Mel Gibson's reply to 9/11 [by Michael Moriarty]

Enter Stage Right.com ^ | March 8, 2004 | Michael Moriarty

[Diva]

Thanks for the ping. Glad to know Moriarty is a Christian.

[PigRigger]

"We are engaged in a culture war. Not just with Hollywood, which is determined to use our freedom to destroy us, but also with radical Islam - which is determined to destroy us because of our freedom. The combined forces of those opposed to traditional American mores are indeed a powerful foe. Can we win? Have we lost already?..."

As a Christian the answer is clear. Look to the Bible; it dictates the future of Christ's Church on earth. In the end the battle will be lost; the forces of evil will sweep across the face of the earth.

Unfortunately for them they do not understand; although they may win the battle, they have already lost the war. The Salvation found in Christ has seen to that; His second coming will once and for all crush them.

Until than, the battles will rage on, they will escalate - multiple millions will die. We must understand, things are to get worse, much worse. Yet even in the worst of times we should not despair, our victory has already been secured.

[Gritty]

Terrific insight by Moriarty!

The War Against Terror does indeed have a heavy spiritual component, and Moriarty points out the connection. No doubt copies of this work (even pirated ones, thank you, China) will find their way into every nook and cranny of the world - even places where there is no Bible.

Man cannot "kill" the Gospel. It has been tried since the beginning and has failed every time. Even in Communist China it flourished underground.

But Islam is a particularly difficult nut to crack as it is as much cultural and familial as it is political. 'The Passion' will help the Word get out to an immense, suffering, Muslim humanity. Once the Holy spirit takes hold there He will spread like wildfire, just like last years' California wildfires. These multitudes are spiritually dry, rotted with infesting insects and stacked like waiting tinder.

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

---

Julia Ward Howe

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
l can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
His day is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d rows of steel,
"As ye deal with my contemners, So with you my grace shall deal;"
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
Since God is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

[cyncooper]

I'll never forget the prayer service on September 14 when President Bush made his first inspired, historic and stirring speech about what had happened. They played The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Then he flew to New York and the infamous bull horn event took place...

[cyncooper]

Please read this excellent piece and also post #16. If you haven't seen this thread yet, it is a must read that I know you will appreciate.

[breakem]

Moriarty Filmography

2002 Taken

Character played: Col. Campbell

2001 Along Came a Spider

Character played: Senator Hank Rose

2001 James Dean

Character played: Winton Dean

2001 House Of Luk

Character played: Mr. Kidd

2000 Becoming Dick

2000 Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants

Character played: Galileo

2000 Children of Fortune

Character played: Sheriff Bast

2000 Bad Faith

2000 The Art of Murder

1999 Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

1999 Strange World

1999 Woman Wanted

1998 Choosing Sides: I Remember Vietnam - Fields of Fire

1998 Choosing Sides: I Remember Vietnam - The War At Home

1997 Major Crime

Character played: Gordon Tallas

1996 Courage Under Fire

Character played: Gen. Hershberg

1996 Shiloh

Character played: Ray Preston

1995 A Good Day To Die

Character played: John Maxwell

1995 Children of the Dust

Character played: John Maxwell

1990-94 Law & Order

1989 Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

1989 The Secret of the Ice Cave

1988 Windmills of the Gods

Character played: Ellison

1988 Nitti

Character played: Hugh Kelly

1988 Dark Tower

Character played: Dennis Randall

1987 It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive

Character played: Steve Jarvis

1987 A Return to Salem's Lot

Character played: Joe Weber

1987 The Hanoi Hilton

Character played: Lt. Comdr. Williamson

1985 The Stuff

Character played: David "Moe" Rutherford

1985 Troll

Character played: Harry Potter, Sr.

1985 Odd Birds

Character played: Brother T.S. Murphy

1985 Pale Rider

Character played: Hull Barret

1982 Blood Link

Character played: Dr. Craig Mannings/Keith Mannings

1982 Sound of Murder

1982 Q Character played: Jimmy Quinn

1981 Renacer

1979 Too Far to Go

Character played: Richard Maple

1978 Holocaust

1978 The Winds of Kitty Hawk

Character played: Wilbur Wright

1978 Who'll Stop the Rain?

Character played: John Converse

1978 Reborn Character played: Mark

1977 The Deadliest Season

1974 Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue

Character played: Herbert G. Rucker

1974 Report to the Commissioner

Character played: Beauregard "Bo" Lockley

1973 A Summer Without Boys

1973 The Glass Menagerie

Character played: Jim O'Connor

1973 The Last Detail

Character played: Marine Duty Officer

1973 Bang the Drum Slowly

Character played: Henry Wiggen

1972 Hickey and Boggs Character played: Ballard

1971 My Old Man's Place

Character played: Trubee Pell

[ducks1944]

I had not been to movie for more than 25 years, but went to see Mel Gibson movie the day it first came out. I was very moved by it and will go see it again. God Bless Mel Gibson I hope he makes Billion on the this movie. Praise GOD, and Bless the United States of America, President Bush, Our Troops and there Families. May God richly Bless them one and all.
From one proud American

[Gritty]

I'll never forget the prayer service on September 14 when President Bush made his first inspired, historic and stirring speech about what had happened. They played The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Even at that early date, President Bush had the historical perspective.