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Of course you will should we be surprised...Originally posted by Johnv:
I myself will see it because so far, I have heard that it is a good film to see.
'I have a deep relationship with God according to my understanding'.
I was more interested in what Dr. Mohler had to say on Larry King, personally, and I believe he gave a good testimony for Jesus Christ.Originally posted by whatever:
natters asks a good question. Why is it OK to watch Chad Allen on "Larry King Live" but not in "End Of The Spear"?
I agree, and I can buy that. I wish people were posting more about what Mohler said on TV and less about what Allen said on TV, though.Originally posted by LadyEagle:
I was more interested in what Dr. Mohler had to say on Larry King, personally, and I believe he gave a good testimony for Jesus Christ.
So it's OK to watch a homosexual be a homosexual on TV, but it's wrong to watch a homosexual pretend to be a martyr in a movie, but only (or maybe especially) if so-called Christians ask the homosexual to pretend to be a martyr in the movie?Now to answer your question, let me try to explain it to you. Chad Allen was being himself on Larry King. Chad Allen was not portraying a Christian on Larry King. Chad Allen, whose personal life is an affront to Almighty God, portrays a Christian in the movie.
What is being forgotten here is very simple: Chad Allen did not seek the role of playing Nate/Steve Saint in the movie.
It was the other way around. Christians sought him out to play the part of a Christian martyr, based on an article they read in a gay magazine.
This kind of reply is one of the reasons that I love the internet so.If you can't see what is wrong with THAT picture, the BIG picture, then I can't explain it to you. But if you ask the Lord to explain it to you, the Holy Spirit will reveal it to you, if you really want to know the answer.
So, as a Southern Baptist, do you agree with Dr. Mohler?I agree, and I can buy that. I wish people were posting more about what Mohler said on TV and less about what Allen said on TV, though.
So, as a Southern Baptist, do you agree with Dr. Mohler? </font>[/QUOTE]I absolutely agree with his statement at the end of the show re: the gospel, and with his stance against homosexual "marriage", and with his statement that there's no need for a Christian to see the Brokeback Mountain movie (I think that's the name). I only caught the end of the King show so he may have said something earlier that I would disagree with.Originally posted by LadyEagle:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />I agree, and I can buy that. I wish people were posting more about what Mohler said on TV and less about what Allen said on TV, though.
I concur with Bunyan 100%. While the issue of the bully pulpit is real and needs to be dealt with, the movie itself appears to be a worthy of viewing, and I therefore plan on seeing it. I should not have to face persecution from other Christians for doing so. Neither should I persecute other Christians who refrain.Originally posted by Bunyon:
I am personally going to watch it. I think they guy can act. But the problems is now he has extra momentum in his cause because this "christian" company provided him with a bully pulpit.
Calvary Bible Church is the name of the church.Beloved of God at Calvary,
I just finished research on the new "Christian" film coming out of Hollywood called "End of the Spear," the story of Nate Saint, the martyred Ecuadorian missionary in the early 1950's. I was excited to see such a story put on film, but I was skeptical because Hollywood was involved. Well, my spiritual antenna was up, and now I know it was, rightly so.
Sadly, Hollywood's attempt in the film is not to promote Christianity in any biblical way; rather, two things (1) dumb down the gospel of Christ, and (2) to bridge the gap between the homosexual community and the church.
It appears Nate Saint is played by a homosexual activist, Chad Allen, who makes no bones about criticizing the Bible and traditional Christianity. He works laboriously to discredit it in his personal life and activist lifestyle, mocking God's Law for life.
The point here is -- How can a Christian support this film with such a disreputable character portrayal with someone's lifestyle that God say is an abomination? My advice to the congregation is don't bless the film with your viewing, and tell others about the travesty committed by Hollywood in putting a homosexual activist to play Nate Saint, not to mention those pastor's who previewed the film who say, the gospel of Christ is dumbed down so much, it has no ture Christian value at all, biblically speaking.
I thought I'd pass this on, as I'm not going to become a film critic, nor make a radio broadcast of it as I did with the TV nonsense called "THE BOOK OF DANIEL." Hope this insight helps you in your decisions to be a responsible Christian, and to be careful of what is advertised as "Christian" for the Church to embrace. Needless to say, I'll not be viewing it, nor advocating its showing at Calvary.
God bless, see you Sunday,
Pastor Dennis
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Boanerges was not used by Jesus to fight against His disciples. Boanerges was the surname of James and John, given to them by Jesus, but it was not to fight against them.He fought against His own desciples calling them "Boanerges" and "Satan" himself.