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Our ratings: V-0; L-1; S/N-1. Running time: 1 hour 48 min. Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who …
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Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-2 ; L- 1; S/N-2 . Running time: 1 hour 38 min. Now Sarah said, ‘God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.’ And she said, ‘Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in …
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Rated R Our ratings: V- 5; L – 3 ; S/N – 5. Running time: 1 hour 40 min. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. 1 Corinthians 13:11 L …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-5 ; L-3; S/N-1 . Running time: 1 hour 48 min. Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favours! Luke 2:14 Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a …
Based on GIGOT, the story is moved from Paris to NYC where the mute janitor ends up caring for a hostile black girl, their ill feelings changing by the end.
Rated R. Our ratings: V-5; L-5; S-5/N-1 O Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: For his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: For his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: For his mercy endureth forever. … Who remembereth in our lowly estate: …
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 …
Rated PG-13 Our content rating: V-1; L-4; S/N-1. And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. Hebrews 6:15 (NIV) And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath Mark 2:27 The Terminal Despite some improbabilities, director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks are such masters at …