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The film I Can Only Imagine (PG) opens this weekend, detailing how MercyMe’s Bart Millard became inspired to write the 2001 song In Can Only Imagine, which remains one of the most popular tunes in the history of contemporary Christian music.

The same filmmakers behind Woodlawn, Mom’s Night Out and October Baby are set to release their next film in just a few days – and director Jon Erwin believes it might be their best one yet. I Can Only Imagine (PG) will debut in theaters Friday (March 16), telling the story behind one of the most popular songs in the history of Christian contemporary music. The film follows the life of MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard, who grew up in a home with an abusive father but then watched his dad come to Christ later in life.

I Can Only Image remains one of the most popular songs in Christian contemporary music history, and this Friday (March 16) a movie by the same name will reveal the story behind the lyrics. On this week’s edition of Words of Wisdom, we speak with filmmaker Kevin Downes, a producer behind the movie I Can Only Imagine.

Director and filmmaker Jon Erwin calls entertainment America’s second-largest export – an export that can be used by the church to tell engaging and entertaining stories that attract non-Christians. It’s time to “think differently” about Christian films, he says. Erwin is this week’s guest on Words of Wisdom. Erwin was the director (along with his brother Andy) of Woodlawn, Mom’s ...

Heirloom Audio recently was given the opportunity to screen the next movie by the Erwin brothers – the filmmakers behind Mom’s Night Out and Woodlawn. Their next film, coming out in 2018, is called I Can Only Imagine, and it tells the incredible story that inspired the popular Mercy Me song. Shortly after the screening, we bumped into contemporary Christian ...