- THE FEAR OF THE LORD— What is it? Is it important?
- WISDOM— What is it and how can I become wiser?
- PURITY— Why should I save sex for marriage?
- DISEASE AND SUFFERING— Why is the world the way it is? Did God create it this way?
- EFFECTIVE RESPONSES— How can I best respond to tough questions from unbelievers?
- The Last Supper
- Snow White
- Novocaine
- Mickey 17
- Captain America: Brave New World
- Paddington in Peru
- Love Hurts
- Flight Risk
- Wolf Man
- Survive
Zendaya (Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman), American actress and singer—“K.C. Undercover” TV series, “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Euphoria” TV series, “Dune” Part 1 and 2 • Faith: Unclear • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Liberal Feminism (activist), Black Lives Matter (activist), Vegetarianism, Humanitarianism • Partner: Tom Holland
Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor—“The Marksman,” “Kinsey,” “Schindler’s List,” “Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace,” “Batman Begins,” “Taken,” “Clash of the Titans,” “The A-Team,” the voice of Aslan in “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Unknown” • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism). In 2015, he narrated a video commercial promoting abortion.
Please take a moment now to pray for these influential people (prayer suggestions).
The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
Reviewed by: Rev. Steve Hislop
CONTRIBUTOR
| Moral Rating: | Good |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults Teens Family |
| Genre: | Bible Music Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 33 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1973 |
| USA Release: |
March 31, 1973 |
music in the Bible
Are you good enough to get to Heaven? Answer
How good is good enough? Answer
| Featuring |
Johnny Cash … Himself Robert Elfstrom … Jesus Christ June Carter Cash … Mary Magdalene Larry Lee … John the Baptist Paul L. Smith (Paul Smith) … Peter Alan Dater … Nicodemus Robert Elfstrom Jr. … Jesus as a child Gelles LaBlanc … John Terrence Winston Mannock … Matthew Thomas Leventhal … Judas Iscariot John Paul Kay … James the Elder Sean Armstrong … Thomas Lyle Nicholson … Andrew Steven Chernoff … Philip Stuart Stark … Nathaniel Ulf Pollack … Thaddeus Jonathan Sanders … Simon Kris Kristofferson … Vocalist |
| Director |
Robert Elfstrom |
| Producer |
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation June Carter Cash Johnny Cash See all » |
| Distributor |
In one respect, it was too bad that the same time Johnny Cash produced this movie (he at that time in his life had professed a bold faith in the Lord) the Billy Graham team had come out with a more powerful presentation of the Life of Christ based on The Gospel of John. My impression is that both films were presenting an equally Biblically based and truly reverent picture of Jesus” ministry, and both deserved an equal showing, if not in the secular world, at least among Christians.
Johnny Cash’s film was one of the first major productions to show Jesus heartily laughing and portraying a joyful lifestyle by which some could have falsely accused Him of gluttony and drunkenness (although He actually lived neither way, although, admittedly, He fasted quite infrequently in comparison to certain others of the day). It shows Him at play with innocent, pure children, as I’m sure He frequently was.
The screenplay by the dramatists may not have been on a par with contemporary Hollywood standards, but the music was top rate and truly befitted Cash’s stature as a star on the Nashville scene.
Violence: Mild / Profanity: None / Sex/Nudity: None
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