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The Passion of Christ

World Magazine Blog (http://www.worldmagblog.com/) on 20 February had the following post on the Passion of Christ. When Mel Gibson orginally proposed releasing his film, he couldn't find any agencies willing to promote it. He ended up going with an independent distributor who promised a release to 2,000 screens. Now, with all the furor and publicity about the film, an additional 800 theaters want the film, and on multiple screens. The production crew is releasing 4,000 copies of the film this week to theaters world-wide.

On a similar note, Pastor Adrian Rogers was quoted on the news as saying that the film deepened his faith. He said that the greatest impact of the film may not be through evangelism, but through the impact on professing Christians. He said this film may finally lead Christians in America from concentrating on themselves and start focusing more on Christ in their daily lives.