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Filmmaker Matthew Thayer\u2019s new movie, \u201cCan You Hear Me Now?\u201d tackles biblical prophecy, exploring whether prophets still deliver messages to the masses today.<\/p>\n
As part of the film, Thayer did one of the final interviews with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk before his assassination.<\/p>\n
\u201cI interviewed him with the impetus of talking to him about \u2026 the separation of church and state, Christian nationalism, all of the stuff that he was so eloquent at communicating,\u201d Thayer said. \u201cAnd it was a great interview.\u201d<\/p>\n
The filmmaker said he asked Kirk about prophecy and for his general take on whether it still occurs today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat he said blew me away,\u201d said Thayer. \u201c[Kirk\u2019s] like, \u2018Yeah, absolutely. I believe that there\u2019s prophets, there\u2019s prophecy \u2014 it\u2019s a gift.\u2019 It can be abused, but he\u2019s seen it work and he\u2019s seen it transform lives. But one of the things that he said that I thought was just right on was that a word from a prophet is not an excuse for \u2026 [inaction] or apathy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kirk worried people might not have worked as hard as they could have in the 2020 election because they were relying on what they were told by a prophet and assumed it would be easily won.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat actually, to me, points to a real fatalistic viewpoint that\u2019s prevalent within the church of the will of God,\u201d Thayer said. \u201cThat, if God speaks, it\u2019s just going to happen. I don\u2019t have to do anything about it. I can just pop some corn and sit on my couch and watch it all happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conversely, he said, a prophet\u2019s role is to show up and alert people that situations are going the wrong way.<\/p>\n
\u201cA prophet\u2019s word should be directional and actually require action upon the people and upon the people that are hearing it,\u201d Thayer continued.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Thayer said he hopes \u201cCan You Hear Me Now?\u201d will inspire people to think deeper about how God might be speaking to them today.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest thing that was really kind of stuck with me the entire last year as we were making this film was all of the people that came out after Charlie Kirk\u2019s death and were posting online going, \u2018I\u2019m being drawn to the Bible \u2026 Why do I want to go to church? I\u2019m going to go to church\u2019 \u2014 that was God speaking to all of those people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thayer continued, \u201cAnd so I really had a heart to really reach those people who are really infants in Christ and \u2026 kind of grab them by the collar and just go, \u2018God\u2019s speaking to you\u2019 \u2026 because \u2026 there\u2019s a whole swath of Christianity that doesn\u2019t believe that God really kind of speaks.\u201d<\/p>\n
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