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When Stephen Kendrick and his brother decided to work with the people of their church and local home educators to produce a debt-free film for the glory of God, they purposed to avoid compromise and honor the dictates of their conscience each step of the way. In the end, they completed the feature film Facing the Giants for a mere $100,000. But the Lord who does exceedingly and abundantly beyond the expectations of man blessed them with opening week box office sales in excess of 1.3 million dollars. That was six weeks ago. The film is still going strong. At this point, it seems clear that between the ongoing theatrical release and up and coming DVD sales, Facing the Giants will easily exceed $20,000,000.00 in sales. That is a 200 to 1 return on investment. But more refreshing than the astonishing financial return on an independent Christian film, is the vision and spiritual committment of the filmmakers. Both at the Christian Filmmakers Academy and at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival, Stephen blessed crowds of young men and women through his unabashed Christian faith, and his pure-hearted approach to changing the culture for Christ. I have included the following clip on today’s blog as one example. Enjoy it.