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Concerns the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In the Garden of Gethsemane near the Mount of Olives, Jesus is betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy and brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, for sentencing. The roaring crowd demands his death, so Pilate orders his crucifixion. Jesus is severely beaten and made to carry his cross up to Golgotha, the hill outside Jerusalem, where...

Jordy Rembrandt is a big-city tough guy sent to a small town high school to complete his senior year. Now "fitting in" takes on a whole new meaning.

The story of the life of Christ, describing certain events that took place between Romans and Jews and setting the political background for the life of Christ, and the personalities and ideas of the New Testament.

A man is appointed by God to carry out a crucial mission of rescue before a calamitous flood destroys the world.

"At age 31, Josh Francis hasn't found his niche in life. Good at many things, nothing has provided meaning. Believing he's at a point in his life where he cannot hope that his life will get better, he commits to find a new life by traveling for a year. On route to a stock hand job at a cattle farm, he finds himself lost in a forest. He comes across a manicured path that leads to two broken gates beyond which is a beautiful Victorian homestead. He...

Until a miracle changes their minds, church and state officials persecute a simple, ingenuous peasant girl who claims to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary.

"This is the story of a missionary who died alone on a desolate island within sight of the land of his life's dream, unaware that he had forever changed the face and the race of Christianity ... Filmed on location in the footsteps of the Jesuit missionary ... features stunning scenery from Rome, Spain, Paris, India, China, and Japan as well as interviews with world-renowned scholars in the fields of history and theology. Through scholarship and image,...

John Buerlen's, pastor at St. Mary Magdalen's Catholic Church, world is turned upside down when a beautiful call girl confesses that she is going to kill herself on her birthday in less than a month. In search of this mystery woman, John is tempted by a dark wave of the city's peep shows and brothels as Linda's life is at stake.

"Based on the real legend of the miraculous staircase at the Sisters of Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, N.M." --

Pardoned instead of Christ, Barabbas is haunted for the rest of his life. After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her belief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his life of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulphur mines and then to gladiator school where he witnesses yet another friend give his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is only at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixion, that he discovers his faith....