Making a Christian film always seems to involve compromise—compromising on quality due to a small budget, compromising on theology to cater to a wide audience, or compromising on reality to sweeten the Christian exper­ience.

The new film Indivisible does a great job of presenting a real Christian life. Based on the true story of a decorated Army chaplain who is still an active-duty chaplain, this film portrays the challenges of living out one’s calling in a secular and even hostile environment. Chaplain Darren Turner battles to preach Christ and set a Christlike example with those who are in a real war with bullets and bombs. But Chaplain Turner knows they also are in a war for souls, and a war for marriages and families. For a chaplain, these battles, and the fact that “we battle not against flesh and blood,” are inescapable. But he is not immune to the pressures his soldiers face, and he must fight battles in his own heart and marriage and family as he seeks to help others.

There was nothing gratuitous in the pre-release version I viewed (the film is not yet rated), but the subject matter makes this a movie for adults. The ideal would be to watch it with others and plan some time for discussion afterward. The movie, which comes from the same studio that produced FireProof and War Room, will be in theaters Oct. 26.

A followup to the blockbuster movie Unbroken releases Sept. 14. It continues the true story of Louis Zamperini, a soldier and POW in World War II. In the second movie, Zamperini tries unsuccessfully to cope with life after the war until he attends a Billy Graham crusade. Unbroken: Path to Redemption is rated PG-13.