"The Passion of the Christ"

I just received the following in e-mail with this link:http://www.thepassionofchrist.com/

It stars Mel Gibson and looks like a must see for movie buffs, but also gives a realistic look at Calvary thyan most other "hellywoods" renditions.

 

I understand your concern, but my concern is that all age groups understand the Gospel. I believe that is the entire reason for the movie.

Ricky Skaggs of Gospel/Country music fame held a private screening with Mel Gibson giving his responses to the viewers.

I only gave the url. I hope anyone with children who might have your concerns to have the parental controls set on thier child's ISP, but the younger a child understands whatJesus went through, the less chance of complacency towards Christ.

The more graphic we make the "penalty" for sin by giving a more vivd picture of Christ's sufferings, the more chance a person has of being saved.

God went to the extremes, and it's time we did also.

I am not denigrating your post, but this is a plea to all, not an open discussion for debate, but if you wish, you are certainly entitled.

I've read many of the tesimonies of those 200 viewers at the private screening and none were of the concern any age group should be omitted from the same opportunity. But since we live in the day of political correctness and the ACLU's effect on rational reasoning, I'm sure the movie will rate the "R" rating due to it's graphic nature, but then nudity and demoralization are given the "G" and "PG" rating at the same time. I wouldn't keep my children from knwoing the real Gospel, and haven't.

Our two oldest, 14 and 11, both have made professions, show fruit, as wellas been instructed in righteouseness. I don't want them "protected" by the "know-it-all" crowd who in turn, most respectively don't know the Lord and are under-informed about the ravages of sin.

Sin did the "graphic" things to Jesus, the sooner one realizes the better wouldn't you say?

I posted the topic with the intention of discussing these aspects to all, not limiting any by age groups. if this is too broad, may I suggest a more limited topic be started.

 

I am certain they do, but I have only seen the "trailer". If it doesn't it would be demeaning to Christ and wouldn't have had the responses of the 200 privtae viewers of the screening.


Visit the site and see if there is a testimoy section of the filming, I believe there is. From what was sent to me in e-mail had many testimonies and accounts of salvation and healing as well, plus a few rather extraordinary accounts. One being a man on the set struck by lightning twice to only have smoking fingers, another the account of a 2 yr old being healed of deafness and being blind also. I'd have a hard time thinking a 2 yr old could fake that, but measure it out for your selves.

 

I admit that in my original post I mistakingly said it starred Mel Gibson, but my error.

I hadn't heard anything about it having English subtitles, though. The e-mail sent to me said nothing about it.

I know much of it was filmed in Italy ansd in the "official" website I didn't see anything relating to the transcript being in other languages, but I'll look a little closer.