American Pie

Ya'll ready for this? Wow... this is some sort of movie... I almost forgot how awful it was. Too bad it's funny too, because then it's hard to say I don't like it because of all the awfulness of it. I don't recommend it. It's entirely too sexual for its own good.

That being said, there was really only one thing that I could easy apply to our spiritual lives. After Stifler's party, when all the guys are feeling like failures because they failed to clear the bases with their respective dates, Kevin stands up and makes a pact with the guys. He says that alone they're all weak, but together they can all work toward their goal, challenge each other to keep working at it. Granted, the goal they set for themselves was to lose their virginity before graduating High School, and we should have much more honorable goals than that, but the message remains the same: If we want something to change, we need to band with our fellow believers.

Solomon writes, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up”!

Proverbs 13:20 “He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm”.

Prov 17:17 (NCV) “A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble”.

James says, James 5:16 (NRSV) “Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective”.

And finally, Paul says, 1 Th 5:11 (NRSV) “Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing”.

Paul also talks a lot about the Body of Christ. We are all part of the body, and as such we need to be mindful of our fellow believers struggles. We need to come up on their sides and give them a helping hand when they need it. That is our duty as Christians.

This is the spiritual point I pulled out from American Pie. Next week... (sigh) American Pie 2