We’ve collected a few articles and sermon resources to help answer your questions about Mel Gibson’s movie, The Passion of the Christ. If we can assist you in any way please contact us and consider joining us during our services this Sunday.
Ten Questions
Donald S. Whitney, author of Simplify Your Spiritual Life, has written an article called Ten Questions to Ask About The Passion of the Christ. He answers such questions as;
- Do you know why Jesus had to die?
- Do you know who really killed Jesus?
- Do you understand the role that God the Father played in the death of Jesus?
- Do you know why Jesus’ last words were, “It is finished” (John 19:30)?
- Do you see the relationship between Jesus’ death and His resurrection?
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Who is Jesus
“Who do you think that I am?” With that brief question Jesus Christ confronted His followers with the most important issue they would ever face. He had spent much time with them and made some bold claims about His identity and authority. Now the time had come for them either to believe or deny His teachings. [more...]
The Passion of Jesus Christ
“The most important questions anyone can ask are: Why was Jesus Christ crucified? Why did he suffer so much? What has this to do with me? Finally, who sent him to his death? The answer to the last question is that God did. Jesus was God’s Son. The suffering was unsurpassed, but the whole message of the Bible leads to this answer.”
Pastor and author John Piper has written a book called The Passion of Jesus Christ. You can find the book available for download in PDF format by going here.
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More resources and sermons on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ can be found here.
Seven Sayings of Jesus from the Cross
Pastor Brad Brandt, Wheelersburg Baptist Church, asks, “Did Mel get it right?” He says,
I saw the movie the night before it opened to the general public. Some critics ridicule the film as anti-Semitic, others as too graphic. There’s no question it is intense. I found myself almost heaving with emotion at the end.I left the theater with two thoughts in mind. One, for the most part Mel was right on — he followed the biblical account and presented the story as it happened. I saw in living color the agony my Savior endured. But my second thought came in the words of an old hymn — the half has not been told. The movie barely scratched the surface in portraying the worst kind of suffering — the spiritual suffering — experienced by the Lord Jesus. And that’s not a criticism. I’m not sure a movie could do that.
But God’s Word can, and does.
Pastor Brad Brandt shares Seven Sayings of Jesus from the Cross
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