Free State of Jones<\/em> is not technically a Christian movie, but it might as well be.<\/p>\n In the film, Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey plays Newton Knight, a Confederate deserter who leads a rebellion against the Confederate States of America in his home state of Mississippi. Based on a historical character, Knight\u2019s motives for the rebellion are complex: He\u2019s tired of soldiers stripping his and his neighbors\u2019 farms clean, leaving families with nothing to eat over the winter. He\u2019s disgusted by the fact that rich slaveholders can wriggle free of wartime duty while poor farmers are fighting and dying for a \u201ccause\u201d they have no real stake in. And even early on, McConaughey\u2019s Knight understands that there\u2019s something wrong with one human being owning another.<\/p>\n All of these motivations share something integral to faith: A sense of justice. It\u2019s not right<\/em>, he\u2019d say. It\u2019s not fair. It\u2019s not moral.<\/em> And for Knight, true justice is determined not by man, but by a just, loving God.<\/p>\n In the clip below, you see evidence of Knight\u2019s faith\u2014as well as his grief and anger.<\/p>\n