“Paul: Apostle of Christ” is not a movie about persecution, but instead one of the courage of people of faith in Christ who oftentimes died horrific deaths for the glory of God. In Rome, it was Nero, but in the modern world it is China’s totalitarianism, North Korea’s evil leader worship, and in ISIS-governed territory it is those who see it as their duty to Allah to exterminate the infidel. Political leaders follow movements, and the first step in ending the evil of persecution is naming it. We vowed to help persecuted religious minorities - it’s time to act Pence, persecuted Middle Eastern Christians need your platform
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In “Paul: The Apostle of Christ,” the history of Nero’s violence against Christians is shown without some of the graphic visuals that dominate modern horror movies, but the impact is clear. And in the context of the executions of Christians at the hands of radical Muslims in the Middle East, the destruction of churches and imprisonment of Christians in China, North Korea, Nigeria and elsewhere around the world, the message should mobilize the Christian world to not meet hate with hate, but rather to meet it with love and an abiding faith that God is sovereign and in control. A lot of people cried, but my God if you don’t believe that man is with Jesus what kind of faith do you have?” And I think modern day Christians really struggle with death, Billy Graham just died, he lived 99 years. “We all die, man, it’s how you live your life and there are a lot of people out there that need our help. Every man dies, not every man really lives and in this film what Paul says at the end is really powerful, ‘To live is Christ, to die is gain.’ “You mean as far as the Chaldeans, Coptic and Syrian Christians that were crucified on Good Friday last year? I’d say, the United States, we’ve got to start, as Christians, not being afraid. to know about persecution around the world, exemplified by the “Paul” movie. In a red carpet conversation with Jim Caviezel, who plays Luke in the movie, I asked what message he would like for people in D.C. With memories etched into modern America’s collective consciousness of Christians beheaded on the beaches of Libya, children being crucified by ISIS for their belief in Christ and the on-going attempted destruction of the remaining Christians in much of the eastern Mediterranean where Paul established the first Christian churches, the movie provides a powerful message to America’s leaders about love and prayer. Instead it is a story about a man’s real-life memories of the evil he has done in the past (persecuting Christians prior to his conversion on the road to Damascus) and his determination to not return evil for evil in the present. US strikes deal with UN for more funding for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq /0jp4ogfZpB- The Hill January 9, 2018 Before anyone stops reading because this is just another preachy Christian movie, please know that the movie is faithful to the writings of Paul, but it is anything but preachy. This might disappoint some, but it makes sense in the context of the movie and it is this difference which just might make it one of the most impactful films in recent years.įilmed in a gritty style that makes the viewer feel and almost smell 1 st century Rome, the story brings to life the Apostle Paul, the man whose letters make up much of the Bible’s New Testament. Different than normal Christian fare in that the Gospel is given through Paul’s actions and words, but not by an overt, in-your-face call for conversion. ADVERTISEMENT The movie “ Paul: Apostle of Christ ,” is not a political film.