Chris Tomlin Shares How God Connected Him to ‘The Last Supper’

Grammy Award-winning singer Chris Tomlin recently spoke to ChurchLeaders about the new film “The Last Supper,” a powerful movie that depicts the events of Jesus’ last dinner with his disciples before his death on the cross.

“The Last Supper” features Jaime Ward as Jesus, James Faulkner (“Paul, Apostle of Christ,” “Game of Thrones,” “Downton Abbey”) as Caiaphas, and Robert Knepper (“Prison Break,” “Hitman,” “Transporter 3”) as Judas.

Describing the film, Tomlin said, “I was captured. It is so legit and beautifully done and powerfully done. But also I thought it’s just the Word of God coming to life. It’s so right on the nose biblically.”

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Tomlin, who is an executive producer for the film, was brought in after the film’s completion to help with the music, as well as promotion. “I was so in,” Tomlin said. “I’ve never done this before in my life. I’ve had music in different films, but I’ve had never had someone ask me to partner with them and help get the word out.”

Tomlin shared that he wrote the song “No Greater Love,” which was “perfect” for the movie, before he even knew about it. “I wrote this song, obviously, not even knowing there was a film,” Tomlin explained. “This song will roll right when the film ends, and if you listen to it, you would think I just watched the film and just wrote the song, because it just fits perfectly.”

“That gave me another little moment of like, a little God wink, of like, ‘I’m connecting you to this,’” Tomlin said.

“The Last Supper” places a unique emphasis on the storyline of Judas—a perspective that Michael Scott, the CEO of PureFlix.com and Pinnacle Peak Pictures and the film’s producer, told ChurchLeaders was “very interesting” to him.

“One of the things I say that the film brings is the very interesting Judas and Peter storyline,” Scott said. “And how does this guy, Judas, who’s been following Jesus for three years, watching all his miracles and everything that’s happened, all of a sudden flip and betray him?”

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“And how does Peter, who’s watching all these things, protects Jesus, has the faith, and all these things,” Scott continued, “but also betrays him and denies him three times? How does that happen?”