From the Marriage Junkie:
I had a chance to preview Fireproof at a training event I was co-leading in April. My excitement level for the movie (before I watched it) was just an ember. I’ve seen too many predictable, b-rated acting, come-to-Jesus movies that only Christians actually watch. Aside from the superb marketing pieces, I feared the same for Fireproof.
Part way through the movie, I realized I was actually enjoying the storyline and plot. At the midway point, I was totally engaged in the movie. By the conclusion of the film, I was really moved by the ending. My excitement level was engulfed in a raging excitement flame.
Many believe that Fireproof will make a great outreach film for the non-churched. I believe that the unsuspecting Chrisitans and church-goers who attend the movie will be shocked at how personally challenged they themselves will be. Marriage relationships, famiy relationships, and parent-child relationships are all at risk … of being doused with the firehose of reconciliation.
Check out the Movie Trailer: Fireproof the Movie
Check out a Special Fireproof Website for Couples: Fireproof My Marriage
Check out the Fireproof My Marriage Premarital Feature: Resource Feature on Before “I Do”
(PASTORS) Find a Free Screening of Fireproof Near You: Special Screening of Fireproof

The Storyline (from fireproofthemovie.com)
“At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter’s adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.
“At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter’s adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.
Growing up, Catherine Holt always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter…just like her daddy. Now, after seven years of marriage, Catherine wonders when she stopped being ‘good enough’ for her husband.
Regular arguments over jobs, finances, housework, and outside interests have readied them both to move on to something with more sparks.
As the couple prepares to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb’s father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment: ‘The Love Dare.’ Wondering if it’s even worth the effort, Caleb agrees for his father’s sake more than for his marriage. When Caleb discovers the book’s daily challenges are tied into his parents’ newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened.
While trying to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and again. He finally asks his father, “How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?
When his father explains that this is the love Christ shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment to love God. And ‘with God’s help’ he begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife.
But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever … rescuing his wife’s heart.”

October 1, 2008 at 9:55 pm
If you visited my http://www.VectorcChange.com site, you noticed that I am promoting the movie “Fireproof.”
It opened last Friday in theaters almost everywhere.
I will be going to hand out fliers on Relationship Coaching.
Robin and I got invited to go see a preview because of my involvement with the PREPARE/ENRICH** program.
There is no doubt that this movie is from a Christian world view. At first that kind of bothered me, you know, like maybe it will offend some people. But then I got to thinking that this is who Christians really are. The father’s love for his son and the way he loves his son is the way any Christian father would. His love for his son is quite beautiful and not too preachy.
The movie wraps up nicely (as most movies do) and left me with a feeling of hopefulness even though we know it isn’t the end of the story and the real work of rebuilding a broken marriage has just begun.
I think you should go see this movie for two reasons:
1. It is uplifting and hope filled. You will laugh and probably cry.
2. It gives a good representation of who Christians are. It certainly isn’t watered down, but it also is not overbearing or preachy. It simply points to the Hope that we have in a Father that truly loves us.
Another thing to note – there will be people who see this movie and realize that their troubled marriage can receive help.
If you know people who are struggling in their marriages, I challenge you to be available to them. Offer an ear. Offer a shoulder. The pain of a marriage that isn’t working has got to be one of the worse pains imaginable. Encourage, support, and offer advice when they are open to it. Most of all, be available.
If you are in a marriage and you are feeling discouraged, please know that there is hope. There are people all around you who love and care for you and you can get the help you need. You need to take a step though. You need to reach out and ask.
*For more information or to see a trailer of Fireproof go to their website: http://www.fireproofthemovie.com
**PREPARE/ENRICH is a program that I use when I coach engaged and married couples on their relationships.