh, I love Matt and Beth. The Christerion collection is so fun.
Alvin Bo Balvin
2025-06-24 19:48:26 +0000 UTCFinally listening (love it) and just want to point out that when Matt talked about wanting to take on a God's Not Dead sequel, there actually is already one from 2016 starring Melissa Joan Hart lol
Alex
2025-04-05 15:39:48 +0000 UTCMore chrsiterion collection please!
Bex Boster
2025-03-24 14:33:23 +0000 UTCI would love to hear your thoughts on The Shack
Faith Jasmine
2024-10-30 11:47:44 +0000 UTCI think that’s technically a Jewish movie. But I’d still listen to them talk about it
Devon Willingham
2024-09-01 04:10:07 +0000 UTCTechnically Signs and perks of being a wallflower are Christian movies
Devon Willingham
2024-09-01 04:09:28 +0000 UTCIk it’s not funny but Matt summing up the whole plot of the movie as “you got a lot of poop in you” made me lose it
Saucey McBurgerpants
2024-08-22 16:55:46 +0000 UTCI watched this movie in one of our cinema's "Sneak Peaks". And I have to say, as a non-baptized heathen who usually doesn't like Christian movies, I really enjoyed it. Didn't feel boring at all to me, but that may have been because I knew nothing about the plot or the true story behind it, so I was anxious the whole time what would happen with the girl. What really shocked me was that scene when one of these church bitches insinuated that the family had done something wrong or not prayed or believed enough, so they "deserved" that horrible illness. It's been years since I saw it, but that stuck with me and I think about it from time to time. Would you consider "Signs" as a candidate for the Collection?
BudgiesAreTheBest
2024-07-28 21:23:49 +0000 UTCI love this series! I grew up in a very religious house with a pastor as a grandfather. After kind of drifting away from that it's really interesting to hear you guys' takes and ideas on these movies. I'm really hoping you make another one!
Trevor Wurtsmith
2024-07-24 23:20:06 +0000 UTCOh wait, would you guys ever do Prince of Egypt?
Jordan Stickle
2024-07-18 18:41:47 +0000 UTCOne Night with the King is a pretty good one I actually enjoyed growing up! Would love to hear y’all’s take!
Tesla Nicholls
2024-07-11 17:23:32 +0000 UTCYa’ll should do Evan Almighty at some point, it was probably the only Christian movie both religious and non-religious friends of mine watched in theaters because it was a comedy etc.
Noelle Bartley
2024-07-01 08:47:53 +0000 UTCYou guys should watch the Cokeville miracle
Lincoln Hickman
2024-06-28 02:02:39 +0000 UTCAlthough this podcast is not the main focus of your patreon, I can't wait for you two to return to it. I love diving in to my Christian faith and into Christian media bc most of does feel either too tame, toxic, flat, or uninteresting. I look forward to the next round of films. Here's hoping you eventually get to Noah, Prince of Egypt, Legion, and perhaps Constantine.
Levi Mock
2024-06-27 06:52:19 +0000 UTCFinally caught up with this after a season 2 re-listen. Fascinating conversation about a movie that sounds more interesting than I thought it would be based on the trailer? I will say, if y'all are interested in a fascinating movie about Christianity (Catholicism, really), I would love to hear you discuss Martin Scorsese's film SILENCE, about a pair of missionaries in shogunate Japan. Be warned, it's fuckin brutal.
Glenn
2024-06-21 15:01:03 +0000 UTCI hope we get more episodes of this! I really appreciate Matt's sheer knowledge of the dogma, and it helps me understand how some of these "function" as propaganda. Combined with both of your storytelling/narrative knowledge, these are actually really fascinating unpackings of these films, instead of just being a dunkfest. I enjoy the dunking, but the intelligent dunking is really a sweet spot.
Sata Prescott
2024-06-10 14:59:14 +0000 UTCI don't remember if they lose their faith cuz it's been like so long since I've seen the movie but I think fireproof might be interesting to look back on now that I'm not in the church anymore. Because like if I'm thinking about it the only thing is I remember the husband gives the wife a cup of coffee and I was like wow he's really trying and now I'm like oh dude is just a nice cohabiter lol
Bex Boster
2024-06-10 12:55:34 +0000 UTCJust fyi: they’re wrong. Hell isn’t in California, it’s in Michigan.
Bramblin’ Man
2024-06-08 18:30:47 +0000 UTCYou guys should do prince of Egypt
Josie Walker
2024-06-05 18:41:57 +0000 UTCI hope more of this is on the way. As a casual satanist who is married to a lapsed Catholic, this is really hitting the sweet spot for me. I see a lot of suggestions for other movies, but I would love to hear your take on a film called "Saved!" It's a favourite of my wife and I, but it really didn't get the spotlight it deserved. I think you guys would enjoy it.
Matt Daniels
2024-06-02 01:55:19 +0000 UTCHell yeah! I love the christerion collection sm!
Maeson Banks
2024-05-30 17:01:04 +0000 UTCIt might be too goofy compared to the other movies you two have covered so far but I would love an episode on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!
Venus DeMilo
2024-05-29 18:53:53 +0000 UTCI've been loving this series as an ex-christian leftist. I think a REALLY fun movie for you guys to watch from this lens is Nefarious. A bit of a change up, a lot of interesting cooked right wing shit to discuss. Obviously not your typical "Christian" movie but when the 'demon' starts talking about 'the carpenter' I thought of you immediately. I think there is some connection to other Christian pro-lofe movie makers so tw as needed
Tellie
2024-05-24 15:03:58 +0000 UTCI’m always impressed by how kind you guys are to these movies! Deserving or not!! ;D but I’d be interested to hear your guys’ analysis on beloved movies like Prince of Egypt!
Alyssa
2024-05-22 22:16:06 +0000 UTCit may have already been mentioned but y’all should look into a movie called The Shack. it’s a christian movie but it doesn’t follow the same plot line as the previous episodes haha. i remember it being well produced so it may be a fun choice !!
Kaley Maier
2024-05-21 17:17:44 +0000 UTCPatiently waiting for you to watch fireproof and courageous
Arielle Cuebas
2024-05-15 09:52:23 +0000 UTCDo cokeville miracle
Kazlyn
2024-05-13 17:11:01 +0000 UTCYou should watch Ordinary Angels which feels like a spiritual successor to this movie and also everyone is hot
Ro Faulkner
2024-05-13 13:51:02 +0000 UTCI love these. Personally I’d like to hear you both talk about the davinci movie series because as a former Roman Catholic I don’t understand them haha
Stevie Bear
2024-05-09 19:32:30 +0000 UTCAbsolutely love these!!
Ben Johnson
2024-05-08 12:37:07 +0000 UTCI’ve never heard Eugenos name pronounced like that Jesus
Jose Alvarez
2024-05-07 14:39:06 +0000 UTCholy shit i watched this movie! on a sleepover birthday party when i was 15.....I only remember being lowkey traumatized by it
Laeticia
2024-05-06 19:14:42 +0000 UTCI love this intro
Brandon W
2024-05-06 06:53:28 +0000 UTCI've been hoping they'd do that one. Such a "benign" movie in some ways but that scene 3/4 of the way through was so deeply problematic I couldn't get it out of my head...
Rebecca D
2024-05-04 23:43:50 +0000 UTCfuuuuuck just you guys talking about the scene where the little girl told her mom to kill herself to come see her in heaven broke me. I've been tearing up the whole time because of it.
Zack Bochman
2024-05-04 19:50:15 +0000 UTCI love these! Have you guys seem The Shack?
Tim Roberts
2024-05-03 17:11:26 +0000 UTCPLEASE keep doing these <333
Doot Doot
2024-05-03 13:56:16 +0000 UTCYou 2 could review any movie and I would listen to the whole thing every time. Do more!
Shawn Edmond
2024-05-02 23:44:05 +0000 UTCSolid episode! Maybe try Fireproof next- I haven't seen it but I understand it's a different subgenre than what you've been talking about so far.
b.scatterplot@gmail.com
2024-05-02 22:58:07 +0000 UTCI know it's a whole (who cares just do season 1) series and also a tiny digression but I think you two dishing on The OA would be amazing.
Dj Travioli
2024-05-02 22:52:59 +0000 UTCPlease never stop doing these!! They’re so good
Vince DiGuglielmo
2024-05-02 22:22:37 +0000 UTCI LOVE this podcast
Savanah De Hart
2024-05-02 21:41:26 +0000 UTCI think it's fine. Matt and Beth are always charming. But listening to people talk about religion just makes my skin crawl. I feel uncomfortable the whole time. I'm a former Catholic School attendee- but my experience was not as nice as Matt's.
Cassie Muldrow
2024-05-02 19:58:16 +0000 UTCI don't know why but the "conversion" storyline reminded me of Midnight Mass 😂
Alexandra Grilli
2024-05-02 15:19:31 +0000 UTCYes I was going to say the same thing!!
Christina Whelan
2024-05-02 15:15:05 +0000 UTCPlease please PLEASE do Old Fashioned!! I
Joey Joe Joe Jr. Shabbadoo
2024-05-02 14:33:47 +0000 UTCI fucking love this podcast
Cheyenne Stone
2024-05-02 14:33:23 +0000 UTCI think it might be healing for people who feel like you do
Mark Fizzy
2024-05-02 13:11:54 +0000 UTCI love love love this series so much I hope you guys keep making this. As an agnostic with a bad experience with Christianity, it's healing hearing 2 of my favorite artists talk about their feelings and experiences too
Mark Fizzy
2024-05-02 13:06:29 +0000 UTCPerhaps a too earnest suggestion: Son of Man (2006) is a South African retelling of the Jesus's life that I found pretty interesting
Erik Mohr
2024-05-02 13:05:08 +0000 UTCPrince of Egypt. Banger soundtrack.
Joe Smokonich
2024-05-02 11:43:59 +0000 UTCI mean if you want a good movie, The Prince of Egypt is right there…
Tanner McGuire
2024-05-02 09:22:33 +0000 UTCThis was fantastic. I would love to hear y’all discuss Bible man. Or Veggietales.
Jacob Crothers
2024-05-02 08:34:34 +0000 UTCFINALLY
Peachy
2024-05-02 04:14:36 +0000 UTCNEED them to watch veggie tales lord of the bean
Nicole Boisseau
2024-05-02 01:57:57 +0000 UTCMan you guys should totally check out Assassin 33 A.D., there is so much to discuss with that film
Chris
2024-05-02 00:56:40 +0000 UTCi do think this falls slightly in the category of "believer -> questioning -> something good happened and now i love god" category. but the reconciler is like christian saw and it is batshit insane. the moral of it is essentially about forgiveness no matter the other person did. and the journey there sure is something
Kyra Lang
2024-05-01 23:34:42 +0000 UTCThis recovered Southern Baptist wants so many more of these. It's so refreshing to hear somebody approach this objectively awful genre with well educated skepticism and yet such an open mind. Is this podcast available to listen to anywhere else?
Jaime Timesamillion
2024-05-01 21:20:29 +0000 UTCI think if you guys are wanting a super interesting movie that I think most people aren't aware of, watch Fearless. It stars Jeff Bridges and is truly a weird watch. He does excellent acting in it and has an overarching Christian theming without ever falling one way or the other on the subject. I feel it leaves the viewer to decide.
Colin Herrington
2024-05-01 20:50:08 +0000 UTCIf you want something Christian but with very different vibes, check out Redeeming Love. Its a Christian Western that gets absolutely wild and is extremely problematic.
Devin Awe
2024-05-01 20:22:29 +0000 UTCFacing the Giants is hands down the worst movie I've ever seen and it's alllllll about Christ and Football.
Jack Buckley
2024-05-01 19:20:05 +0000 UTCAbsolutely! Religion also makes me angry and I’ve been SUPER enjoying these episodes
Rain Yang
2024-05-01 19:02:15 +0000 UTCReligion makes me angry. So I've been scared to even try to listen to these. Should I????
Cassie Muldrow
2024-05-01 19:00:11 +0000 UTCFormer catholic school kid here! You could potentially add movies that were watched in religion classes to your list! While they weren’t necessarily Christian movies they had Christian tones; for example these were memorable ones for me: -A Walk to Remember -Remember the Titans -Finding Nemo (had to write a paper likening the story to a bible story my junior AND senior year)
Ellen H.
2024-05-01 17:04:52 +0000 UTCBest surprise to wake up to!!!!!!
Ranger Bradley
2024-05-01 16:28:02 +0000 UTCI love this series
Smo
2024-05-01 15:12:07 +0000 UTCI’m foaming at the mouth waiting for them to tackle the mind crush that is “The Shack”
Lane Busby
2024-05-01 14:43:09 +0000 UTCFun series. Solomon Kane with James Purefoy sometime?
Gregbusinessman
2024-05-01 14:23:07 +0000 UTCReally enjoy this series, lots of interesting takes!
hopelesslyhanna
2024-05-01 14:13:08 +0000 UTCWould you guys consider an episode on Noah? Its weird because its not exactly a christian movie but a movie based on christian mythos.
Cammy
2024-05-01 14:00:37 +0000 UTCI wanna know what you all say about other states! 🤣😂
Paul Litch
2024-05-01 13:39:09 +0000 UTCWould love yall opinion on this movie called The Reconciler. its basically christian Saw lol
Mercedes Guidry
2024-05-01 12:45:09 +0000 UTC“Christian Mingle” is different but the worst movie I’ve ever seen. It stars Gretchen Weiners from Mean Girls!
Shannon
2024-05-01 11:43:54 +0000 UTCWould love to see a deep dive on Saltburn. This is mainly because there was a meme on tiktok where creators went “like saltburn? try… The bible!” and as someone who has never studied the Bible in any way would love someone who were raised on it to break it down.
Connor Reemts
2024-05-01 09:34:16 +0000 UTCMy parents were obsessed with these stories and movies. Love hearing the reviews
Sam Quinn
2024-05-01 08:26:03 +0000 UTCyou should d a review of Jesus christ super star or Joseph ahtgc
Joshua Johnso
2024-05-01 04:05:28 +0000 UTCWould love to see a review of Jesus Revolution, it’s a very different plot to the ones you’ve been watching so far and is also “based on a true story”. I’ve watched it recently and I’d love to hear you guys thoughts.
Jono Roberts
2024-05-01 04:02:40 +0000 UTCLove this series so much!! Keep them coming please! I really enjoyed Matt’s research into comparing the book and the movie and the discussion of what changed when switching mediums of storytelling. That was super interesting!
Carmen Sterk
2024-05-01 03:55:29 +0000 UTCLol I’m listening to episode 1 again where you’re all explaining which films you’re looking at, and I see it’s less about scripture-based rather than ones that seem seek to proselytize in some way, which the ones I mentioned do not do, really
Ashley Marion Biehl
2024-05-01 03:04:24 +0000 UTCLOVE THIS SERIES!
Sheila Yeboah
2024-05-01 02:22:21 +0000 UTCOmg or Jonah: a veggie tales movie
Ashley Marion Biehl
2024-05-01 01:47:58 +0000 UTCWhat are the criteria for what makes a “Christian movie” for this podcast bc I would love to hear you talk about the 1999 film version of “Joseph & the amazing technicolor dream coat,” “the prince of Egypt”, and “the passion of the Christ” lol
Ashley Marion Biehl
2024-05-01 01:44:42 +0000 UTCMatt and Beth have this really charming nervous energy when treading on subject matter like Christianity. I like how they balance their takes in like a kind way
Ironicmenswear
2024-04-30 23:21:49 +0000 UTCYo, you guys should watch Fireproof. It’s wild. I had a full blown panic attack in the theatre at like 12 cause the fighting in it felt so much like home. Main actor wouldn’t kiss the actress playing his wife, so they had to do silhouette shots with his wife standing in, and she’s very not the same size 😆 Also dude physically chucks his like ‘06 desktop against a wall because a pop-up add. 🤣🤣 And it’s not the same belief-based structure, it’s mostly about the marriage. And porn.
Josiah Muskrat
2024-04-30 23:21:35 +0000 UTCThere’s a date out for it, bludo. Being rude is no way to show your gratitude for the past two seasons and all the sick bonus content they’ve done.
William Cumpose
2024-04-30 23:04:03 +0000 UTCHell yes!! I love the christerion collections!!! Bouta listen for the end of my shift
William Cumpose
2024-04-30 23:01:04 +0000 UTCThey literally gave us a release date for season 3? Chill tf out
Tessa Mackintosh
2024-04-30 22:58:29 +0000 UTCThen don’t listen
Jeff Gladd
2024-04-30 22:46:31 +0000 UTCThey just finished s2 give them a minute to reset,
Jeff Gladd
2024-04-30 22:41:17 +0000 UTCSEASON 3 SEASON3
Ojakuna
2024-04-30 22:26:29 +0000 UTCBOOOOO
Ojakuna
2024-04-30 22:26:11 +0000 UTCYesssssss
Eamonn O'Donovan
2024-04-30 22:06:18 +0000 UTCYES! Been waiting on this one, love this entire miniseries
Lazaretto
2024-04-30 21:49:57 +0000 UTCYes! Been waiting so long for part 4. So happy its finally here.
Dominik Marques-Santo
2024-04-30 21:20:30 +0000 UTC
