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Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- ; L- ; S/N . Running time: 1 hour 54 min. When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ‘You spirit that keeps this boy from speaking and hearing, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!’ …
Rated R Our ratings: V-6 ; L-4 ; S/N-1 . Running time: 2 hours 2 min. Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V-3 ; L- 0; S/N-0 Running time: 2 hours 15 min. And war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back, 8but they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9The great dragon was …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-1; L-1; S-1/N-3 The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Psalm 9:16 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who …
Once again it is time to offer up VP’s Top Ten Films list. Perhaps “past” should preface “time,” as most critics have long since published their lists. However, as one dwelling in the hinterlands, that vast space between NYC and LA depicted in the famous NEW YORKER Magazine’s cartoon cover, I wanted to wait until …
Rated R Our content rating V-2; L-4; S/N-7 O that you would kill the wicked, O God, and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me— those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil! Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those …
The arrest, trial, flogging and crucifixion is shown in painfully bloody detail. Brief flashbacks to Christ’s earlier life set the context.
Rated R Our content rating V-7; L-5; S/N-3 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 Denzel Washington is John Creasy, an ex-government operative (a.k.a. assassin) whose ap parent feelings of guilt send him to the bottle too often. He visits his best friend and former colleague Rayburn (Christopher Walken) …
What a double bill the next two non-fiction films would make! One is blatantly political, created to discredit and defeat a sitting president who has drawn the ire of the film’s maker. The other seems to be apolitical, but actually is based on a politics very different from that of the first, one perhaps best …
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Rated PG-13 Our content rating V-1; L-3; S/N-3. The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. …