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Gone is the sexually motivated revolutionary Jesus of the last part of the century. Gone is the mentally ill and emotionally conflicted superstar Jesus of the 1970s. Gone is the virile anti-hero Jesus of the 1960s. In the Jesus of The Passion of the Christ, gone is the effeminate Aryan proverb-spouting Jesus of the 1950s. His work on this project is a living example of Paul’s words in Romans 1:16: “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.”

Gibson is a Christian of remarkable humility, faith, and commitment to following God’s will in his life, no matter what the cost. Seeing this movie was one of the most significant spiritual events of my life. I had the opportunity and privilege to see the movie in the midst of the editing process and to speak briefly with Mr. Careful to point out that this movie is not itself the gospel, but is his artistic representation of the gospel as found in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Gibson has nevertheless proved more faithful to the words of scripture than has any other Hollywood bible story production ever. The apostle Paul defines the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 as the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ on our behalf according to the scriptures, and that is what director, writer, and producer Mel Gibson has delivered. In a worldwide culture of visual communication and subjective experience, this movie version of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has the potential to impact more people in more cultures than any other single individual, book, or evangelism method. I believe Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of the Christ may well be the single greatest tool of evangelism God uses in the 21 st century.

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