Kathy and Everyone,

I sure missed the interview on Monday night, as I didn't even know it was
going to be on until it was the next day.

I'm looking forward to the movie, even though I know I'm going to cry.

I do hope that eventually it comes out in an english version, though I do
understand the reasoning for what Mel Gibson is doing. I wonder if Diane
Sawyer is a Christian.

Maybe I should go up to the GMA web site and ask them if I can hear the
interview on line.

I'm Praising God for the blood Jesus shed for us, and I heard of a few
other sceens which I'm sure have been taken out of the movie, but I won't
mention them here.

I hope you and Greg get to see the movie.

Speaking of movies, Vernon is working on our movie theater today. No joking
either. This is for real. This is only for us when we have company though,
He is actually building another level which is higher than the ground level
so tall people can sit in the back and see the 6 by 8 foot screen with the
surround sound in 5.1. I'm excited about it.

I also can't wait until it comes out on DVD, as we'll buy it.

What a Mighty God we serve.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson


At 08:02 AM 2/20/04 -0500, you wrote:
>Pat,
>         I definitely recommend the movie.  We're trying to get as many
>people from our church, including my two oldest boys, to see it next
>weekend.  I, however, may wait until it comes out on DVD so that Greg can
>read  it to me without bothering other people in what may be a very
>emotionally charged setting.  I know that I'll lose the big screen effect
>and the wrap around sound, but I cry even now when I think of what Jesus
>did for me so I don't know that I really need the punch in the stomach,
>reality check.
>         Mel Gibson did a very good job of holding his own in the
>interview last Monday night.  He apologizes for nothing.  He talks about
>his religious experience after wasting a lot of his life on drugs and
>alcohol and the emptiness that it all brought into his life.  Also, I was
>  pleased to note that they used pastors with an evangelical point of view
>to explain certain points in the film, such as the Jewish statement, "his
>blood be on our heads and on our children."  This subtitle has been
>removed from the movie, although it is still spoken in aramaic.  I was
>pleased that they used an evangelical to explain the meaning of this
>statement since this is the same network that let Peter Jennings use
>liberals in his documentary, "In Search of the Historical Jesus," to show
>case all the Jesus seminar dribble a few years back.
>         Dianne mentioned at the end of the interview that the review of
>this movie had created a lot of discussion among the staff of A.B.C.
>itself.  With this movie, and the ALPHA and Purpose Driven Life stuff all
>hitting so hard right now, we have to wonder if something spiritual is on
>the move.  I thought to myself yesterday, considering what is going on in
>Massachusetts and San Fransisco, that every day that we continue in this
>existance is definitely an act of loving grace on the part of a very
>loving God.  What a stench we must be in His nostrils!
>
>Oh Loving Father, forgive us of our many sins and help us lead others to
>you, the only pure and Holy reason for being.  Amen.
>
>In Christ's love,
>Kathy
>
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