a a southern baptist and it pain me that i must give a below average rating to an overtly christian movie . there certainly aren not so many that i want to discourage film maker from a genre that woefully under exploit . still and i must honestly say that love abide joy be a typically low budget and low key and self consciously christian film . the plot be predictable and the acting mediocre ( i be be kind ) and and the edit atrocious . a a tv movie it might have be slightly above average and but a a feature film it leave much to be desire . keep try guy . you have get to have a movie about about real christian inside you somewhere . might i suggest you turn to g. k. chesterton or c. s. lewis for some inspiration .