Gov. Matt Bevin's 'Year of the Bible' Pays Off in Kentucky - BOB ESCHLIMAN CHARISMA NEWS

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, who earlier this year declared it the "Year of the Bible," has signed into law two pieces of legislation that protect religious freedom and encourage schools to offer classes about the Bible. (Official photograph)

Gov. Matt Bevin's 'Year of the Bible' Pays Off in Kentucky

4/24/2017 BOB ESCHLIMAN  CHARISMA NEWS

Earlier this year, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin declared 2017 would be the "Year of the Bible," and it seems to be paying off in the state legislature.

Tuesday, the governor signed his second of two major pieces of legislation into law that directly impact the use of the Bible in public school classrooms and the religious liberty of students on public school grounds. Both are expected to have a profound impact on high school and college students.

The former, House Bill 128, directs the state board of education to formulate curricula for local school districts that wish to offer classes about the Bible. School districts are not required to offer the classes, and those that do may only offer the class as an elective.

The carefully crafted legislation makes it clear that such classes must comply with the First Amendment's "Establishment Clause," while also providing insight into students about the Bible's impact on American law, culture and society. The bill's author, state Rep. D.J. Johnson (R-Owensboro), explained the goal of the bill after it passed out of the House of Representatives:

"This bill will provide guidance at the state level for local school boards to offer elective Social Studies Courses on the Old Testament, New Testament or both. A couple of thoughts on the bill: First, this is not a mandate. Local boards already have the option of offering these courses. Second, then why introduce the bill? The purpose of the bill is to provide guidance, uniformity, and constitutional support for the local school boards that may be wanting to offer such courses, but are unsure of the way to proceed. A stronger understanding of the Bible will result in a stronger understanding of our society, culture, literature, and laws. Additionally, studies show that students that have a higher level of Bible literacy also tend to have higher GPAs."

The bill passed out of the Senate with all but four Democrats supporting it.

Last month, Bevin also signed into law Senate Bill 17, which reinforces the right of students to make religious and political expressions that are otherwise protected by the U.S. Constitution and are not disruptive to the educational process. The bill was drafted by state Sen. Albert Robinson (R-London) after a local school district censored parts of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" that contained scripture verses.

He said the bill would "specify that students in Kentucky's public schools, colleges and universities could express their religious and political opinions in their school work, artwork, speeches and clothing and be allowed to distribute political materials on school grounds and use school media to announce religious meetings." Predictably, LGBT activists have labeled the law as discriminatory. 

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Faith-Friendly Film Review—UNBROKEN

As Hollywood’s self-proclaimed 2014 “Year of the Bible Movie” draws to a close, we’re pleased to share with you our Faith-Friendly Film Review of the Universal Pictures release, UNBROKEN, opening in theaters nationwide on Christmas Day – December 25th.Faith Driven Consumer™ has given UNBROKEN a faith-friendly rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

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UNBROKEN (4 stars)

Overall Rating



Leans strongly toward a biblical worldview

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By weighing in on faith-themed entertainment like UNBROKEN with constructive feedback, Faith Driven Consumers encourage Hollywood to continue producing more products that resonate with the 41 million Americans who are Faith Driven Consumers and spend $2 trillion annually.

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'Jesus Film' Gets Total Makeover for New Generation

'Jesus Film' Gets Total Makeover 

for New Generation

By Efrem Graham, CBN News

News Anchor & Reporter

Thursday, June 12, 2014

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Film critics have declared 2014 as the "year of the Bible" with the success of films like "Son of God," "Noah" and "Heaven is For Real."

These blockbusters scored millions at the box office. Upcoming films "Exodus" and "Mary, Mother of Christ" are also expected to do well when they hit theaters in December.

But it is a more than 30-year-old biblical film that has landed a place in Guinness Book of World of Records.

A Powerful History

Campus Crusade for Christ's "The Jesus Film" has been translated into more languages than any film in history. It's also helped lead more than 200 million people to Christ.

The 1979 production is based on the Gospel of Luke. CRU Executive Director Erick Schenkel recently spoke with CBN News to discuss the film's history and its future.

"At first it had a theater run in the United States. We thought, 'Great! People are getting to see the story of Jesus,'" Schenkel told CBN News.

"But then as we saw him use it in language after language around the world and saw the potential and then began to build strategies around that, it has just been a big part of Campus Crusade's work globally," he added.

Before his rise to executive director, Schenkel spent 11 years in Central Asia working with "The Jesus Film."

"They didn't think Jesus was for them, but when they saw the Jesus Film in their own language, all the Central Asian languages, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek and saw Jesus speaking their language, they understood that Jesus saw them and loved them," Schenkel said, recalling that time.

"And so we saw movements of people coming to Christ in every one of these people groups," he said.

Inside CRU's Orlando offices is a map that helps tell the story of "The Jesus Film." It has been translated in more than 1,200 languages and viewed around the world more than six billion times.

"The amazing thing is there still places in the world where when we translate this film, it becomes the only film in the language of the people watching it -- 1,200 language translations," he said.

"[For] a very large percentage for those people, it is the only film they have ever had in their language, where they see the people on the screen, speaking the words that they speak every day," he added. "The words their mother spoke to them when they were sitting on their mother's knee as a child."

Re-Engineering from Scratch

There's certainly no denying the power of the gospel message. But for some on the mission field, CRU's 35-year-old mission tool was losing its luster in the age of high definition and surround sound.

Kary Hagen is a sound engineer with The Jesus Film Project.

"We have other products and there were other things that we could offer. But 'The Jesus Film' is really the core. It's the Gospel of Luke, condensed into two hours," Hagen told CBN News.

"It has the most scripture of any product we have and it's kind of near and dear to my heart, so it has been disappointing to hear that in places in Europe or Asia, we are not really using this film anymore. It doesn't really work for us," he said.

Hagen and film engineers have been working for more than 10 years to restore the entire film.

He described the process as a "tedious effort. And the sound effects, layer upon layer. The birds, the wind, the cloth noises, crowd noises."

"It is like painting a picture, really, with sound. Layer upon layer of sound that you take for granted when you watch a movie," Hagen explained.

"It is just like of course the outdoors is going to sound like that. The people are going to sound like that. But we built the sound from nothing," he added. "We built all the sound from scratch. And then a new musical score, which is unique. You just don't see that in Hollywood or in restoration projects."

Unbelievable Reach

It's a labor of love, completed just in time for the film's 35th anniversary.

"Thirty-five years, there have six billion viewings of 'The Jesus Film.' Now some of the people that viewed it have passed on and some people have seen it more than once," Schenkel told CBN News.

"But six billion viewings of the film and over 200 million people have indicated they wanted to become followers of Jesus after seeing the film," he said.

"So the reach is just more than we could have asked and it really has been a privilege to see how God has used this tool," he said.

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