Mercy Rule Quotes & Short Movie Analysis

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ,

Welcome to this short analysis of Kirk’s third CamFam film, called “Mercy Rule”, where he has a wonderful feel-good family-friendly movie… devoid of the Bible and the real God and Creator. It’s sad, but that’s been the pattern I’ve seen and noticed with the other 3 films I studied out – Kirk is making sure to use wording about God and the Bible that will not offend anyone, while refusing to quote any Bible verses in any of these movies – turning them into stories and good moral teachings, instead of God’s explanation of His righteous light vs darkness standard on sin, while satan calls it all shades of gray. Kirk even welcomes Mormonism and Freemasonry into the good moral teachings list…

So, let’s first look at how Kirk introduces his own film – this is Kirk’s own words.

“My family is always on the lookout for a great new movie that we can watch together as a family on movie night. You know, something fun, something exciting, something that builds our faith in God and our strength as a family. Well instead of waiting for another great new movie, we decided to make one. You’re about to see it – it’s called “Mercy Rule”. And it’s about a family who learns the kingdom lessons of patience, courage, sacrifice, mercy, legacy, and trusting God. So get your popcorn out. Get your home movie-theater all dialed in. Kids, grab the remote – turn the volume up. This is going to be lots and lots of fun. Here it is: “Mercy Rule”.”

Analysis points: Did you notice that Kirk didn’t call these Biblical principles, but “kingdom principles”. Why does that matter? Good question. It matters because freemasons and Vatican-followers and other cults similar to “Biblical Christianity” use catch-phrases that sound almost like the Bible… but they mean something very different.

Before we go further, let’s review the storyline of the movie.

The movie is about the Miller family - Dad (Kirk), Mom (Chelsea), daughter (Bea) and son (Cody) who have a pretty good life together, according to the world’s standards. It’s told through the son’s eyes – Cody. He and his sister (Bea) have their struggles and light arguments, but they also learn together – and she encourages him a bunch, even to do the right thing when it’s hard for him to feel like it. Cody really wants to pitch in the little league game – the only problem is that he’s really short. But that doesn’t stop Cody from practicing a lot.

Then there’s his Dad – John Miller (played by Kirk Cameron). John and his brother Ben (played by Tim Hawkins) run the scrap metal family business that they inherited from their Dad, whom Cody calls “Pops”. John gets tangled in some shady paperwork deal by a snake of a lawyer, named Evan Trufant, who cons John into signing a document that John didn’t fully read and think through before John signed it. A few months later, this lying lawyer, Evan, uses the new city council’s regulations against John and tries to blackmail John and threatens to take John to court unless John complies with Evan’s demands of being allowed to test his soil and coughing up some money to pay for the new regulation fees, etc. Or, this shady lawyer, Evan, has another easier option: John (Kirk) can just give Evan and his company 51% ownership of John and Ben’s company. John (Kirk) threatens the shady lawyer with a baseball bat to get him to leave – and Evan says he’ll give John 1 week before he starts to use the law against John and Ben’s company. So, of course John and Ben work overtime trying to get answers to escape this legal red-tape.

Meanwhile, Cody is learning how to stop being selfish and prideful on this team of little leaguers, and learning to help his other team mates – and to be happy for those who do well, even when he doesn’t. And to control his anger too. It’s some good lessons – but stops at empty morals without the Bible.

Along the way, John (played by Kirk) and his wife Maddie (played by Kirk’s wife Chelsea) mend their marriage and grow closer together again (mending from the years of John’s too many hours at work and not enough hours or focus on/with his family), as well as with their children, and John’s brother. Some cool examples of quality family time without the trash-vendor (TV) as well. There are quite a few heart-warming scenes and reminders of forgiveness and reconciliation.

And then the movie takes the typical Follywood or Hallmark or disney ending – John and Ben win their case before the city council and Cody and his team win #1 position in little league. And everyone lives happily ever after…

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More short analysis notes. So, let’s look at Kirk’s false gospel in this film:

[starts at minute marker 1:10:25]
“… [Kirk – Dad *John*]“You know why Pops loved baseball?” [wife and daughter and son just looking and thinking, curious as to what he’s about to say.] Everyone’s on a team, but everyone faces the pitcher alone. Every player in that lineup walks to the plate like a champion of an army, with the whole team heaped up on his shoulders betting on his bat. And then you do your best. You take your swings. But the rest is out of your control. The pitch, the wind, the lumps in the grass and the dirt, the speed of the outfielders, the placement of the sun, the strength of some other boy’s arm – that’s all for providence to sort out. Pops said this to me before every game.”

[Bea to her little brother] “Remember this Cody. Remember this for always, so you can say this to your son. Even though he’ll be fat and slow.” [they all give her looks for her sarcastic joke]

[Kirk – Dad *John* looks him right in the eyes] “Cody, you’re standing there. You have eyes – so see. You have hands to hold that bat, so swing. You have legs so use them like you just got them. And when you drop a piddler (ball) off the end of that bat, scamper like a greyhound and pray to the Lord God Almighty that some kid kicks a heal and eats dirt. Or as I like to say, Cody. Just rip liners into the gaps in the outfield.”

[Cody, with a respectful sarcastic deep voice and salute] “Yes sir.”

[Kirk – Dad *John*] “All right. Let’s get some park. I’m ready to warm some bleachers with my miller-hind bacon.” [everyone’s all excited]

[Cody, a little surprised] “You’re coming?”

[Kirk – Dad *John*] “Yeah, I’m coming. Yeah. I might have to leave in the middle, or maybe the beginning, or maybe the end. Ben’s going to keep me posted.”

[Chelsea – his wife, *Maddie*] “You sure?”

[Kirk – Dad *John*] “Yeah, I’m sure. Yeah, I’m as ready as I’m ever going to be. Swing batte’ batte’…”

… [end of this part of the clip]

>> Analysis notes:

Since this is the “punch line” of this movie and Kirk was among the 2 or 3 writing it, he could have chosen whatever he wanted to say here. He chose to say this. He chose to not go with the Bible at all. Maybe he didn’t think the Bible would help him make his points. Maybe he really believes the Bible is a s low as just stories, similar to our story. Either way – you see no Scripture there. He does give a back-handed reference to “Providence” and “Lord God Almighty” – both are ecumenical phrases that would not offend anyone.

Conclusion:

This movie review is shorter than normal, because it has a lot of good content – like pretty good quality content and examples acted out. So, first off, this film’s themes are some of the best I’ve seen in a quasi-Christian film. He has notes of how to stand up to corruption, working hard, taking care of family, remembering to do things as a family, husbands and wives to grow as one together – as one, for life, and so many other things well-exemplified in this film. So, now you’re probably asking: “Steven, then what’s your problem?” Great question. The problem is that all of the “moral” lessons are there, but one thing is missing that makes the whole thing stand or fall, that determines if it’s a true gospel or a false one. What is that one piece? The foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Bible. They don’t get one mention in this film – not one. Yes, I’ve watched it twice – I do know what I’m saying. Kirk left out the only thing that matters. But, even when he does give a “gospel” presentation, he usually gives a very cheap version of the “gospel” that is no gospel at all. Since Kirk left Ray Comfort’s team years ago, I haven’t heard Kirk again teach on repentance or those things that he once did. And what’s worse is that he makes sure that he intentionally avoids talking about those things – sticking to more “positive” wordings that “encourage” and “inspire”. Sorry, Kirk – you’ve lost the gospel. The gospel isn’t Jesus died and was buried and resurrected so that if you simply believe in Him, you can live however you want and live to your “fullest”. And yet, that’s the false gospel Kirk preaches. The gospel has a starting point of repentance and becoming dead to sin and alive to Christ, but if that does not continue, the Word of God in their hearts is choked and they prove to be false converts = unsaved. It’s the most essential part that Kirk doesn’t know, and even contradicts.

Simply put, this movie is not a Biblical one – it’s an ecumenical freemason, “moral” one. That’s another gospel. Shame on you Kirk. Shame on you.

But, God says: “⁸ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹ As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. ¹⁰ For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” (Galatians 1:8-10)

So, as you can see – the foundation of the Bible and the Biblical God are nowhere here to be found. They’ve been replaced by “good morals” and “kingdom” and “legacy” principles… The “kingdom principles” wording comes right from “the Family” – ie, the “Fellowship” at the house on 34^th St – the hub of the “religious right” who want to rule the world for their greedy gain, yet using Jesus’ Name to get there. Kirk is again showing (as he has before) that he’s involved with the wrong crowd. And based on how he’s treated Jesus in his last 3 films he wrote, Kirk seems to be a false convert who’s little bit of truth from God’s Word keeps getting a little more choked out by the cares of this world, deceitfulness of riches and desires for the world’s sin-pleasures… or as 2^nd Timothy 3 and 4 say, lovers of earth-pleasures rather love for God. “… ⁴ traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” (2 Timothy 3:4-5)

Another key note here: the false gospel that Kirk promotes here with his own words is called “Kingdom Dominionism” that pretends that evil people can murder, plunder, steal, lie, cheat, etc to setup one world government, and a throne so that all Jesus has to do is come back and sit on the throne they’ve set up by their own deceit. Believe me, God will not come back to sin on the throne they have corruptly set up. No, Jesus will come back and treat the modern day popular “religious right” as He did with the wicked and pagan-living religious hypocrites of His day. In Matthew 23, Jesus exposes lots of their secret evil deeds and deals and conversations. Same then – same today. The people the world promotes as “religious leaders” aren’t… not according to God. “¹⁵ And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.” (Luke 16:15)

And Jesus’ broiling rebuke to the Scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ day applies to many of the “religious right” leaders today too.

“²⁴ Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! ²⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. ²⁷ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. ²⁸ Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. ²⁹ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, ³⁰ and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' ³¹ Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³² Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt. ³³ Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? ³⁴ Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, ³⁵ that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.” (Matthew 23:24-36)

Now, let’s take a brief look at Kirk’s shining moment in the film where he stands up to the city council and wins his case. He doesn’t use Bible, only pagan demonic-psychology. Why do I call it that? Good question. I call it that because psychology was invented for the same reasons evolution was – to remove God from the subject, to excuse sin, and to shift the blame from the abusers in power back to the people. Kirk uses it as his “logic” to shame the city council. Here’s his little speech, and you’ll see why it’s sad to see him step so low – rejecting God’s Word and reaching for anything else to use to rebuke God’s Word, because he won’t stop partnering with masons and people from “the Family” like his good friends Marshall Foster and David Barton. It’s really sad, but it’s what he’s doing. Here’s what Kirk said in this film. This is how Kirk pretends to be our “hero” and proves to be only a gatekeeper – with no real answers and no real actions, only words and hollow schemes that lead the gullible who follow this blind false teacher in circles. But… with that said, here is Kirk’s own words from his film.

“Good afternoon council members. Thank you so much for your time. [still gasping for breath as he walked in late] I’m John Miller. And I’m here to talk with you about hazardous waste. And about these young dangerous criminals [points to the little league kiddos that he just brought over to help him with his arguments] that you now see before you in this room. I don’t know if you realize it, but they have been breaking the law for years now. They have been handling hazardous waste without permits, without EPA regulations, and without government oversight. Furthermore, they’ve been selling it – to pay for baseball uniforms, and league entry fees.”

[one of the council members (his good friend Marshall Foster) takes out a bottle of water and is about to take a drink while listening to Kirk.]

“Sir! Sir! [Kirk exclaims] Don’t touch that. Are you licensed? Do you have a permit? Have you been trained? Please put the bottle on the counter. Yes, right there – and hands off.” [Kirk’s “brother” whistles for his attention, says “Don’t risk it bro” and tosses him a catchers helmet and mitt to grab the water “safely”. Kirk carefully grabs the water bottle with the glove and takes it over to his brother who receives it with another catcher’s mitt. All dramatics to make a point. Kirk continues.]

“Don’t you know that a plastic bottle is extremely hazardous, and requires… [“Councilman” Foster reaches back for it, and Kirk says with mock alarm] Don’t touch it! It requires layers and layers of intrusive and extremely expensive beaurocracy before they can be handled.”

[Takes off mask and continues] “Who am I kidding? I understand what this is about – I get it. I’m a business owner. You want to bully scrappers and recyclers with trumped up fines and permits, and dummy regulations that will apply not just to me and my business to every school-kid can-drive across the state. Until only you are allowed to run our businesses, and all of our profits are funneled into your budgets . I get it. That’s what this is about. You know it, and I know it. Theft by regulation. So do it. Steal from me and from my business. Go ahead. But, you will still end up with the short end of the stick, because you’re the ones stuck being you. Sir, I would rather live my life poor and robbed, than as a swollen little city spider draining anything small enough for me to tangle up and kill. If you want to come after me and my business – do it. And I will fight you. I will fight you until I drop. I will do it for my family, and I will do it for that team. And you’ll probably win. And the grand prize – is what? A few bucks. And sucking as humans. Is it worth it?”

[City councilwoman chair-lady speaks up] “Mr. Miller. I believe this would be a wonderful opportunity to drop the microphone.”

[In case you don’t know what “drop the mic” means, it means that he just won his case, and he doesn’t need to say more. So, Kirk in dramatic fashion drops the microphone, everyone cheers and celebrates and then they all head off to go get some pizza and sodas and ice cream.]

It’s also sad to see other false teachers and blasphemers promoted here, like Tim Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins has a few okay jokes, but much of it violates the Word of God and mocks Him – and the bathroom humor and the body humor and perverted humor just shows what filth of sin and love of this world is in Mr. Hawkin’s heart (and yes there are about 3 or 4 such wrong jokes in this movie, a few that come from Tim’s mouth). Mr. Hawkins will have to answer to God one day – he cannot avoid it. That should change how he talks… but for right now, it doesn’t. Even still, God’s Word is clear: “³ But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; ⁴ neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.” (Ephesians 5:3-4) ~ That passage is one that apparently neither Kirk nor Tim seem to remember. Shame on both of them.

And one last note. Sadly, one theme Kirk likes to do is make the people who care about their city, community and country and expose evil to look like “conspiracy kooks” who you’d think “can’t think straight”. In this film, he has 2 (or 3, if the coach counts as one…), who Kirk in his film gives a sort of respectable perspective but tries to paint them as kooky, sort of okay on catching lies and conspiracies, but also untrustworthy and you have to fact-check them. That’s a sort of okay assessment of some of those who talk about conspiracy facts, but not honest about all of them. Remember, God commands us to not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment and to expose evil we see. So, Kirk can mock those who are standing up to evils (some of which he excuses), but he’s still wrong – according to the Bible. And Kirk pretends to get it… but he’s ignoring things that are part of satan’s schemes, because he isn’t building his life first on the Bible, but with the wrong kinds of partnerships with men, especially the satanists posing as “Christians” called the “religious right”. Remember, God’s Word is the only fact-check that is 100% right all the time, and talks about the sins of every society and every era of time. All of it. Study God’s Word and believe it 100% and grow in obeying God’s Word, including Jesus’ teachings, and double-check all men. Thanks for reading, watching, and praying for your family, community and brethren. Let’s keep growing in studying God’s Word, growing in following Christ, and in sharing Jesus’ message and gospel with everyone we can! ~ Watching, Preaching, Praying, your growing bro, Steven with the FEDBP ministry team

“¹² "Do not say, 'A conspiracy,' Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy, Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled. ¹³The LORD of hosts, Him you shall hallow; Let Him be your fear, And let Him be your dread.” (Isaiah 8:12-13)

“… ³² of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command.” (1 Chronicles 12:32)

“²⁴ Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." (John 7:24)

“²⁶Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets.” (Luke 6:26)

“¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. ¹² For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. ¹³ But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.” (Ephesians 5:11-13)