Did Mel Get It Right?

What Really Happened on the Cross?

The question of the hour is: Did Mel get it right?

Currently, crowds are packing out theaters across this nation to see the movie Mel Gibson produced, The Passion of the Christ. Thousands, even millions will eventually see this portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus’ earthly life.

Did Mel get it right?

I saw the movie the night before it opened to the general public. Some critics ridicule the film as anti-Semitic, others as too graphic. There’s no question it is intense. I found myself almost heaving with emotion at the end.

I left the theater with two thoughts in mind. One, for the most part Mel was right on—he followed the biblical account and presented the story as it happened. I saw in living color the agony my Savior endured. But my second thought came in the words of an old hymn—the half has not been told. The movie barely scratched the surface in portraying the worst kind of suffering—the spiritual suffering—experienced by the Lord Jesus. And that’s not a criticism. I’m not sure a movie could do that.

But God’s Word can, and does.

That’s why we have provided the following resources for you, so you can investigate further what the Bible says really happened on the cross.

I welcome your feedback. Perhaps you have questions or a comment. I’d love to hear from you. It’s our purpose at Wheelersburg Baptist Church to know Christ and to make Him known to others.  

Link to John Piper's page - Desiring God Ministries, includes commentaries, book offers, etc.		Read Pastor Brad's Book online: Seven Sayings of Jesus from the Cross
		Read Pastor Brad's Series online: Did Mel Get It Right?  What Really Happened on the Cross?