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@daeus-lamb Thanks for throwing this onto to us. XD. But it’s seriously a really good thing to think through.

Like @emma-starr said, in those books or movies, where God is not in it at all, even if the story is really well done, it’s so empty. Everyone is just living for themselves, and there’s no higher aim in life. It’s so worthless to live if God is not a part of it. For  that reason, I can’t really enjoy well-done movies, like Captain America or the Greatest Showman (please don’t freak out guys!) because there’s really no point to them except putting man on display. Yes, they might have some good morals, but without God, what’s the point, really?

I think @kate described it so well, but here’s my two cents:

1. The purpose of the story is to put God’s glory on display. It’s not man centered. If everything is about yourself, there’s really no purpose. But when the characters (or at least some of them) have a higher aim, to bring glory to their King, it brings so much more depth to it all.

2. The characters turn to God in their brokenness instead of themselves. There’s hope, as believers! In ourselves, we’re never going to be able to fix our problems. People who are not Christians have zero hope. Who can they turn to but themselves?

3. They are flawed and broken, but yet, know that’s okay. In secular stories, I think the people try to say that they’re “good enough” in themselves, but no one is “good enough”. That’s the difference. Christians don’t have to be ashamed of not having it all together, because of the One they serve. He took their place. Their worth comes from Christ alone, not themselves.