Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher (2005) ⭐ 7.5 | Documentary
Lonnie Frisbee was a young hippie seeker fully immersed in the 1960s counter culture when he claimed to have experienced an encounter with God while on an acid trip. This event so transforme... Read allLonnie Frisbee was a young hippie seeker fully immersed in the 1960s counter culture when he claimed to have experienced an encounter with God while on an acid trip. This event so transformed him that Lonnie became an itinerant Christian evangelist, something of a John the Baptis... Read allLonnie Frisbee was a young hippie seeker fully immersed in the 1960s counter culture when he claimed to have experienced an encounter with God while on an acid trip. This event so transformed him that Lonnie became an itinerant Christian evangelist, something of a John the Baptist of Southern California who compelled thousands of fellow spiritual seekers to make a pro... Read all
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It is amazing that I had not heard of Lonnie Frisbee - given that I worked for a national prayer ministry during the 1970's and 1980's and had close contacts with many significant church leaders during those times. And yet as I watched his story unfold, I was struck that hindsight makes us judgmental, but how would we have responded to the "news" at the time? And yet, even today, the church is disturbed by this movie, which begs several questions that many absolutely, positively do not want to address. Church leaders have stolen money, had scandalous affairs, and surely have failed to live up to God's moral standards (gossip, favoritism, etc.) in myriad ways, and yet there is but one "sin" that, for many, is too big to be covered by God's boundless love. Jesus even hung out with lepers - but some still see one human condition as a thousand times more horrible than leprosy. I must confess I was once in that category - and so I welcome this fine film as an eye-opener for those who have failed to look with Jesus' eyes at others created in His image.
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