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WAR CRY Issue No 7604
PEOPLE, it would appear, are still fascinated by the life of Jesus more than 2,000 years after he was born. As we report in this week’s War Cry, the 1979 film Jesus has now been translated into 2,000 languages. Meanwhile The Chosen, a more recent portrayal of the life of Jesus, has had more than 400 million views worldwide. In an interview in this week’s issue, Liz Tabish, who plays Mary Magdalene in The Chosen, says she believes the TV drama depicts Jesus ‘as he was, his real message, and the impact that it had on his followers and the masses’. Liz also explains how the show’s portrayal of those followers has helped its success. ‘It’s not sanitised,’ she tells us. ‘It’s not one-dimensional. We’re playing real people who really existed, who had real personalities and problems.’ Followers of Jesus today are the same. Their lives consist of joy and happiness but also difficult times, such as when they are hurt by others. In those situations they know that Jesus’ would encourage them to forgive the people who have hurt them. Forgiveness is a topic Marina Cantacuzino knows a lot about as she has spent 20 years speaking to people who have faced great pain and injustice but who have chosen to forgive those who have done them wrong. Forgiving somebody may seem a difficult thing to do, but in an interview in this week’s issue, Marina explains how the act of forgiveness helps the person who was originally wronged. ‘Many of the people I’ve interviewed talk about being consumed by pain,’ she says. ‘But, when they forgive the person who hurt them, that act of forgiving takes the sting out of the memory.’ When Jesus encouraged his followers to forgive others, it was something he knew would help them. Although it is not easy to do, perhaps it is ad the War C e re something we could try with the hurts that we ry v ’ u sometimes experience and then we’ll see what impact it has on us.
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Pitching up Celebrities go camping
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Noteworthy tracks Looking ahead to the Mobo awards ceremony
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‘It gives people another perspective’ Author on the benefits of forgiveness
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