by Bob Allen | Feb 25, 2004 | Opinion
Much criticism directed at Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” is that it is too violent and that it puts too much blame for the Crucifixion on Jews. Both are valid concerns. Christians who object to violence in pictures by the likes of Martin...
by Robert Parham | Feb 25, 2004 | Opinion
Christians will likely ignore the most biblically sound theme in Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ,” and they will likely embrace the most biblically faulty problems of the movie. Both offer insightful congregational leaders a teachable...
by Keith Herron | Feb 24, 2004 | Opinion
This is the week “The Passion” will be unleashed on the world, and the opening of Mel Gibson’s film on the brutal crucifixion of Christ does not bode well for the church. Evangelical churches have been buying mind-boggling numbers of tickets and...
by Gary Farley | Feb 24, 2004 | Opinion
The following is a text of a prayer I led at an event in Pickens County, Alabama: Dear Heavenly Father, As I read the Bible again and again I find you being concerned about feeding humankind. From Noah and the provisions on the ark; to the children of Israel wandering...
by James L. Evans | Feb 23, 2004 | Opinion
Mel Gibson’s new movie, “The Passion,” is stirring considerable interest. Pre-release publicity has focused on concerns that the movie may spark an increase in anti-Semitism—especially in Europe. There, for centuries, Jews have been demonized as...
by Karen Johnson Zurheide | Feb 23, 2004 | Opinion
Recently resettled in a new community, my family and I are shocked to find that we have an unexpected and unwelcome resident in our home. I would like to boot this interloper out, but cancer doesn’t leave that easily. Less than a month after our move, my...
