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AUTHENTICITY
Ultimately, this movie is about a call to authenticity or, as the
cover to Cheryl Lynn’s song proclaims, they’ve "Got
to be Real". Both Oscar and Lenny are called from their old
lives into their new ones. Once they’ve shed the lies, they
embrace the call of who they are and who they were meant to be in
the fuller sense.
--MAURICE BROADDUS
What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit
connection.
--Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine
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At
one point, Oscar is bought with a pearl of great price,
as the woman who pines for him offers a family heirloom to help
him pay off a loan shark. She offers the wisdom, in reference to
the large pearl, that "dreams can begin small, too."
--MAURICE BROADDUS
JESUS'
STORY OF THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
Matthew
13:44-52 (Message Bible)
"God's kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field for years
and then accidently found by a trespasser. The finder is ecstatic—what
a find!—and proceeds to sell everything he owns to raise money
and buy that field.
"Or, God's kingdom is like a jewel merchant on the hunt for
excellent pearls. Finding one that is flawless, he immediately sells
everything and buys it.
"Or, God's kingdom is like a fishnet cast into the sea, catching
all kinds of fish. When it is full, it is hauled onto the beach.
The good fish are picked out and put in a tub; those unfit to eat
are thrown away. That's how it will be when the curtain comes down
on history. The angels will come and cull the bad fish and throw
them in the garbage. There will be a lot of desperate complaining,
but it won't do any good."
Jesus asked, "Are you starting to get a handle on all this?"
They answered, "Yes."
He said, "Then you see how every student well-trained in God's
kingdom is like the owner of a general store who can put his hands
on anything you need, old or new, exactly when you need it."
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