RE: [TruthTalk] The Apostle

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I also saw it as an example of how even very imperfect people can be used by the Lord for good.  Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The Apostle   In a message dated 6/14/2004 8:42:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you mean The Apostle with Robert Duval? What did you think was the moral of the story? Izzy moral of the story ???????   I saw it as "a few days in the life."   In the beginning, he was a very convoluted saint.   After his escape,  the was much less so.   And in prison, he was probably Miller's ideal perfectionist.   I saw several of the prophets in the life of this character  --  not to exclude King David and Abraham (who was repeatedly willing to donate his wife to save his own).   Since leaving the Church of Christ, I have been attached at the hip with various pentecostal congregations.  No question Duval has had some exposure with those groups.   I did not see it as a negative statement on Christianity ...... just a statement to the effect that The Faith includes all kinds.   I saw God taking his congregation away from him and I saw a man grow in his faith in spite of himself and because he (Duval's character) refused to leave The Faith.  All and all, a good movie. John