Mel Gibson is producing The Passion, a biblically accurate and grittily realistic portrayal of the last 12 hours of Christ leading up to his death on the cross. David Limbaugh, Cal Thomas, Chuck Colson, and Linda Chavez provide some background commentary. This will be so much superior to the blasphemous "Last Temptation of Christ." I suspect a big challenge for parents will be deciding which of our children should see this when it comes out -- flogging and crucifixion are brutal.

We are guilty of sanitizing the cross. The Romans didn't sandpaper and laquer a cross. We make it into jewelry! Imagine Paul writing, "I preach Christ and Christ electrocuted" and you'll come closer to it.