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The Whale: Grace for the Broken Body (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

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In The Whale, Charlie is dying—his body broken by grief-eating after losing his partner. A young missionary named Thomas visits, offering salvation through confession. But Charlie already knows grace: he finds it in his estranged daughter's childhood essay about Moby Dick, in the friendship of his caretaker Liz, in his desperate hope for reconciliation. Paul's thorn was never removed; God said "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Charlie's body is weakness incarnate, yet love radiates from him. The film asks: Can grace find us in our most broken state? Paul answers: That is precisely where grace meets us.

Topics & Themes

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Scripture References

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

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