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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 PG-13. Our ratings: V-6; L-1 ; S/N-5 . Running time: 3 hours 7 min. Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair, and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing; 4rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in …
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 …
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 …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-2 ; L-2 ; S/N-5 The Last Shot Writer/director Jeff Nathanson has just the tonic for those wanting some laughable diversion. Difficult as it is to believe, the story of the FBI duping a Hollywood wannabe into making a film in order to entrap a mobster is based on a magazine …