First Reformed (2017)

Cedric The Entertainer: Rev. Joel Jeffers

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• Reverend Joel Jeffers : Even a pastor needs a pastor.

• Reverend Ernst Toller : Well, somebody has to do something! It's the Earth that hangs in the balance.

  Reverend Joel Jeffers : Well what if this is His plan? What if we just can't see it?

  Reverend Ernst Toller : You think God wants to destroy his creation?

  Reverend Joel Jeffers : He did once. For 40 days and 40 nights.

• Reverend Joel Jeffers : Global warming, a sea of pornography, hyper violent video games. It's a world without privacy. Each kid isolated, communicating on media. It's a world without hope!

• Reverend Joel Jeffers : We tend to think that anxiety and worry are simply an indication of how wise we are, yet it is a much better indication of how wicked we are. Fretting arises from our determination to have our own way.

• Reverend Joel Jeffers : A Mighty Fortress is Our God. That's all organ. Did you know that, uh, Martin Luther wrote that in an outhouse?

• Reverend Joel Jeffers : The creation waits in eager expectation of liberation from bondage. That's Romans 8:23. You understand?

  Reverend Ernst Toller : So, we should pollute so God can restore? We should sin so God can forgive?

• Reverend Ernst Toller : Everything is so extreme. There's no middle ground. Us versus them. We're right, they're wrong let's go to war.

  Reverend Joel Jeffers : It's the times. These are frightening times. These kids grow up in a world we can hardly imagine. A sea of pornography from the time they're ten years old, hyper violent video games, a world without privacy, each kid isolated, communicating through media. A world without hope. Raised on a diet of terrorism, nuclear threats and global warming. You don't know what it's like to raise a kid in this...

  Reverend Ernst Toller : I did raise a kid.

  Reverend Joel Jeffers : I didn't mean it that way. They're frightened. They want certainty. Don't think, follow. They fall prey to extremism. Jihadism is everywhere.

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  Reverend Joel Jeffers : Even here.