will not remain in darkness

Watched a very good movie tonight. The press has heaped on praise, and it seems the audience agrees. Unlike previous installments, the focus of this film is not the superhero, nor the superhero gadgets, nor the ridiculous action sequences. The focus of this movie is on the nature of evil and the ability of good to overcome it.

There's a great line in the movie about the Joker: "Some men aren’t looking for anything logical. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn." Toward the end of the movie, the Joker puts choice into the hands of regular, everyday people to prove the point that that vileness is in the heart of everyone, not just maniacs.

Romans1 tells us that there are lusts in every man's heart that -- given the green light from God -- will tend toward impurity. Ledger's dark Joker believes the same thing -- that we are all filled with this seething darkness that only the light of the world can disperse. Go see this movie if you're interested in seeing a mirror held up to those places within you teeming with shadows, with void.