“It is really a love story,” Mel Gibson told an interviewer on the red carpet. He twisted his long white beard, looked pensive, and then quoted Jesus: “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:13 NKJV). After taking the train… Read More

Tensions run high in the world of Ben-Hur. Jerusalem is under Roman occupation. Jews live as political exiles in their own city. Soldiers march the streets, quickly resorting to violence in even minor altercations. Entertainment involves brutality and death. It is a culture ready to spill blood—only the strong survive… Read More

Last week I took the train from Philadelphia to New York to see Last Days in the Desert, a new film written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia about Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Garcia focuses on Jesus’ journey out of the desert toward Jerusalem, adding in an… Read More