The Stranger

[Guest shiloh357]

This is an awesome show. It is about 30 min. long in three 10 min. segments. It is about a girl who is struggling with challenges to her faith presented by her college professor. She has an encounter with a "stranger" (Jesus) who helps her finally see things about her professor she didn't see before. It really is an amazing video. You won't be sorry.

This is just one of several vidoes in "The Stranger" series. I am posting the first two parts here, the third part has to be placed in the next post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca7hJlv8wtU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kNWuH4_Pmo

[Guest shiloh357]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz8g1phVRVE

[Guest]

This is an awesome show. You won't be sorry.

This is just one of several vidoes in "The Stranger" series. I am posting the first two parts here, the third part has to be placed in the next post.

I agree, it is pretty good, way better than those theologically weird shows like "Touched by an Angel" or that show "7th Heaven". While I sort of liked 7th Heaven, I did not care for seeing a a family of faith depicted as a more dysfunctional family than the Simpsons. I would like to see more of these and this sort of thing,

However, it does not really fit the category of Bible, I think we need a new video category. What to call it? Maybe "Inspirational"?

Thanks Shiloh

[Guest shiloh357]

Jefferson Moore who plays the part of Jesus is also the screeplay writer and director, if memory serves. He was asked about these movies and why he did them. He said that Jesus has been portrayed in secular programs as a nice guy with some nice things to say, but nothing really relevant or important.

In this series, which is loosely based on the movie, "Dinner with a Perfect Stranger," takes some of the stories from the Gosepls and puts them in a modern context.

The prodical sun is the son of a rich man who runs away and gets hooked on drugs and sleeps in an alley. The woman at the well, becomes the woman at the bus stop and so on.

Its just a neat way showing that the needs of mankind have never really changed. Jesus addresses the same issues today even if the details have changed.

[nebula]

I thought the series interesting, and learned some things.

Although, I see actor's portrayal reminds me more of the work of the Holy Spirit than Jesus, it's still good.

I like the one with the atheist radio DJ.

[~candice~]

Lovely Shiloh, thanks for sharing!

[OneLight]

A little over a year ago I purchased the complete series of The Stranger. There are seven episodes to the series, which are:

1. The Woman at the Well
   
2. The Prodigal Son
   
3. Mary and Martha
   
4. Salt (the video Shiloh provided)
   
5. Thomas
   
6. Mary Magdalene
   
7. Walk on Water
   

This is well worth it. Each episode is 30 minuets long and are designed to help not only young and struggling Christians, but unbelievers.

http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2191

[OneLight]

I thought the series interesting, and learned some things.

Although, I see actor's portrayal reminds me more of the work of the Holy Spirit than Jesus, it's still good.

I like the one with the atheist radio DJ.

That episode is called Thomas. Very interesting indeed. It reminded me of some of the discussions we have here!

[Shiloh62]

This is an awesome show. It is about 30 min. long in three 10 min. segments. It is about a girl who is struggling with challenges to her faith presented by her college professor. She has an encounter with a "stranger" (Jesus) who helps her finally see things about her professor she didn't see before. It really is an amazing video. You won't be sorry.

This is just one of several vidoes in "The Stranger" series. I am posting the first two parts here, the third part has to be placed in the next post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca7hJlv8wtU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kNWuH4_Pmo

Good presentation,Shiloh. This is getting good.

[Guest]

why would you say that they are dysfunctional instead of real.

Simple, the two are not mutually exclusive. Dysfunctionality is very real. As far as I know, I have never met a family with more relational issues, more rebellion than that family displayed. That is not to say that they do not exist, of course they do. That was a large family, so there are likely to be a lot of problems, I can understand that. I grew up an atheist, my parents never took me to church, never opened a bible, never prayed, never gave to charity, etc etc.

We did not squabble, my sister never got pregnant out of wedlock, neither uo us experimented with drugs, had 'bad' friends etc. Had that program been on when I was growing up, I fear it might have taught me never to consider becoming a Christian, if they are that messed up.

Now, I am not so naive, that I think families, even Christian one, normally have a Father Knows Best (Apologies if that reference is before your time) kind of life at home, but the family in 7th Heaven, literally had more issues in one episode, than I think my family of pagans had the whole time I lived at home. If it were not just a t.v. show, but a family that I knew, I would find it too depressing to hang around them. Al I want is a little balance. If you are going to present a faith based family, can't they be more about solutions? No doubt there are Pastor's families, where the adults are busy doing the right things in the community and having little clue that there are so many problems at home, but there are plenty of shows that run down Christians as myth believing moral busybodies, without having to create a show about a Christian family who has more problems than 'normal' families. It is not the type of problem that troubles me, but the volume of problems.

My theory? It is all about money. In our day and age, maybe we love to see problems that others have. Maybe it makes us feel better thinking others are worse off. Get in the checkout line at the grocery store. What do you see? Papers and Magazines that are about 4 things ever present,

1 food (fair enough, everyone eats),

2 being more attractive or performing better with the opposite sex,

3 the problems or failed relationships or scandals of the beautiful people

This shows us what sort of information our society values, this is what we will pay for, this is what gets viewers to the TV screen. Dipicting a family living victoriously in Christ, will not make it on a non-religious station, because there are not enough people, who are interested in that sort of thing, Christians included. Maybe this is why I do not miss having TV.

Ask a simple question, get a complex answer, might make that my new tagline.