{"id":10614,"date":"2023-04-14T10:11:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=10614"},"modified":"2023-04-17T09:46:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:46:29","slug":"joel-courtney-wants-others-to-experience-his-joy-in-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/04\/joel-courtney-wants-others-to-experience-his-joy-in-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Jesus Revolution&#8217; Actor Joel Courtney Wants Others to Experience His Joy in Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10641\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/04\/joel-courtney_credit-Eugene-Powers-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10641\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/04\/joel-courtney_credit-Eugene-Powers-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eugene Powers \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The actor who starred in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster &#8220;Super 8&#8221; and the hit movie &#8220;Jesus Revolution&#8221; says he&#8217;s passionate about faith-based projects and wants others to experience the joy he&#8217;s received through his relationship with Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Courtney plays Greg Laurie in &#8220;Jesus Revolution,&#8221; which has grossed over $50 million and shares the story of the hippie-led Jesus Movement of the 1960s and 70s. Courtney said he wanted the role as soon as he read the script. Courtney said <a href=\"https:\/\/jesusrevolution.movie\/prayer-team\">during a recent Zoom prayer call<\/a> involving the film&#8217;s cast and cred, &#8220;I just connected with it immediately. First off, anything with the gospel in it I&#8217;m immediately passionate about. There&#8217;s a joy in my faith that I long for others to experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XTzM9FNTym4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Courtney starred in the 2011 film &#8220;Super 8,&#8221; directed by Steven Spielberg, ranked number one during opening weekend. He also starred in the Netflix series &#8220;Kissing Booth.&#8221; He said &#8220;Jesus Revolution&#8221; correctly portrays Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;It pulls no punches. It confronts sin, and it confronts hardships and character. The film shows that once you become a Christian, life doesn&#8217;t get easy. And I appreciated all of that.&#8221; Although filming didn&#8217;t start until after the pandemic, Courtney was cast for the movie in early 2020. He recently showed the film to a group of students from his church at a local theater.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did a little Q&amp;A at the end. And I prayed for them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And it was just a profound time getting to experience them watching the film. And knowing like they are on the brink of adulthood or young adulthood, and it&#8217;s such a turbulent and difficult time to traverse. And I just think that this movie shows a beautiful path and a hope. Hope is everything. If you don&#8217;t have hope and love, you don&#8217;t really have anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Courtney lives in Tennessee with his wife, landing at what he calls \u201can incredible church.\u201d He said, \u201cIt&#8217;s been a huge blessing in our lives, frankly, [with] really powerful preaching.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actor who starred in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster &#8220;Super 8&#8221; and the hit movie &#8220;Jesus Revolution&#8221; says he&#8217;s passionate about faith-based projects and wants others to experience the joy he&#8217;s received through his relationship with Christ. 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