Can You Hear the Sound of Freedom?

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Here in the United States, we just celebrated the 4th of July … Independence Day … Freedom Day. 

It wasn’t a normal 4th of July for me. I didn’t go on a picnic, and I didn’t eat hotdogs and hamburgers. Instead, I went to the movie theater. I went to see “Sound of Freedom,” produced by Santa Fe Films and Angel Studios and directed by Alejandro Monteverde. The main character, Tim Ballard, is played by Jim Caviezel. It reveals the atrocious reality of child sex trafficking.

If you don’t know, the human trafficking business is bringing in an estimated $150 billion a year, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It is the fastest growing criminal industry, and it is happening all over the world—even at your doorstep.

We have to talk about this, and that’s what the movie, “Sound of Freedom,” is doing. 

Some describe it as “harrowing, dark, and gripping.” I describe it as “disturbing, raw, and powerful.” 

It’s a must-see, and I don’t often say that about movies.  

I was troubled by the story last night, even though it has a redemptive message. It reminded me of the “Sound of Freedom” that I hear when I work with the women and children in Spain who are rescued survivors of human trafficking. Yes, I know the sound . . . the sound of freedom.

Let it ring more and more, throughout our land, throughout the world!