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CT's coverage of The Passion includes:

The Good News of God's Wrath | At the heart of the universe, there is a just and gracious God. (Feb. 23, 2004)

'Dude, That Was Graphic' | Mel Gibson talks about The Passion of The Christ (Feb. 23, 2004)

Behind the Scenes of The Passion | On the set with Holly McClure (Feb. 23, 2004)

Behind the Scenes of The Passion Part 2 | On the set with Holly McClure (Feb. 23, 2004)

The Passion of Mel Gibson | Why evangelicals are cheering a movie with profoundly Catholic sensibilities. (Feb. 20, 2004)

Mel, Mary, and Mothers | The mother of Jesus was still a mom (Feb. 20, 2004)

Why some Jews fear The Passion | Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ gives Christians the chance to disavow a shameful history of anti-Semitism. (Feb. 20, 2004)

Film Forum: The First Official Passion of the Christ Reviews … and 50 First Dates | Moviegoers must wait a few more days for The Passion of The Christ, but the reviews are already coming in. Plus: Mel Gibson talks to PrimeTime, and the Passion debates continue. Meanwhile, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore have 50 First Dates, and one Christian film critic wonders why viewers are ignoring Peter Pan. (Feb. 19, 2004)

Good News to the Jew First | Critics of The Passion of The Christ assume the story embodies an anti-Semitic message. But does it? (Nov. 21, 2003)

Jews Against Jesus? | Critics of Gibson's film The Passion distort the truth. (Oct. 30, 2003)

J.I Packer also wrote about the cross:

Did God Die on the Cross? | As Jesus' life was a divine person's totally human life, so his dying was a divine person's totally human death. (April 5, 1999)

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March 2004, Vol. 48, No. 3