Afterward, the daughter of the organization’s president laid hands on Gibson and asked Jesus to “bind Satan, bind the press, we ask you, Lord” (Peter Boyer, “ The Jesus War,” The New Yorker, 9/15/03).
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After Gibson showed part of the movie to a convention of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship, he received a standing ovation. Two members of Wheaton Bible Church in Wheaton, Illinois, have offered to buy out two screenings of the movie at a local theater.
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The Evangelical Free Church of Naperville, Illinois, purchased more than 1,000. Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in southern California purchased 18,000 tickets. Mission America Coalition plans to use the movie for evangelism. Īfter a private showing, Billy Graham praised it. Only the John Williams’ soundtracks for Star Wars I & II sold more in the first week. The movie’s soundtrack is also selling like hotcakes―50,000 CDs sold in the first week, which is huge for soundtracks. One would also assume that income will be explosive from the heavily Catholicized parts of the world such as South America, Italy, Slovakia, Ireland, and the Philippines, and from Greek Orthodox strongholds such as Russia. Experts now estimate total gross (before video, DVD sales, and licensing of merchandise such as books, mugs, t-shirts, and “Jesus nails”) will likely exceed $500 million. It has become the highest-grossing R-rated film ever (surpassing Matrix Reloaded), and has already broken into the top ten films of all time. and Canada alone (plus another $11 million overseas).
On the one-month anniversary of its release, the film has grossed more than $300 million in the U.S. The graphic, $30 million film (plus an additional $15 million in marketing costs), The Passion of the Christ, depicts Christ’s life from the Garden of Gethsemane to the resurrection. Hollywood actor-director Mel Gibson’s controversial film on the death of Christ proved popular among Christians even before its February 25th release date.
See also Cloud’s 3/8/04 FBIS titled, “ Errors in Mel Gibson’s Movie: Do We Have Artistic License?,” for a listing of the things in Gibson’s movie that are added to, are contrary to, and are heretical to the Bible account.) Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, (Specifically, see Cloud’s 3/02/04 FBIS titled, “ More About Mel Gibson’s Movie,” for a detailed, comprehensive response to those who would recommend seeing the film. Ma(David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Mel Gibson’s Film: THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Satan as depicted in Gibson’s The Passion of Christ! The Passion of the Christ – a Film by Mel Gibson* (Biblical Discernment Ministries) Exodus 20:4-6 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth. On this Resurrection Day focus on this: “Mark 16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.”Ĭertainly better than this nasty R rated film full of error and of Roman Catholic and mystic teachings! Foremost it is another Hollywood Jesus you are getting! It is idolatry to depict Christ and this movie is certainly no exception.
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