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WildB
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u want drama. get hurt and go 2 a va hospital.
done that!
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m 2 as a patient.
love ya Dave.
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Michael Z
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A church about 40 miles away put on an outstanding Easter musical with a short sermon and alter call afterward. I think it was great.
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KnowHim
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u want drama. get hurt and go 2 a va hospital.
done that!
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Betty Louise
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I have watched Christian dramas that have stirred by soul. God is able to use dramas for His glory.
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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Carol Swenson
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I know the "The Passion of the Christ" caused a lot of people to start asking questions about Christ. That's a good first step in the right direction.
I would say that nothing is more dramatic than the Word.
Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:43-52).
Jesus endured six trials - three by Jewish leaders and three by the Romans (John 18:12-14, Mark 14:53-65, Mark 15:1a, Mark 15: 1b-5, Luke 23:6-12, Mark 15:6-15)
Jesus survived painful beating, whipping, and mocking (Mark 15:16-20)
Pilate tried to compromise with the religious leaders by having Jesus beaten, but this act didn't satisfy them. Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified (Mark 15:6-15)
Jesus was mocked by the soldiers as they dressed Him in a purple robe and a crown of thorns (John 19:1-3)
Jesus was crucified on Golgatha, which means the Place of the Skull (Mark 15:22) The sky turned dark for three hours (Mark 15:33).
Jesus cried, "Father! Into your hands I commit my spirit!" and He died (Luke 23:46).
And the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the very heart of Christianity. In 1 Corinthians 15 St. Paul reasoned, "If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. . . .We are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead." In that same chapter he says "If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen sleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men." But then Paul triumphantly declares, "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Cor. 15:14-20).
The story of Saul’s conversion begins with the stoning of Stephen. Stephen preached Christ boldly and was drug out of town and stoned to death. Acts records that Saul was there and in full support of the stoning. (Acts 8:1) Saul was an enemy of the Church and a persecutor of its believers. “As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.” (Acts 8:3)
Saul went to the chief priests and got permission to go to Damascus to hunt for Christians. His intention was to find them and haul them back to Jerusalem to prison. He set off and when he got close to the city, a bright light surrounded him. “And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” (Acts 9:4)
Saul was terrified “And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.” (Acts 9:5) Paul asked the Lord what he should do and was told to continue on into the city; he would be told there what to do. Those traveling with him had seen the light and heard the voice, but didn’t see who spoke. Saul arose from the ground and discovered that he was blind. His companions led him the rest of the way into Damascus.
Is this drama, or what?
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WildB
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u want drama. get hurt and go 2 a va hospital.
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Bloodbought
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Isn’t all drama entertaining like watching a movie?
It may be ok if there is no spiritual emphasis placed on it, but I don’t think the Lord uses gimmicks to produce faith. In a church where drama is lade on, all it does is raise the emotions of the audience. They may laugh, or they may be brought to tears, but they will not be brought to faith through drama. Do you see anyone coming to faith through drama? Did the frog drama bring Pharaoh to faith? No. All it did was get him emotionally upset. Drama will not produce faith, so why is it used. The only way that faith can be produced is by the word.
Keep drama where it belongs. In the world.
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WildB
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I don't know about you 2, but I found it kinda entertaining when God put a few frogs in the Pharaohs bed.
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Carol Swenson
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No. You did not mention an "entertainment driven church" before.
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Bloodbought
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The scriptures don't teach us to drive cars or use electric lights or printed books, etc. But all of those can help us to spread the Gospel message.
If visual drama is true to the Gospel, then it can certainly help. God has no limits; He can use whatever He wants to reach people.
Are you saying that an entertainment driven church is OK?
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Carol Swenson
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The scriptures don't teach us to drive cars or use electric lights or printed books, etc. But all of those can help us to spread the Gospel message.
If visual drama is true to the Gospel, then it can certainly help. God has no limits; He can use whatever He wants to reach people.
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Bloodbought
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Do so-called Christian visual projects bring the unsaved to repentance and faith in Christ?
2 Cor 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
1 Cor 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Does the scripture teach visual drama, as a means to bring the unsaved to repentance and faith?
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