God's Not Dead 2

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“God’s Not Dead 2” is coming to the box office after the financial success of its predecessor in 2014. While the previous movie was about a student who was targeted by his teacher for his faith, the upcoming film will feature a reversed situation.
In “God’s Not Dead 2,” Melissa Joan Hart plays history teacher Grace Wesley, who faces court after one student asked her about the common denominator in the teachings of Jesus, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mahatma Ghandi. Her answer gets her into trouble and the parents of the student sue Grace, saying Jesus has never existed, Christian Today reports.
In the trailer for “God’s Not Dead 2,” the school officials demand that Grace apologize for violating the “separation of church and state.” However,

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