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Competition: The Nativity Story
05 December 2006 1:09pm
193 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 16 ]

There are so many possibilities…
Gideon
Sampson and Delilah
Ehud
Elijah and Elisha
John’s visions in Revelation

But the two I would like to see made most of all would be:
-Saul’s conversion in Acts 9
-The life of Job. There is enormous potential with Job 38-41 to show the power and majesty of God.

They both have the potential for tremendous positive gospel impact

   
05 December 2006 9:50pm
185 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 17 ]

More good answers, people.
From my count there are still about three or four or five tickets to give away. (My count is not a very accurate one.)
In any case, keep the answers coming.
However, I believe a couple of the entries are from overseas participants. While we appreciate your contributions, the passes are only valid in Australia, so while we can all enjoy the movie ideas from our overseas forum members, I will not be honouring them with a movie pass.
It’s not racist, I just hate to waste a good ticket.

   
05 December 2006 9:53pm
1970 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 18 ]

Ruth,

I was thinking the same! And I was working on a modern version set in Oz with the ABC’s Kath and Kim in the roles of Naomi and Ruth but I didn’t get far...probably a good thing.

My other choice was:Jesus Unplugged: the book of Revelation. BIGGER than Lord of the Rings,]]]scarier[[[ than Alien...meet the victorious Risen Jesus who outgrew the manger long ago; see the great prostitute, the dragon, Satan and his demonic company thrown into the fiery lake of damnation; rejoice with the angelic host, the martyrs, the elders in Jesus’ victory of evil; witness the most beautiful bribe clothed by her beloved groom for their divine union; be awe-struck by the new heaven and the new earth....

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06 December 2006 12:33am
47 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 19 ]

Hey Angela,

I was thinking more traditional myself!!  Last night as I was mulling over the script possibilities...it ocurred to me that the story of Ruth and Boaz has a heap of potential - you have the tragedy of death at the beginning; the internal conflict of choice in following Naomi - going to a foreign land, poor and with a sad mother in law to look after; working hard to provide food and having a nice man notice you (I’m sure the movie makes could play that up!)....I would just want to make sure the ‘threshing floor’ scene was done tastefully - many people seem to misunderstand that part of the story, IMHO - and then the joy of marriage and motherhood...all culminating in a great grandson who becomes king of Israel....and a great great great (etc) grandson who is Jesus Christ.

Yep - potential.  Also possibility of exploring Boaz’ character...whom I think given the context of the book of Judges, is a DSL.

   
06 December 2006 1:06am
1970 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 20 ]

Ruth,

Your version is imminently more ticket-worthy.

Confession box: What does DSL stand for?

cheers
Angela

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06 December 2006 1:11am
1916 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 21 ]

Presumably not Digital Subscriber Line or Loop [see Google and Wikipedia].

If LSL = long service leave

is it Distinguished Service Leave?

Boaz would have qualified, I think.

or if ESL = English as a Second Language
I guess it isn’t Deutsche as a Zwei Language

Hmmm

Ruth, please?

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06 December 2006 2:06am
47 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 22 ]

Sorry - DSL - ‘dead set legend’.....meaning I have a really high opinion of him, think he’s amazing, a really Godly man.

I heard some great sermons on the book of Ruth, by Melvin Tinker a few months ago - and came to appreciate how Godly Boaz was.

   
06 December 2006 8:56pm
1970 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 23 ]

Ruth,

It is my intenetion to introduce DSL to our ladies bible study group. I know they will take to it like ducks to water.

BTW, the Matthias Media bible study on Ruth is one of their best.

quack
Angela

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07 December 2006 11:04am
532 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 24 ]

I have dreamt of making the Noah movie, with a life size Ark that can be the main attraction of the Bible museum.

Craig Thacker <><

   
07 December 2006 4:22pm
292 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 25 ]

OH which to choose, which to choose.....so many pitches, so few letters....

Why not:

“Malachi, the Messenger” - {panning up to enormous huge carved wooden doors several stories high half open} he’ll deliver news no other man has dared deliver: that God is back, he ain’t happy and he’s slamming the temple doors.  {doors slam excruciatingly loudly} It’s no mean message to deliver, but it means a message of deliverance {panning back wider and wider to then see the doors off their hinges with blazing fire engulfing them}

Personally I think Mal 1:10 is one of the best verses - it really underscores just how much we cheat God to his face and just how tolerant God is of that sort of behaviour. 

But, brilliant as my ideas may be, as I live in Perth [*deep sigh of resignation*] I suspect I too will be ineligible for tickets given that I am in all reality further away from Sydney than michael is in London and Mike is in America somewhere, and even further from the 21st century than ever (even though they did vote in daylight savings time last weekend!  Yay!  Some sanity at last!) I miss Sydney, but I am enjoying going to a great biblcal church in perth, Western Suburbs Community Bible Church www.wscbc.org.au

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07 December 2006 9:16pm
185 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 26 ]

Good answers people.
Unfortunately, all the tickets have been allocated to winners so the competition is officially closed.
However, feel free to continue dicussing Christian movie ideas, as I have heard that many high-powered Hollywood exec types often peruse these forums*.
Also, check out my review of The Nativity Story .

*okay, this may not actually be true.

   
17 December 2006 12:08pm
766 posts
  [ Ignore ]   [ # 27 ]

I’m glad my wife used my ticket this week as the movie seems to have disappeared from the cinemas already.

She liked it, by the way, so thanks to AMS for the encouragement to go along.

   
   
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