Posted on 03/25/2019 10:10:30 PM PDT by Dogbert41
Fair enough, FRiend. :)
It is indeed. From what I understand, a lot of weird things happened on the set, as if something did not want the Passion made.
You know Hi Tech Redneck, somehow I insulted you with my first posts and I apologize. Sorry for being a pill.
Forgiven seventy times seven. It’s easy to get testy in this challenging environment. Just the time when I should let the battle be His, I grab it and make it mine... which goes over like a lead balloon.
Anyhow, I think it’s right to take the general attitude that whatever can be used as a springboard for Jesus, should be. Even a secular feature on Jesus — it’s better than NO feature on Jesus.
Attempts at a witness of any kind (and the Passion went over well with the Protestant arm of Christendom as well as the Catholic arm) will draw static from hell.
Indeed. When I went, the theatre was full of elderly people who had seen it several times.
I can’t watch it without bursting into tears at what our Lord and Saviour put himself through, all for us. The scenes with his mother Mary are particularly gut-wrenching, watching her try to get to her son.
Jesus: after building a stool and table, Mary says what is this? He says, it is to eat. Up off the floor. :)
I’ll bet He had a great sense of humor.
Indeed. When I went, the theatre was full of elderly people who had seen it several times.
I can’t watch it without bursting into tears at what our Lord and Saviour put himself through, all for us. The scenes with his mother Mary are particularly gut-wrenching, watching her try to get to her son.
Jesus: after building a stool and table, Mary says what is this? He says, it is to eat. Up off the floor. :)
I’ll bet He had a great sense of humor.
Indeed. When I went, the theatre was full of elderly people who had seen it several times.
I can’t watch it without bursting into tears at what our Lord and Saviour put himself through, all for us. The scenes with his mother Mary are particularly gut-wrenching, watching her try to get to her son.
Jesus: after building a stool and table, Mary says what is this? He says, it is to eat. Up off the floor. :)
I’ll bet He had a great sense of humor.
Indeed. When I went, the theatre was full of elderly people who had seen it several times.
I can’t watch it without bursting into tears at what our Lord and Saviour put himself through, all for us. The scenes with his mother Mary are particularly gut-wrenching, watching her try to get to her son.
Jesus: after building a stool and table, Mary says what is this? He says, it is to eat. Up off the floor. :)
I’ll bet He had a great sense of humor.
“What I object to is when a program like this misinforms the population about who Jesus is - not just the Son of God but fully God and fully man. That’s all I meant about reverence.”
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I understand where you’re coming from, punknpuss. But the show delivers comfort to many people, particularly shut-ins. My Dad could no longer go to church or drive, as he neared the end of his life, but he watched Osteen “religiously” and would call me that evening to tell me Joel’s joke. :)
Well, I suspect Christ would be smiling at the triple post!
Sorry about that. :)
I hope we can agree to not conflate Osteen’s televangelism program with his choice to help History Channel.
The latter is going to be very controversial at the least. I don’t know what Joel and Victoria thought here and I don’t want to accuse without basis. But it occurred to me that it’s only fair to notice that the History Channel program is a real live form of the question “Who do people say that [Jesus is].” Jesus preferred to let His works and His reputation say what He was over tooting his own horn, to the point that modern skeptics are eager to point out, not understanding biblical context, “Well, He never said that He was God!”
We’re asked to witness what people from devout believers to staunch skeptics and those with other religious axes to grind say about Jesus. This is a phenomenon that C. S. Lewis referred to as “God in the dock.” But that is how God presents His case to us. Look at the implications of taking various positions. When men put God on trial, God ends up putting men on trial. So the History Channel program is not just about Jesus. It is about people and their reactions to Him.
I do agree, HiTech. You make some very interesting points. :)
Yep
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