It’s very impressive to see, but in 2025, the box office performance of King of Kings from Angel Studios and The Chosen: Last Supper has shown that people really want movies that resonate in value.  Even better, Bible sales are doing very well, and a new trend that is very good is emerging.  With Trump in office, people are feeling a lot less secular.  Probably the best thing that could have happened toward any Christian-based movement was the near assassination of President Trump on live television for everyone to witness.  It was clearly a miracle that Trump was not killed and was a great example of what putting on the armor of God really means, which is very specific to the Western civilization Bible as a general theme.  Do not worry about being outnumbered.  Fight anyway and don’t worry about being killed or punished by the mob.  God will have your back.  And when Trump survived the assassination attempts in 2024, people saw what they could only explain as the hand of God, so they are turning toward religion and away from secular influences now more than ever, which I think is a good thing.  Over the years, I have generally had tolerance for other religions and the people who come from them.  So long as people work hard to be good.  But this secular God hating movement that we have been dealing with in America has not been acceptable, and I have never liked it or supported it.  Being mindful of other places in the world that do not have the benefit of biblical scholarship is not the same thing as being anti Bible, and we have seen from God hating Democrats the truth of their position as hosts of evil, and people have been miserable because of it.  One of the most essential things that Trump has done so far as a president, both past and present, is restore to society a love of religion as a guiding principle and put his arms around celebrations like Christmas and Easter. 

Hollywood has been anti God for many years, but ironically, the best material they have produced has had great respect for the Bible, such as The Ten Commandments, and Little House on the Prairie.  I was surprised to see that mainstream actors gave voice to the Angel Studios film, The King of Kings, because typically, actors are afraid of being blacklisted by other studios, for religious involvement.  That’s how bad it’s been, so it is pretty remarkable to see the great box office performance of these Christian films get mainstream Hollywood support for a change.  It’s not just the impressive money that they are generating in theaters, but in the acceptance within the culture of Hollywood itself that has shifted.  It’s not an accident that Mark Wahlberg and Chris Pratt are openly praying to Jesus, both A-list actors who are purposefully not running from God, so these are significant shifts in culture that ultimately is the best way to fight the vast evils of the world that have been hiding behind polite society.   People are willing to pay good money to see a story about Jesus that they have heard repeatedly during the Easter season of 2025, which shows how much the shift in entertainment has moved in a positive direction.  It starts with a president not being afraid to express faith openly, but with people witnessing a miracle with the assassination attempts.  And for answers, people are turning back to the Bible for context, which is excellent for perpetuating American society.   America was built on the Bible, and to keep it sustained, religion has to be at the core of the belief system of a majority of the people. 

Even more, the Amazon Prime project House of David has been hovering around number two among all the streaming options on that very popular platform, and it has been a surprise hit for them.  It’s not a surprise that The Chosen director Dallas Jenkins has been an advisor for the story of the rise of King David and his season 1 fight with the famous giant Goliath.  People watching the show are surprised by the Game of Thrones level of political intrigue attached to King David’s life.  Only that is real; the Bible is part of history and not a fictional story like The Game of Thrones, so it has much more meaning.  People are finding that they love biblical stories.  It’s true, they are very compelling, even among all the world’s religious doctrines.  The Bible, which came from the Jewish and Christian faith, is very persuasive as a work of literature.  When Hollywood worked best, it used it as its storytelling foundation.  When they have been at their worst, they worked to undermine it in American culture with a desire to secularize the people toward evil intent.  And that has not been something that people wanted to experience.  People wish for lofty, value-driven characters in their stories and turn to these Bible films and streaming platforms for content far better than what the studio system of Hollywood has been giving them.  And theater owners are happy to see a little light at the end of the tunnel.  The central breaking point was COVID and the anti-Church lockdowns we all experienced.  Rather than break the foundation of religious faith, the crises drove people more toward the arms of God in day-to-day considerations. 

It also helps that there have been real commitments on the museum front with The Ark Encounter in Kentucky giving people a real amusement park experience with biblical content.  Then, of course, I was so excited about the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.  From many independent sources, we are seeing a replacement of the evil worshipping culture of Hollywood with a faith-based entertainment movement that is not running from God, but to him.  Now that there are good examples of how compelling stories can be told visually from the Bible, more and more creative types are moving in that direction.  After The Chosen is finished with Season 7, and Mel Gibson does his sequel to The Passion with The Resurrection, which I think will be fantastic, Dallas Jenkins is turning to the subject of Moses, which will be from his hand, incredibly powerful.  I would even throw in the very popular video game, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, in for good measure, which is a very mainstream game that is one of the most popular out there right now.  Its central story objective deals with the giants I always discuss and their relationship to humanity as Watchers before Noah’s flood.  So the Bible is undoubtedly making a comeback where it had been looking to be shoved out of every entertainment venue with a communist push to eradicate it from our culture.  But it’s not just alive and well, but thriving in ways many thought they would never see.  However, I would say that we are seeing just the tip of the iceberg here.  There are a lot of compelling stories in the Bible, and there is a lot for creative types to work with now that they have seen what success looks like with the examples mentioned here.  And I think Bible stories will become the norm, not the fringe.  And that the garbage that Hollywood has been producing will continue to be rejected at the box office in favor of more Bible stories and the sales of the most popular book the world has ever known.  A new generation is putting their arms around it, which is very good for the future of civilization.

Rich Hoffman

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