"As a subscriber to your services, I've been following your writings on 'The Passion' and commend you for standing your ground. It's a sad state of affairs when Christians blatantly step up to the plate to defend sin (idolatry in this case), and at the same time claim to stand up for what's scripturally right. I believe that the defense of this particular production on the part of some Christians is indicative of Christianity's overall failure to make a CLEAN and URGENT break from Hollywood; which would literally include throwing out the TV set, abandoning movie theaters, and abandoning video rental facilities altogether. May God help us all who are called by His name. We truly need revival. Thanks for your time."

"I wish you could see and hear the message our Pastor preached on Wednesday night, February 25th, when the Mel Gibson movie came out. He preached the TRUTH of that Catholic mess and warned our people about going to see that thing! My heart is greatly burdened by so many who 'refuse' to live separated from the world in matters like this. Thanks for the e-mail and all the info...keep preaching the TRUTH!!"

"..The Christian church has pushed aside God's warning for too long concerning being unequally yoked together with pagan Roman Catholicism. This movie is the judgment of God upon them, a delusion to believe a lie. ... Where has spiritual discernment gone? After this film, where will they get their next emotional high? Make way for lying signs and wonders, the flood gates have opened.

"..Now how do we reach those evangelical radio preachers who are adamantly promoting this blasphemy? This would be too scary if God had not warned us that this would be the conditions of the last days. I hear nothing but compromise and heresy over this movie."

"..I am one of the few people who do not support this movie. You are absolutely correct when you say that fundamental Baptists support this movie. I know a few fundamental Baptists and they support this movie despite the errors in it. They tell me to not look at the movie critically because I will not get as much out of it. Why ignore the errors in it, the Bible says that a little leaven spoils the whole lump. ... I agree with you that this movie is idolatrous. Years ago, I attended a Catholic private school, and at the time that was the only exposure to anything resembling Christianity. From that time, the Jesus I thought of was the one displayed on icons, pictures, and paintings of him. WHENEVER I PRAY TO GOD, I HAD THAT MENTAL IMAGE OF JESUS THAT WAS DEPICTED ON PAINTINGS. I KNOW THAT IS IDOLATRY. Like you, I am very disappointed that fundamentalists support this movie. The thought of seeing Catholics, Protestants, Baptists all praising this movie and being moved by it is disturbing because it is very ecumenical. Just like you said, they are unifying in spirit. ... I will use this movie as a subject to get into discussing the gospel with someone else, but that is as far as I will go. From there it will all be about the Bible."

"... I'm surprised that Adrian Rogers has come out in favor of it--but then again, maybe I'm not."

"Thank you for taking the bold, biblical stand you do against this un-biblical, ungodly trash that is coming out of Hollywood in the 'name' of Christ. Just a thought for these new movie-goers in regard to false images. Til this day, when I boy my head in prayer, There comes into my mind the image of the picture hanging on the wall of JESUS that as a child I was used to seeing in the homes of many serious, honest, committed Christians! That is just the 'tip of the ice berg' to what this movie is going to do to the minds of the masses who see it.."

"Amen to what you have written here. It is just simply amazing the thought patterns present in professing fundamental Baptists today. Probably the reason many Baptist churches are changing the names of their churches today is because it no longer means anything!"

"I never gave the movie too much thought until it became an obsession with so many Christians and churches. This is nothing but a deception to lull many compromising Christians back to Rome. My brother's church, a Missouri Synod Lutheran church, purchased 150 tickets for their congregation to attend this Sunday's show. This is an amazing event, the Missouri Synod was always staunchly against anything to do with Rome; and now they buy tickets to a Catholic movie! Amazing! I have forwarded all your 'Passion' emails to every Christian friend I know and warned them against seeing this movie. From those emails, I have had only two friends supporting your position; the others are not responding-- which doesn't surprise me. God is really doing some separating here, and most are following the path of worldly deception. The true Church of Jesus Christ is being revealed and it is not large in number; but numbers aren't important to God; just faith. He can work miracles through the few that remain and it is an honor to serve such a wonderful God. Thanks again for all your warnings and exhortations to watch and be aware of this and many other deceptions. Believers must know the truth!"

".. thank you for taking a stand against the Mel Gibson movie, The Passion. So many Christians are being duped into thinking this movie is all about Christ, they should stop to ponder where will all of the money this film is grossing go. I was offered an opportunity to see the film by another preacher and I turned it down. Over 15 years ago, I took a position that Christians have no business attending Hollywood movie theatres because of the industry it promotes, pornography, homosexuality, promiscuity, adultery and so forth. It would have been very hypocritical of me to accept the offer and attend, plus it may cause another brother or sister in Christ to stumble thinking that attending the movie house is acceptable. It does my heart good to see that there are men of God such as yourself who are still contending for the faith."

"I want to thank you for your stand on the Mel Gibson movie. Except for my father, I know of no other pastor or preacher who is taking a stand against it. And I'm referring to 'independent, fundamental Baptist churches.' I was so concerned about the movie, I preached an entire sermon on it the Sunday before it was released. Most people received my teaching and warning but there were many who rejected it. It grieves me that so many lack so much discernment. I am grieved, not because of the ecumenical movement, but because of the lack of discernment among fundamental Baptists. Pastor friends of mine are endorsing the movie. One pastor I know attended the movie and then had a Sunday service dedicated to praising it. After that service they had a testimony time where those in the church who had seen it shared their praise of it. I agree with everything you have shared in your articles. I also gave out your articles to many people in our church. And I have to say that I'm not sure how my sermon would have been received without your comments. Some of our people were planning on going to see the movie but they respect you and your ministry and it was your first article that helped them see that what I was warning about was true. I agree that there are far too many pastors out there who aren't willing to take a stand on such things as this. But that is what churches need the most. A spineless pastor who doesn't stand for the truth because of fear will be nothing more than a hireling. I say that because I pastored for 1-1/2 years like that till God got a hold of my heart."

"Although we may differ on some aspects of doctrine I do admire you on this defence of the scripture and the true meaning of faith. For faith cometh by hearing not by sight." "Catholicism has never produced true believers so why should it start now. They have preached lies since their conception and they will continue to preach lies until the end."

".. I am realizing that the danger of the devil's using this to infiltrate has not lessened in the least. I have had a number of casual conversations with saved, somewhat (not sufficiently) separated people who are soft on this issue.

"I am a United Methodist Church minister and thank you for the response you gave today regarding The Passion movie. I am horrified at the willing manner that our society is pulled from Scriptural truth to any sensuality that the world offers. This movie has pitted me as a minister against most of the Christian community in my association in a more hostile manner than all other denouncements of worldly sin that I have made as a Bible believing pastor.

"A reporter in Bakersfield, Calif., e-mailed me and said there was absolutely no opposition to the movie, 'The Passion,' in the entire Kern County. Note: There are three Bible Baptist churches and two others listed as independent, fundamental Baptist in the telephone book. Thank you for watching and warning.."

"I am a fundamental Baptist who unfortunately saw the movie---I have since repented of seeing it. I sat in the theater on Ash Wed. surrounded by Catholics with ashes on foreheads, and I watched them as they adored every aspect of the movie. There was nothing in the movie which would convict them about the heretical apostate church in which they are a part of. The movie actually reaffirms the heresies. Mary WAS conveyed by Gibson as having special divine powers and knowledge. She moved to a specific place and lay on the floor of the temple with her head on the stones because she sensed the presence of the character Jesus chained underneath the floor. She could 'feel' where he was. Also, when anyone referred to her in the movie they always used the word 'Mother,' with a capital 'M.' She was also the only other character, aside from the character of Jesus who could see the character 'satan.' When the character of Jesus was being whipped and tortured at various different times, he would look into Mary's eyes and then he would somehow regain the strength needed to continue on. Before the Jesus character spoke to John from the cross regarding his mother, Mary walked up to the cross and said 'flesh of my flesh, heart of my heart, please let me die with you.'"