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ScreenVue is the result of a joint venture and partnership between Christian Video Licensing International (CVLI) and Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) and Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC).

ScreenVue first launched in 2003 as a service of CVLI. The CVLI Church Video License provides legal coverage for churches and for other ministry organizations to show DVDs, Blu-rays, digital, movie downloads and streams of motion pictures. Each organization needs to be specifically covered. Coverage includes showing the full-length feature.

Each *Total Producer Church Video License* (or any *Church Video Licence* globally) comes with free ScreenVue Vault access.

The ScreenVue Vault offers 14,000+ Movie Ideas, Movie Views and Downloads from a variety of movies and resources. 

ScreenVue saves you hours of time finding that perfect movie illustration for next Sunday’s sermon, child or youth service, or video announcement!  

(*ScreenVue does not sell or rent entire digital copies of movies to download. To purchase or rent entire movies, please access services like Amazon, Apple or Fandango).

About Us


### CCLI

Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) was established in 1988 to provide churches with simple, affordable solutions to complex copyright issues. CCLI helps churches maintain their integrity while giving them the freedom to worship expressively and spontaneously.

Churches often face copyright infringement issues in two areas: 1) copying music without permission, and 2) showing movies without authorization.

For copying music to assist with congregational singing, the Church Copyright License provides blanket coverage for 600,000+ songs and 7,000+ publishers and song owners. Currently, global churches are using 600,000+ CCLI licenses.

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### CVLI

From a unique partnership between Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) and Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC), Christian Video Licensing International (CVLI) and the Church Video License was formed in 2001.

The Church Video License provides churches with legal coverage to show thousands of movie titles and TV shows from a number of producers, including all the major studios. Currently, the titles from 4,000+ producers are represented by the Church Video License, including all the titles that  part of the ScreenVue Vault.

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### MPLC

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC) was founded in 1986 by former MGM executives and an MPAA attorney. Their goal was to develop a process to help the public leverage the work of the creative community without infringing on copyright.

With decades of experience, MPLC has become the world leader in licensing movies, TV programs, and other content for public performances. Through its Umbrella License® MPLC provides a comprehensive copyright compliance solution that is simple and affordable.

MPLC works closely with a variety of institutions, associations, and antipiracy groups to educate the public about copyright and promote the intellectual property rights of the creative community.

Today, MPLC licenses over 500,000 locations worldwide, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations, corporations, and government entities.


Partners

## Privacy is Important to ScreenVue.

We’re committed to using the data that you share with us to provide the best possible service and experience. This Privacy Policy explains when and why we collect personal data, how we use it, and how we keep it secure.

When you provide us with personal data or use our websites, you agree to be bound by this policy which we may update from time to time.

### Our Privacy Principles


- We will only collect personal data that is relevant to the services we provide, handle it securely and retain it only as long as necessary.
-  We will always ask you for your communication preferences and make it simple to change them.
-  We will not sell or give your information to a third-party organization other than our trusted service providers who provide certain secure business functions on our behalf
-  Our websites and online services only use temporary ‘session’ cookies to enhance your online experience. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifying information.

The information below provides more detail about how we use your data.

- Who We Are
- The Information We Collect
- How and Why We Use Personal Data
- How We Protect Your Personal Data
- Your Personal Data and Service Providers
- Your Personal Data and Marketing
- How We Use Cookies
- Google Analytics
- Comment Policy
- Update and Access Your Data: Your Rights and Control
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## Who We Are

ScreenVue is an international organization headquartered in the United States, with offices around the world. As such, many of our systems and online services are employed globally.

We are strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of your personal information and the security of our computer systems and online services.

Concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information, ScreenVue makes every effort to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the all other local privacy regulations.

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## The Information We Collect

When you purchase licenses or services from ScreenVue, we will require only the personal information that is necessary for the administration of your account with us.

As a general rule, we do not collect personally-identifying information about you when you visit our websites or online services and we will retain only the information you choose to share with us.

When you sign up for CVLI/ScreenVue’s licenses or services, you may provide some or all of the following:

- Your title, name, email, postal address, and telephone numbers. 
- Usernames and passwords that you have chosen to log in to secure ScreenVue services.

When you use our websites and online services we collect:

- Information about the licenses and subscriptions that you purchase from us including your method of payment.
- Information about the pages visited, and links clicked, including the date and time.
- The internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.
- Information about the devices you have used, including mobile device identifiers, operating system, IP address and type of browser.

Our websites contain links to other websites. When you leave a ScreenVue website by linking to any of these sites, you are subject to the privacy policy of those sites.

When you interact with us through email, social media, surveys or promotions, we may collect:

- Personal data that you freely provide about yourself that is relevant to the nature of the interaction, such as your name, username and email address. 
- Details of the emails you open, and links clicked.
- Your comments in forums and feedback from surveys.

If you identify yourself by sending an e-mail containing personal information requesting that we mail information to you, we will use this information solely for responding to such requests and for our records. We may forward your e-mail to other ScreenVue employees who are better able to serve you.

### Data obtained from other sources
We may obtain personal data from other legitimate sources, including trusted third-party providers, and use this data to:

Verify and correct the information we hold.

- Send information about license renewal and account management.
- Send marketing communications by post or email.
- Initiate or deliver targeted content via online advertising and social media.


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## How And Why We Use Personal Data

ScreenVue will only collect and retain data that is required to administer your account or improve your experience; and we will provide you with information that we believe is important, in your interest to know, or that you have permitted us to send.

We use your data in the following ways:

To make our services available to you

- Ensuring that the administration of your account is simple and secure. 
- Enabling us to provide the services you require and to process orders and refunds efficiently.
- Enabling us to provide support and respond to inquiries quickly and accurately.
- Where ScreenVue acts as an agent for other rightsholder organizations and you hold one of their licenses, we may be required to share your data with them.

To improve the way we operate and communicate

- The data we hold about you enables us to improve our internal systems and our range of services.
- By monitoring the use of our services, we can detect and prevent misuse and fraud and ensure that they can be accessed safely and securely.
- We use web technologies such as cookies to improve the way our websites and online services work. Some cookies are necessary and, if disabled, will limit functionality and affect your user experience.
- We use tools like Google Analytics to help us understand our users’ experience (e.g., how much time they spend on web pages, which links they choose, what they do and don’t like, etc.).
- User feedback helps us build and maintain our services, determine technical design specifications and monitor system performance.

To ensure our communications are relevant and valuable

- Interactions and browsing behavior help us understand you better and determine what is of most and least interest, meaning we can personalize our services, marketing communications, and promotions and measure their effectiveness.
- We’re committed to respecting your marketing preferences and making it easy to change them.

### Consequences of Not Providing Your Data
You are not obligated to provide your personal information to ScreenVue, LLC. However, ScreenVue is unable to issue and administer copyright licenses, services and agreements without it.

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## How We Protect Your Personal Data
ScreenVue takes the protection of your data very seriously.

- We use firewalls and data encryption to protect data that is stored electronically, and we take appropriate measures to ensure that our buildings and any files we store physically are secure.
- Whenever we collect or disclose personal data, we employ physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to ensure its safety. Consequently, we may ask you for proof of identity before we can disclose personal information to you.
- We encrypt all data that is transferred electronically using the industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- When your data is transferred, stored or processed in a different country, we employ appropriate measures to ensure that your data remains secure.

We cannot guarantee the security of any email provider or online service which is not managed by us, and which you use to transfer data to us.

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## Your Personal Data and Service Providers
ScreenVue works with reputable service providers who may process your data to perform business functions on our behalf. These include Google Analytics, MailChimp/Mandrill, SurveyGizmo and others.

All such service providers are contractually required to keep your data safe, use it only for the purposes agreed, and delete it when it is no longer required. They have agreed not share it, nor use it for their marketing purposes.

We will never give, sell or share your personal data with any third-party for any purpose other than that referred to above.

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## Your Personal Data and Marketing
ScreenVue would like to share potentially valuable or interesting information with you and, from time to time, ask for your feedback via online surveys.

- When you provide us with your personal data, either by phone, email or a physical or online form, we will always provide a clear and simple way to confirm your communication preferences.
- We will never assume your consent to receive email marketing. We will only send you marketing emails where you have opted-in to receive them.
- We may give you the opportunity to opt-in to receive different marketing emails based on your interests. An opportunity to unsubscribe from any list will be clearly provided at the bottom of each email.
- We may mail information to you that we believe will be of legitimate interest.
- We will make it simple for you to change your communications preferences, which you can do at any time online, over the phone or by writing to us.

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## How We Use Cookies
A ‘cookie’ is a file placed on your personal computer’s hard drive by a website.

ScreenVue employs cookies to optimize its service to customers. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifying information from users, nor to track user activities beyond our websites. ScreenVue does not maintain copies of cookies on our websites after you leave them.

Cookies store and exchange small pieces of temporary data between a website and a user’s computer which enable a “session” or “dialogue” between the two machines. With the session established, ScreenVue can tailor its responses (i.e., provide you with the information you want) and help you traverse our web pages efficiently and effectively.  A session is broken when you exit your browser.

ScreenVue uses “session cookies” — (i.e., temporarily stored cookies in your computer’s memory). Session cookies are normally deleted from a user’s computer when the user logs off the computer, or the user exits the browser.

For security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, our websites also employ systems to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the law.

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## Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service that uses cookies stored on your computer to collect and report website usage data.  We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our websites and to identify where we can improve our content and services.  Google collects the IP address you use when you visit the site but does not collect any other personal information about you.  We do not combine the information that Google collects with any other personally identifiable information.

[Learn more about how your data is collected by Google](https://policies.google.com/privacy "Learn more about how your data is collected by Google")

[Prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout "Prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics")

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## Comment Policy
Comments on articles, blogs and videos can be helpful to other viewers, provided that a spirit of helpfulness is the intent of the person doing the commenting.

We review all comments on ScreenVue’s websites. We reserve the right to edit/delete spam comments, duplicate comments, unsupported accusations, vulgar comments, vile comments, personal attacks of any kind, terms offensive to groups when used in a derogatory manner, and any other comment deemed inappropriate at our discretion.

We reserve the right to ban offenders who post comments under another person’s name, submit an egregious comment or repeatedly submit comments that do not meet our standards.

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## Update and Access Your Data: Your Rights and Control
As a benefit of using ScreenVue’s services, we provide you with a way to update your information.  These features allow you to quickly update your personal information at any time, including your name, email address, and profile image.

We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and can only do so if you use ScreenVue Profile features as intended.  Some or all aspects of this Privacy Policy may not apply to individuals who share a login (email and password) with other members of an organization account.

If you believe the information that ScreenVue holds about you is incorrect and you are unable to correct it through our ScreenVue Profile service, please contact us, and we will update our records as soon as possible.

You have the right to see the personal data that we hold about you. However, how we deal with such requests, and whether we charge a fair administration fee may differ depending on the law in the country of your residence.

In all cases, if you would like a copy of the personal data we hold about you, please contact us using our [GDPR / Data Privacy contact form](mailto:support@screenvue.com "GDPR / Data Privacy contact form").

ScreenVue is committed to protecting your personal data and using it only in a manner that is appropriate, fair and transparent. If, however, you have a concern about our use of your data or wish to make a complaint,please contact us using our GDPR / Data Privacy contact form. We will take all reasonable steps to resolve your query or complaint and to do so promptly.



Privacy Policy

The ScreenVue, LLC web site shall be defined herein to include all screenvue.com and all other web pages operated by ScreenVue.

ScreenVue makes available information, materials, and products on this Web site subject to the following terms and conditions. By accessing this site, you agree to the terms and conditions as outlined in this legal notice. ScreenVue reserves the right to change these terms and conditions from time to time at its sole discretion.

__Copyright © 2019 by ScreenVue, LLC. All rights reserved. CVLI® and Screenvue® are trademarks. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.__

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## Use of Software
Any use of software and accompanying documentation from this Web site is subject to the terms of a software license agreement between you and ScreenVue. You must read the license agreement and indicate your agreement to its terms prior to installing or using the software. All rights, title, and interest not expressly granted are reserved.

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## Use of Web Site Information
Except as otherwise indicated elsewhere on this site, you may view, copy, print, and distribute documents available on this Web site subject to the following conditions:

- The document may be used solely for personal, informational, non-commercial purposes.
- The document may not be modified or altered in any way.
- The following copyright notice and permission notice must appear in each document: “Copyright © 2019 ScreenVue, LLC. All rights reserved.”
- ScreenVue reserves the right to revoke such authorization at any time, and any such use shall be discontinued immediately upon written notice from ScreenVue.
- Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of this Web site. Elements of this Web site are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part.

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## Warranties and Disclaimers
Except as expressly provided otherwise in an agreement between you and ScreenVue, all information and software on this Web site are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

ScreenVue assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the information or software or other documents which are referenced by or linked to this Web site. References to corporations and their services and products are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. In no event shall ScreenVue be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this information.

This Web site could include technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in new editions of this Web site. ScreenVue may make improvements and/or changes in the product(s) and/or the program(s) described in this Web site at any time.

This Web site can be accessed from other countries around the world and may contain references to ScreenVue products, services, and programs that have not been announced in your country. These references do not imply that ScreenVue intends to announce such products, services, or programs in your country.

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## Feedback
Except where expressly provided otherwise by ScreenVue, all comments, feedback, information, or materials submitted to ScreenVue through or in association with this Web site shall be considered non-confidential and ScreenVue’s property. By submitting such comments, feedback, information, or materials to ScreenVue, you agree to a no-charge assignment to ScreenVue of all worldwide rights, title, and interest in copyrights and other intellectual property rights to the comments, feedback, information, or materials. ScreenVue shall be free to use such comments, feedback, information, or materials on an unrestricted basis.

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## Links To Third-Party Web Sites
This Web site contains links to third-party Web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of ScreenVue, and ScreenVue is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. ScreenVue is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site by ScreenVue.

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## Governing Law And Jurisdiction
ScreenVue controls this Web site from its offices in Vancouver, Washington, USA. All matters relating to this Web site shall be governed by U.S. federal law or the laws of the State of Washington. You agree that any legal action or proceeding related to this Web site must be instituted in, and jurisdiction and venue are proper in, a state or federal court in Clark County, Washington. Your use of this Web site and its information must comply with all applicable local laws or regulations, and with U.S. export laws and regulations.

Terms

__FREE with a Church Video License,*__ the ScreenVue Vault offers 14,000+ Movie Ideas, Views, and Downloads from a variety of movies and resources.

__ScreenVue saves you hours of time__ finding that perfect movie illustration for next Sunday’s sermon, child or youth service, or video announcement! 

__[Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)](https://www.screenvue.com/faqs "FAQ's")__
![ImageSpaceLG](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/4xvfeylbjqZEW7OapGd8H5/3a1eee9a2b5df7a2282086b9f0656f4c/ImageSpaceLG.png)
__WHAT RESOURCES ARE OFFERED BY THE SCREENVUE VAULT?__

The ScreenVue Vault offers THREE different types of content:
![ImageSpaceSM](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/2MPfeE8Nyrtovp52LyLJXG/d240766f24d2e2163fcfa9d7f50eb3f5/ImageSpaceSM.png)
![clip-idea-icon](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/6AhofNH591NHsVrQKd2DXH/466532d661e3732758370bdcf0ef6473/clip-idea-icon.png)
__MOVIE IDEAS:__ Use your own movie with our cues and details

To use a MOVIE IDEA

- Sign-In.
- Select an Idea (by selecting a MOVIE, a THEME, or by using SEARCH). 
- Utilize the displayed Start/End Times, synopsis, and suggested themes.
- Have the specific movie cued to the appropriate Start Time (using the Digital, Stream, Blu-ray, or DVD you already own, rented or borrowed).
- You're now ready to show the Idea at just the right time in your message!

![SVViewIcon2](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/3YgYqNCCO4KFGqrFIjT1ra/ef2ecf0139ccb9c4a7c54bb8a3f34b2a/SVViewIcon.png)
__MOVIE VIEWS:__ Preview the Idea that you are considering.

To use a MOVIE VIEW

- Sign-In.
- Select a View (by selecting a MOVIE, a THEME, or by using SEARCH). 
- Preview the Idea that you are considering.

![clip-download-icon](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/610dtwW1MFbAh8RuFlLX7R/964977cd3211364b3a53b350995b6c73/clip-download-icon.png)

__DOWNLOADS:__ Preview, download and use instantly

To use a SELECTED DOWNLOAD

- Sign-In.
- Select a Scene (by selecting a MOVIE, a THEME, or by using SEARCH).
- Click the PREVIEW button to preview the Scene first, if desired.
- Click the DOWNLOAD button.
- Click SAVE, and specify where you want the file saved to.
- Implement the file into your chosen presentation software.
- You're now ready to show the Scene at just the right time in your message!
![ImageSpaceSM](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/2MPfeE8Nyrtovp52LyLJXG/d240766f24d2e2163fcfa9d7f50eb3f5/ImageSpaceSM.png)

__Filtering Ideas__
At the top navigation of any page, there are links to see: "All Movie Ideas," or "All Movie Views," or "All Downloads."

When you click on a Theme and see the results, there is a "Filter Scenes" option to show: All Movie Ideas, Movie Views Only, Downloads Only, or both Movie Views and Downloads Only.
![White Space](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/5f1JcADco1e7bfxv1PxAmC/37ff94c8b0c0dc1f852b84c0b83a5604/White_Space.jpg)
__How to Use a Movie Idea__

[![YT-HowToUseMovieScene](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/75vwFltSCcZmz1M8Thi8zt/9e2604cec5abd47dcf12241501d60d59/HowToUseMovieScene-ScreenShot.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDXCc9nCM0 "How to know if a movie is covered")

__Email for ScreenVue support__
[support@screenvue.com ](mailto:support@screenvue.com "support@screenvue.com")

__[Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)](https://www.screenvue.com/faqs "FAQ's")__

![White Space](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/5f1JcADco1e7bfxv1PxAmC/37ff94c8b0c0dc1f852b84c0b83a5604/White_Space.jpg)
__Please Note__

*ScreenVue Vault content can only legally be used in tandem with a [Church Video License](https://store.ccli.com/).

*Before using ScreenVue content, please check your country’s Authorised Producers List to confirm the content is covered (all ScreenVue content is covered in the USA).

*ScreenVue does not provide, sell or rent entire digital copies of movies to download. To purchase or rent entire movies, please access services like Amazon, Google or Vudu.

*ScreenVue Vault access is free with a Total Producer Package or Standard CVLI Video License in the USA or with any Church Video Licence globally.

*CVLI & ScreenVue do not necessarily endorse the entire content of any movie listed. Before showing any movie, please preview and determine if the footage is appropriate for your intended audience.


Support

__Frequently Asked Questions...__

__"I'M NEW - how does the ScreenVue Vault work?"__
- To get a full explanation of how the ScreenVue Vault works, please visit our support page: https://www.screenvue.com/support

__"Where can I find my Access Key to sign-in with?"__
- Every Church Video Licence globally and every *Total Producer Church Video License* (or *Standard CVLI Video License*) in the USA comes with FREE access to the ScreenVue Vault, which is unlocked with your Access Key. Your Access Key will be included in the monthly CVL update emails you receive. If you can't find your Key, please email us at: [support@screenvue.com ](mailto:support@screenvue.com "support@screenvue.com")

__"Why won't my Access Key work?"__
- The usual reason for the Access Key not to work (and a footer error message to appear) is that something is missing from the sign-in protocol.
- Enter the *Email address* associated with your Church Video License (or CCLI account).
- Enter the *Access Key* found in your last CVL update email (exactly, with no spaces).
- Select the *Terms of Use* and a *Keeping in Touch* option.
- You should be in! If you have done all this and still have a problem, please let us know and we'll dig further.

__"In the USA, why don't I have access as a CVL Family Values Package member?"__
- The *CVL Family Values Package* offers only 65+ studios and producers, and does not include any major/minor Hollywood studios - and does not come with ScreenVue Vault access. 
- The *CVL Total Producer Package* offers 4,000+ studios and producers, including every major Hollywood studio and most of the major/minors, and comes with complimentary access to the new ScreenVue Vault: unlocked with a provided Access Key. 
- In the USA, to gain access to the new ScreenVue Vault, please upgrade to a *Total Producer package* by calling: __1-888-771-2854__.

__"What is the difference between Movie Ideas, Movie Views, and Downloads?"__
- The ScreenVue Vault offers THREE different types of content: 
- *Movie Ideas*: Has the "light-bulb icon," where you would use your own movie (Digital, Stream, Blu-ray, or DVD you already have access to) with our cues and details; as this idea is not available as a View or Download. 
- *Movie Views*: Has the "TV icon," where you can preview the idea that you are considering.
- *Downloads*: Has the "download icon," which you can preview, download and use instantly.
- Please visit our Support page for more details: https://www.screenvue.com/support.

__"Why can't I download a Movie Idea or Movie View?"__
- We do not have permission from the studio owners to offer downloads for most Ideas and Views. Instead, use the cues listed in the upper, right hand corner of a Movie Idea in tandem with your own copy or rental, or preview a Movie View. The ScreenVue Vault offers THREE different types of content: 
- *Movie Ideas*: Has the "light-bulb icon," where you would use your own movie (Digital, Stream, Blu-ray, or DVD you already have access to) with our cues and details; as this Idea is not available as a download. 
- *Movie Views*: Has the "TV icon," where you can preview the ideas that you are considering.
- *Downloads*: Has the "download icon," which you can preview, download and use instantly.
- Here is a link to all the movies which have Downloads: https://www.screenvue.com/scene-downloads
- Here is a link to all the movies which have Movie Views: https://www.screenvue.com/scene-views
- When you click on a *Theme* and see the results, there is a "Filter Scenes" option to show: All Movie Ideas, Movie Views Only, Downloads Only, or both Movie Views and Downloads Only.
- Please visit our Support page for more details: https://www.screenvue.com/support.

__"What are the restrictions for streaming our service and including movie content? "__
- For churches that stream their services and want to include movie content, the Church Video License terms do not cover streaming movie content - even if used in a sermon - over the internet to the general public.
- However, it is permissible to live stream movie content inside the facility as long as it is a closed-stream (not accessed publicly). 
- In light of COVID-19, the Church Video License has made temporary modifications to the license: For churches that stream their services and want to include movie content, they can use a platform that is gated or private (password protected entry to only members and guests and not open to the general public), such as Zoom (requiring a password to join).

__"Can content in the ScreenVue Vault be used with a Church Video Licence anywhere in the world?"__
- Before using ScreenVue content, please check your country’s Authorised Producers List to confirm the content is covered (all ScreenVue content is covered in the USA).

__"How do you use a Movie Idea?"__

[![How to Use Movie Scene - YT Screenshot](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/7A1bBWDs42jsvz6bjD5Pq2/9497df89415a355973e899330afc1a68/How_to_Use_Movie_Scene_-_YT_Screenshot_.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDXCc9nCM0 "How to Use a Movie Scene")

__"How do you know if a movie is covered for use?"__
[![YT How to know coverage](//images.ctfassets.net/micoswd5fgp1/1OFHSO0FQkCznBWENF5FXn/cae3f70acff69914f9f84ad5a7169175/YT_How_to_know_coverage.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLx-Zb3HcYI "How to know if a movie is covered")


FAQs

Header

Themes

All Movie Ideas

All Movie Views

All Downloads

Snow White

Sonic3

MV5BYjBkOWUwODYtYWI3YS00N2I0LWEyYTktOTJjM2YzOTc3ZDNlXkEyXkFqcGc@. V1

Prince of Egypt, The

MV5BMjBmMzg1YmEtYWU4MS00NjQwLWFhOGYtYzhlZTdlN2RiZGFmXkEyXkFqcGc@. V1

Ten Commandments, The

ChosenS4

VeggieTales Movie, A Jonah

MV5BNDRjY2E0ZmEtN2QwNi00NTEwLWI3MWItODNkMGYwYWFjNGE0XkEyXkFqcGc@. V1

Chronicles of Narnia Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Breakthrough

PaddingtonPeru

SV-Hero-WildRobot-7

Chosen

Minecraft

Ben-Hur (1959)

Shack, The

Moana 2

Chosen2

Chosen3

Son of God

Nativity Story, The

AmazingGrace

Ben-Hur (2016)

WildRobot

Ioan Gruffudd

Sam Worthington

Laura Brent

Lupita Nyong'o

Jack Huston

Antonio Banderas

Sandra Bullock

Josh Lucas

Elizabeth has just told the priest that her child's name will be John.  The priest protests, causing Zechariah to write on his tablet.  The scene moves ahead many years, to when Abner approaches Jesus, who is praying.  Back in the past, Zechariah shows the priest his words: "His name is John."  As soon as he does this, his voice returns to him and Zechariah begins to praise God.  Elizabeth, smiling, hands baby John to his father.  Again in the future, the executioners prepare to behead John.  John turns his head to look out of the window of his prison.  He sees a beautiful, sun-kissed field.  A lamb stands in the field, grazing.  The lamb looks back at John for a moment, at the same time a rainbow appears reflected on the grass.  John, whispering: "Thank You."  The executioner swings his axe.  Some distance away, Jesus has just heard Abner's news of John's death.  He tears his clothing and mourns.
(Season 4, Episode 1)

Jesus is speaking alone with Lazarus, after having raised from the dead (see clip # CV11913).  Jesus talks of His own humanity and His very human feelings.  He feels frustration that His followers are so slow to learn.  He feels anger that the religious leaders twist true faith in God.  And, He feels dread for His coming suffering: "The cup I must drink to fulfill my Father's will."  Lazarus doesn't want to hear that Jesus will suffer.  Jesus: "The Son of Man must suffer many things.  The prophet Isaiah gave you many warnings."  Lazarus, heavily: "Yes.  Yes.  'He was despised and rejected by men.  A man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.'  They were just words on a scroll.  Now that they are about You...it's another story."  Jesus, gravely: "A story nearing its end."
(Season 4, Episode 7)

Dana Ledoux Miller

Nicodemus sits at his dressing table, too disturbed by his failure with Lilith (see clip #CV11459) to get ready for dinner.  His wife, Zohara, scurries around the room, busy with thoughts of their important evening.  But Nicodemus is suddenly discontent with the superficiality of his role as spiritual leader: "When did Shabbat become theater?"  Zohara, however, enjoys her position as wife of a respected Teacher of Israel.  She admonishes her husband: "You do not have questions.  You have answers.  You have authority.  You bring clarity, not confusion."  Nicodemus asks his wife to look in the small mirror on his dressing table.  The mirror is warped and gives only a distorted reflection.  Zohara: "It is a cheap glass.  I can barely make out anything at all."  Nicodemus: "Sometimes...I wonder if what we can know of Adonai in the law...it's just as blurred.  What if we're not seeing the whole picture?  What if it's more beautiful and more strange than we can ever imagine?"  Zohara, dismissively: "That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.  It might even be blasphemy."  Nicodemus, sighing: "It was just a thought." (Season 1, Episode 1)  


Albert Finney

Stanley Townsend

James and John are standing with Jesus when a group of Samaritans throw stones at them.  The brothers angrily lunge at the men, but Jesus stops them, telling them not to act or speak in return.  But, when one of the Samaritans spits on John, his temper boils: "You filthy dogs!"  Jesus rebukes him: "I said, quiet!"  When the men leave, the brothers beg Jesus to let them avenge His honor: "They reviled and humiliated You!  They deserve to have bolts of lightning rain down and incinerate them!  Yes, fire from the heavens!"  Jesus: "Fire?"  John: "You said we could do things like that!  Say the word and it will happen!" James regrets coming to Samaria at all: "They don't deserve You."   In response, Jesus asks the brothers why He had them plow the field of a Samaritan.  James and John don't have a clue.  Jesus tells them that the work they are doing is sowing seeds that will last generations: "These people that you hate so much are believing in Me without even seeing miracles.  It's the truth that we're giving them.  And you're going to get in the way of that because a few people from a region you don't like are mean to you?  That they are not worthy?  What, you're so much better?  That you're more worthy?  Well, let me tell you something, you're not!  That's the whole point!  It's why I'm here."  The brothers look appropriately chastised.  They hang their heads and apologize.  Jesus, softening his voice: "As we gather others, I need you to help show the way, to be humble."  The brothers promise.  Laughing, Jesus gives them the name Sons of Thunder.


Stephen Boyd

Jesus has sent Zee and Matthew to get a donkey's colt for Him to ride into Jerusalem.  They have found the colt described, one who has never been ridden, and are busy untying it when a servant confronts them.  Servant: "You're taking my master's colt?"  Matthew, giving the answer Jesus told them to say: "The Lord has need of it."  The servant still protests: "What is this all about?"  Zee, firmly: "The Lord has need of this."  The servant looks impressed: "Are you followers of the Nazarene that raised Lazarus?"  Zee nods: "Do you know the prophets?  From Zechariah, 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.  Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem.  Your King is coming to you.  Righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey."  Servant, finishing the quote: "On a colt, the foal of a donkey."  Servant, astonished: "This colt?  Today?  What are you waiting for?"  He joyfully gives them the donkey.
(Season 4, Episode 8)

Japanese fighter planes unleash a barrage of missiles toward the American fleet, triggering a frantic defense. The intercept missiles succeed in neutralizing four of the six incoming threats, but two remain on their deadly course. Sam and Joaquin leap into action, splitting up to intercept the remaining missiles, each determined to prevent disaster. As they maneuver through the chaos, enemy fire rains down on them, escalating the danger. Joaquin, steady and focused, fires at his missile just in time, sending it veering off course moments before impact. Meanwhile, Sam takes a bold risk—landing directly on his missile and forcibly diverting it away from its target. Against overwhelming odds, the two warriors succeed, and the fleet remains unscathed.  Caution: profanity


Red Hulk is fighting against Captain America.  Although Hulk is much larger and stronger and Cap is only a man, Cap's specialized armor gives him a power he would not naturally possess.  As Hulk hurls a car at him with devastating force, Cap swiftly dodges, moving with precision.  Undeterred, Hulk lunges forward, swinging his massive fists.  Cap raises his metal wings and covers himself with them, completely shielded from Hulk's blows.  Hulk strikes again and again, but Cap is unharmed.  It isn't until Cap steps out from underneath the shelter of his wings that Hulk is able to grab him.  Hulk tears one of the wings off Cap's back and begins to squeeze his head.  Cap's helmet starts to crack.  Thinking fast, Cap kicks his way out of Hulk's grasp and uses his remaining power-charged wing to deal Hulk a stunning blow.


The President stands before a room full of VIPs, delivering his speech when, without warning, a song blasts through the speakers, shattering the atmosphere. In an instant, Isaiah rises and strides toward the world leader with unnerving purpose. Before anyone can react, he seizes a gun from a Secret Service agent and fires twice. The room erupts into chaos—screams pierce the air as more armed men unleash their weapons. Agents scramble to shield the President, hustling him toward safety, but not before he lands a swift punch to the face of a would-be attacker. Meanwhile, security forces move to protect the dignitaries as the battle escalates into a full-scale clash. Amid the chaos, Captain America throws himself into the fight, engaging in brutal hand-to-hand combat with the armed assailants, his fists flying as he takes on the overwhelming threat.


Two of President Ross's advisors approach him with an urgent issue—relations with Japan are growing increasingly strained, and the president must make a pivotal decision that could either mend the rift or deepen it. However, the advisors hold opposing views, and as they stand before Ross, each forcefully presenting their argument, the weight of the moment bears down on him. The pressure mounts, his heart rate accelerating, a sharp ringing filling his ears. The debate escalates, voices clashing and rising until the advisors are shouting over one another, their conflicting opinions battling for dominance. Overwhelmed and pushed to his limit, Ross abruptly slams his fist onto the table with such force that the surface cracks, silencing the room in an instant.  (Caution: Lord's name used in vain)


While Captain America fights to prevents a war with Japan, President Ross is fighting a battle of his own -- a battle over his own mind.  The evil Sterns is communicating with him through a headset, urging him to follow his basest emotions and wreak revenge on his enemies.  Sterns: "Give in to your rage.  Come on Ross, you're almost there."  Ross grimaces as if in physical pain, trying to fight off the temptation that overwhelms him.  He is fighting so hard that sweat begins to pour off his trembling neck as Sterns again prods him: "Let the monster inside you out."  Ross's eyes begin to turn red.  Sterns: "Unleash your anger.  Unleash your hatred.  Nothing can stop you, Ross.  You can crush them all!"  Ross grips the wall hard as his muscles begin to contract.  Thankfully, before Ross loses complete control, Leila walks into the room and breaks Sterns' hold on him.  She brings the good news that Captain America has succeeded.  Ross's rage subsides, his eyes return to their normal color, and he begins to work on a peace agreement with Japan.  Sterns, realizing he has lost, shakes with his own rage.  (Caution: s-word)


Sam and Bucky are in the hospital, watching Joaquin fight for his life, and Sam can't help but wonder if it is all somehow his fault.  He tells Bucky that Steve was a better Captain America and he doesn't know if he is strong enough to handle the current situation. "This is all starting to seem much bigger than me."  Sam blames himself for failing, thinking everything that is going wrong is on him.  He tells Bucky that Steve made a mistake in making him his successor.  Bucky: "No, he didn't.  He gave you that shield not because you're the strongest, but because you're you."  He reminds Sam that Steve couldn't do it all either.  "You're a human being and you're doing your best.  Steve gave people something to believe in, but you, you give people something to aspire to."  (Caution: d-word)


President Ross is holding a press conference when he is publicly exposed for his underhanded dealings.  He is quickly ushered off the stage by the Secret Service, but he fights against leaving, hoping to stay and try to clear his name.  When the agents will not allow it, Ross becomes enraged.  His eyes turn red and he begins to yell, trying to wrest himself out of the agents' grasp.  Finally, he collapses to the ground and his body begins to expand and turn red.  His muscles and veins swell and his clothing burns off his red back.  Ross's anger has transformed him into the super-villain Red Hulk.


Julius Onah

Anthony Mackie

Harrison Ford

Danny Ramirez

Captain America: Brave New World

Michael Apted

William Wyler

When Grump insults Petey, Li'l Petey gently defends him: "You shouldn't say that, Grampa."  Grump: "Why?  What do you care?"  Li'l Petey: "He's my Papa.  I love him."  Grump laughs bitterly: "Love?  Like I feel something!"  Li'l Petey: "Love isn't just something you feel, Grampa.  Love is something you do."  Li'l Petey hands his papa the screwdriver he dropped.  Petey looks touched.


Moni shows Moana and her parents a picture of the lost island of Motufetu, an island where all the channels of the sea came together.  Moti tells them that, once, all the peoples of the sea were connected through this island but that a terrible curse destroyed the connection.  An evil god sent the curse to separate and weaken the people so he could destroy them.  Moni tells Moana that if they can break the curse, they will be able to unite their people once again.


Moana must take a long and perilous journey to save her people, but she is scared.  She tells her mother that she is worried, it has all happened so fast.  But, her mother encourages her to fulfill her destiny: "For some things, we never feel ready."  Moana looks out at the sea and begins to sing: ♪ "Suddenly nothing feels the same.  I know the path that must be chosen.  But this is bigger than before.  Winds have changed, tides turned me far away from shore.  What waits for me forever far from home?  From everything and everyone I've ever known?  What lies beyond?  Under skies I've never seen?  Will I lose myself between my home and what's unknown?  If I go beyond, leaving all I love behind, with the future of our people still to find, what lies beyond?" ♪


Moana's journey has just begun and it already looks like it's going to be a failure.  No one on her mismatched crew is working together.  Each is so involved in their own pet projects that they don't even realize they are endangering the mission.  Loto starts chopping down the mast to make improvements while Moana is climbing it.  Moni is so absorbed in his drawings that he fails to steer.  All Kele does is grumble.  And the chicken is just getting in the way.  Moana knows something has to change if they are going to make it to the hidden island.  Moana, tapping her feet to a beat to get their attention: "We've gotta come together!  Find our rhythm!"  Moana begins to sing: ♪ "Don't you know together's better?  Nothing is better than this!  We're ebbing and flowing, no sign of slowing.  What could be better than this?  We're starting to hit a stride...we'll be there in no time because we're in this together.  Nothing is better than this." ♪


Moana and her crew are sailing straight into the middle of the giant clam.  Their mission is to stab the clam in the ganglion with a poison-tipped spear in order to send the giant beast into a paralytic sleep.  Their future and the future of all their people depend on their success.  As the boat moves into the darkness inside the clam, Kele wonders how they are going to know what the ganglion looks like.  Just then, a bright orange spot appears right in front of them.  Moni smiles confidently: "Mission accomplished."  However, at that moment, their boat strikes the clam shell and tilts downward over a deep precipice.  Moana yells in frustration as the spear falls from her hands and over the waterfall.  She stares into the black waters in horror.  Loto walks up, smiling, holding out another spear: "And this is why you always have a backup."  Moana grins too soon.  The chicken falls down the sloped deck and into Loto, sending the second spear over the falls to follow the first.  But Loto pulls out another spear, showing she had a backup of her backup: "And a third."  Moana doesn't even have a chance to look relieved this time.  Kele slides down the deck into Loto and the third spear is flung into the deep.  Loto, disappointed: "Well, a fourth would be lunacy."


Moana is really discouraged by their lack of progress.  She feels she is letting her people down.  Maui tries to comfort her: "No one likes sucking at their job."  Moana: "Why are you even here?"  Maui: "Because…because I've been low before, and I couldn't see a way forward.  And then, someone came along and she lifted me up."  Moana: "I haven't done anything right since I left my island."  Maui begins to sing to encourage his friend: ♪ "You're down in the dumps, you're way off your game, but you can turn it around.  Remember your name!  You've got greatness inside and you just gotta believe.  You think you don't have the tricks but they're right up your sleeve!  Drop all the fear and the questioning!  Who are you...who are you...gonna be?" ♪


Moana and Maui must face down Nalo's storm in order to reach the sunken island.  Moana smiles nervously, eyeing the black clouds: "It's a storm.  Just a…really big one."  But the big storm instantly expands, and a dozen swirling typhoons reach out of the clouds like terrible fingers.  Maui faces the storm bravely, undaunted.  Even Moana is a bit excited: "It's kind of fun, right?"  Maui uses all of his supernatural strength in battling the typhoons before they can strike Moana's boat.  And Moana and her crew work tirelessly to steer the ship away from the dangerous storms.  As soon as Maui defeats one typhoon, another takes its place.  Moana: "They keep coming for us!"  A typhoon is perilously near their little boat, but Maui manages to destroy it just before it strikes.  He flops to the deck for a quick rest: "It's okay.  I got half of 'em."  They look out at the typhoons, diminished by half.  However, as they watch, new typhoons stretch out of the clouds, replacing the ones Maui destroyed.  They are back to where they started.  Maui: "Well, Nalo's a cheater."


Moana and the others watch as Maui is struck down by the evil Nalo.  He falls, unconscious, into the sea.  Meanwhile, the storm is still raging, lightning and thunder are all around, and now their ship is broken beyond repair.  They float on the debris, helpless.  Moni, in despair, echoes what they all feel: "There's no way out!"  Moana looks down into the deep ocean, where the island is sunken beneath them.  Suddenly filling with hope, she whispers: "There's always another way."  She climbs up the broken mast, preparing to dive to the depths of the ocean.  The others cry out for her to stop: "No, Moana, you can't!  It's too far!"  But Moana knows this slim chance is their only hope.  As she swims towards the sunken island, her bravery inspires the others to courageously rescue Maui.  She continues to swim, tossed by the current and pursued by a lightning bolt from Nalo.  At last, she reaches the island.  She puts out a hand, touching it.  The island begins to glow.  In an instant, the storm is broken and Moana's friends are saved.


David G. Derrick Jr.

Jason Hand

Auli'i Cravalho

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

Hualalai Chung

Jesus is preparing to give the Sermon on the Mount.  He is speaking with His disciples beforehand, telling them why He has chosen to speak to the people.  He tells them it isn't to make their presence felt in the region, or about the details of how it's going to happen.  Jesus: "What makes this sermon so important is each person who will be there.  Philip, what makes John's sermons so memorable?"  Philip, joking: "His volume."  Jesus laughs as Philip continues: "He spoke directly to whoever was there.  It was personal."  Jesus: "Yes, good."  Jesus tells the disciples there will be thousands who hear His words: "What I say will be for each and every one of them.  They are coming because the word is spreading from the signs and wonders.  But what I will be giving them will be far more important.  Truth."
(Season 2, Episode 7)

Joyce and Pastor Jason are at the hospital, where Joyce's son lies in a coma.  Joyce tells the pastor how, as a teenager, she gave her first child up for adoption: "I've never forgiven myself.  I can't let it go.  I can't go back.  I can't fix it."  Because she feels so helpless to change her past, Joyce does her best to control the present and prevent further mistakes.  She tells her son how to spend his allowance, her husband how to dress, and her pastor how he should cut his hair.  "My whole life, I have not stopped trying to control the outcome.  I can't control this, can I?"  Jason shakes his head soberly.  He looks at her for a few moments: "Joyce, why don't you let God handle it?"


Ben Schwartz

Baby Paddington climbs out onto a precarious tree branch to reach an orange.  Before he can grab it, the branch snaps, sending him plunging over the cliff and into the torrid waters of the Amazon River.  Helpless, he is carried away by the current and is barely able to keep his head above water.  He tries to save himself but cannot--the waters are too powerful and the current is too strong.  Finally, sapped of strength, he sinks beneath the water for the last time.  Just then, a hand reaches out and pulls him to safety.  Later, as the cub dries off and enjoys a snack, the bear who saved him lets him know he will never be truly alone again: "Remember, little one, if you ever get lost again, just roar and I'll roar right back."


Paddington eagerly sits in a photo booth, inserts a coin, and listens as an automated voice begins guiding him through the process. Determined to follow the instructions, he does his best but quickly finds himself overwhelmed by the rapid pace and his own misunderstandings. When the voice instructs him to "position his face within the red circle," he mistakenly assumes he must press his face against a circle on the wall, resulting in a blinding flash that sends him tumbling off his chair. As the photos continue snapping, his panic escalates, and his attempt to reposition the chair leads to an unfortunate breakage. In the chaos, he inadvertently strikes the machine, causing an avalanche of coins to pour out while the relentless snapshots persist. Finally, thoroughly disoriented, Paddington stumbles out of the booth and collapses into a pile of newspapers, leaving behind a trail of photographic evidence of his misadventure.


Paddington frantically searches the hold for the captain, only to discover that he has vanished—along with anyone else capable of steering the boat. The helm spins aimlessly, sending the vessel careening down the river and straight into the rapids. As the boat lurches violently from side to side, its passengers are tossed about, unable to steady themselves or regain control. Determined to help, Paddington attempts to take the wheel, but only manages to entangle himself in the radio cord. His effort to reverse course goes disastrously wrong, as his lack of experience causes the boat to accelerate instead. With the vessel crashing into rocks, Mr. Brown urgently instructs his family to find the life jackets, but their hopes sink when they open a box labeled “Emergency Supplies” and discover it contains nothing but cocktail-making equipment. As the boat plunges deeper into the treacherous waters, Paddington finally locates the life jackets, prompting the family to make the only reasonable choice—they abandon ship. Leaping into the river just in time, they watch as the boat sinks instantly behind them, swallowed by the rushing waters.


Clarissa is holding the Browns at gunpoint, hoping to find the lost gold of El Dorado.  When she reveals that Paddington's bracelet holds the key, she is angered to find that Captain Cabot is now in possession of the trinket.  And, Cabot wants the gold as much as she does.  The question is, does he want the gold as much as he wants his daughter?  Clarissa brings out Gina, bound and gagged, and offers to trade her for the bracelet: "The gold or your daughter?"  Gina begs her father to save her, but he struggles to let go of the dream he has chased his whole life.  As he wrestles out loud with himself, he suddenly notices Paddington looking at him with a piercing gaze.  Cabot: "Why do I feel so...queasy?"  Paddington, firmly: "It's called a hard stare...and it's for when people have forgotten their manners and the important things.  Gina's your treasure.  Don't lose her because of gold."  While Cabot considers Paddington's words, all of his treasure-mad ancestors appear to tempt him: "You can always get a new daughter."  But, in the end, Cabot chooses Gina. 


Mrs. and Mr. Brown have raised their two children into adulthood.  Paddington narrates the changes going on in their household.  "Judy is applying to university.  A process known as 'flying the nest.'"  We see Judy putting pushpins in distant places on a map of the United Kingdom.  Paddington: "Mrs. Brown is helping."  Mrs. Brown goes into Judy's now empty room and moves the pushpins to locations closer to home.  Next, we see Judy and her mother visiting a college campus.  Paddington: "Apparently, you have to take a parent with you so there's someone to cry."  Mrs. Brown tries and fails to stifle her sobs as an embarrassed Judy looks away.  Paddington, continuing to describe the change in their home: "Jonathan, on the other hand, rarely leaves his room.  He spends most of his time chilling."  We see the young man lounging, playing video games, and eating snacks.  His parents try and fail to inspire him to do something more with his existence.  Finally, Mr. and Mrs. Brown are alone in the living room.  Mrs. Brown, claiming to relish all of the free time she has now that her children are grown, has resumed her painting.  Her husband looks over her shoulder at her latest work of art, seeing a picture of their entire family seated on their living room sofa.  Mr. Brown, fondly: "The sofa years."  Mrs. Brown, wistfully: "Remember when our whole family could all fit on one sofa?"  Mrs. Brown stares at the now-empty couch: "What happens next?"


Mr. Brown is in his high-rise board room giving a presentation to his new boss.  "For a hundred and fifty years now, Riskworth and Hazardsby has been assessing risk.  Our risk manuals contain analysis of every risk in the known world."  Proudly, Mr. Brown pushes a stack of manuals across the table.  The titles range from the obviously dangerous "Rock Climbing" to the more mundane "Kitchen Appliances" and "Supermarkets."  Mr. Brown is pleased with his life's work of analyzing and planning for every possible danger that could ever face any of their clients.  But, his boss is less than impressed and tells him to throw his beloved manuals away: "Henry, if you want to succeed here, you need to stop avoiding risk.  And, instead, you need to start embracing it."  To illustrate her point, Madison's assistant enters the room via parachute just to bring her a coffee.  


Paddington is saddened to learn that Aunt Lucy has disappeared in the jungles of the Amazon rainforest.  Paddington: "I have to find her!"  Mr. Brown looks at a map on the wall of the enormous area they would need to cover and doesn't hold out much hope.  While the others go get ready for bed, Paddington stays behind, looking at the map on the wall.  Clarissa sees he is discouraged and comforts him: "All it takes to light the darkness is one candle of faith.  Something will turn up."


Gina tells the Browns about the generational sin that has destroyed her family for hundreds of years - - gold madness.  While Gina tells the stories of the various ancestors who fell prey to their own greed, we see them on their courses of doom.  First, a ruthless conquistador drives his own men to the point of exhaustion and death in his search of the fabled gold.  Finally, he dies of starvation without ever finding it.  Gina: "Instead of riches, all he passed on to his descendants was greed."  Next, we see an old miner who blows himself up searching for wealth.  After him comes a colonial explorer who meets his fate in the jaws of a jungle cat.  Following him is a female pilot who searches the jungles for treasure.  She dies in a fiery crash.  Finally, a missionary seeks the gold and instead finds disaster.  Gina: "All any of them found was death."


The Browns have reached a impassable chasm and the rope bridge has been destroyed.  Mrs. Brown shakes her head: "We need a miracle."  She holds her saint medallion and begins to pray.  Immediately, they hear the sound of a plane engine overhead.  They look and see Clarissa and Mrs. Bird, flying toward them in an aircraft named, "The Miracle."  They rejoice at the amazing answer to prayer.


Captain Cabot watches as Paddington is about to open the secret door ostensibly leading to the fabled El Dorado.  He sees a vision of his ancestor, who always appears to him in order to tempt him with greed.  Ancestor, leaning over his shoulder, whispers: "Take it from him."  Cabot tries initially to resist, speaking aloud: "But, it feels so wrong."  Ancestor, appearing over the other shoulder: "Wrong?  500 years of searching for gold is wrong?"  Cabot reminds himself of the promise he made to his daughter to leave the gold alone.  Ancestor: "Forget about Gina.  Take the talisman.  Kill the bear!"  By the time the ancestor is finished speaking, Cabot is mouthing the words along with him and they have become his own.  He grins evilly, demanding the bracelet from Paddington.  When Paddington calmly refuses, Cabot pulls out a machete: "Cabatos don't share!"


Mrs. Bird cries out to Mr. Brown to manually open the landing gear or their plane will crash.  However, when Mr. Brown opens the hatch, an enormous spider the size of his hand is sitting atop the gear.  He sits, immobilized by fear, until he hears a voice in his head: "Embrace the risk, Henry."  He narrows his eyes, staring at the spider.  The spider's six eyes stare back.  Henry grabs his risk manual and gently nudges the spider onto it.  But, when he opens the window to push the spider out of the plane, it blows back in his face.  Now, Henry, who is terrified of spiders, has what is probably the largest spider on the planet sitting on his face.  But, he still has to save his family and so, despite his fear, he opens the landing gear, spider and all.  When he's done, he picks the spider off his face and puts it back in the gear compartment.  His family applauds him.


Dougal Wilson

Hugh Bonneville

Emily Mortimer

Ben Whishaw

Paddington in Peru

Every night Jonah would pray and ask God where he should deliver his next message.  But this night, God's direction caught Jonah completely off-guard: "Nineveh? ...That Nineveh?"   Yes -- the biggest, meanest city around. Their people lied, they stole, and worst of all, they slapped people with fishes! Jonah was shocked that God would want him to deliver a message to his enemies.  "You don't want me to go there! You don't know what Nineveh is like..."

"Oh, this is going to be great -- the bad guys finally getting what they deserve!" says Jonah, waiting for Nineveh's destruction.  But God does nothing. Even a plant giving Jonah shade withers, sending him into a hissy-fit.  His sidekick, Khalil, tries to help him: "...Because God is merciful; He gave you a second chance... Has it ever occurred to you, that maybe God loves everybody, and not just you? That maybe He wants to give everyone a second chance?"

Mike Nawrocki

Phil Vischer

Tim Hodge

VeggieTales Movie, A: Jonah

Jesus and Andrew are sitting Shiva after the death of John the Baptist.  This week-long period of mourning is a time for the bereaved to feel their loss and weep with others.  So, when Andrew laughs at something funny Jesus says, he feels wrong somehow.  Andrew: "Can we be laughing?"  Jesus: "Why not?  You know, some of the moments in which we laugh the hardest come around the time of a funeral.  Our hearts are so tender, all our emotions right at the surface.  Laughter and tears, closer than ever."  Jesus, smiling, recalls how even John himself could not remain sullen during Shiva for seven straight days.  Andrew: "I feel guilty.  I should be in shambles."  Jesus: "No, Andrew.  There is no 'should' in grief.  There's no right way to mourn."
(Season 4, Episode 2)

Jesus and His disciples are visiting the house of Lazarus.  While Jesus teaches in the other room, Martha is busy preparing food for everyone.  As she passes food around, Martha glares at her sister.  Mary is sitting near Jesus, drinking in His words.  Bitterly, Martha complains to Jesus: "It seems You didn't notice my sister has left me to serve alone."  She asks Jesus to tell Mary to help.  Tenderly, Jesus invites Martha to sit next to Him.  Martha: "How can I sit?  Only half Your followers have been served."  Jesus: "You are anxious and troubled about many things, and it is not for nothing.  Hospitality will always matter, and I am grateful for what you have done.  Your intention is well-meaning, but only one thing is truly necessary.  The best way to serve Me is to pay close attention to My words.  That is the priority.  That is what your sister has chosen.  It is a good portion, and it will not be taken from her."
(Season 4, Episode 5)

Melech, a Samaritan, is grateful to Jesus for plowing his field, but he knows he is unworthy of such a kindness from a Jew: "If You knew who I am, You would never have helped me."  Jesus: "That's not true.  This is what we Jews do.  We tell and listen to stories.  Our stories connect us.  Tell me your story."  Melech, ashamed, tells Jesus that his family was starving.  And so, he and his friend waylaid a Jewish traveler on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho and stole everything he had.  They left him naked and seriously wounded on the side of the road.  While riding the man's stolen horse, Melech was thrown and broke his leg, permanently damaging it.  Melech: "So, now You know what You've done.  The kind of man You helped.  Every day I think about that Jew, naked and alone on the road, possibly dead.  I could be a murderer."  Jesus, softly: "He didn't die.  Somebody came along and helped him."  Melech: "How do You know?"  Jesus: "Melech, I know.  I promise you, he did not die."  Melech begins to weep.  Melech, shaking his head at Jesus: "Why me?"  He wonders why Jesus came to him, out of all the people that are clamoring for His attention.  Jesus: "A shepherd leaves the 99 on the mountain to search for the one that went astray."  (Season 2, Episode 1)


Rescue workers have been sent to the frozen lake where three boys have fallen through the ice (see clip # CV10100).  Police arrive on the scene first, and two officers immediately walk out onto the lake.  The first officer stops as the ice begins to break underneath his feet, but the second continues on toward the desperate boys.  Josh looks pleadingly at the officer as he approaches: "Please help us!"  Reiger, paddling weakly in the water: "I can't hold on much longer."  Crawling to the opening in the ice, the officer grabs Reiger's hand and pulls him out of the water.  Cracking sounds are heard, but the officer is able to help Reiger to the shore and into the waiting ambulance.  Two men from the fire department arrive, wearing special suits to enable them to get in the water.  Carrying long poles with hooks at the end, Tommy and Joe walk to the edge of the gaping hole.  Josh, still crouched on the broken ice, terrified, begs them to save John, who has now been underwater for a full ten minutes.  Tommy and Joe enter the water and begin to methodically drag their poles back and forth across the lake bottom, searching for John.  Without more specialized equipment, they cannot go underneath the water themselves and must limit their search to the area the poles can reach.  When Josh has been under 15 minutes, Joe begins to lose hope: "It's going to be a recovery, not a rescue."  But both men continue to sweep with their poles.  Suddenly, Tommy hears a voice telling him to go back.  He looks up, thinking the chief had called to him.  Joe, however, heard nothing.  Tommy, looking confused, wonders what the words meant.  Following the order, he goes back to a place he previously searched.  Joe, seeing him, tells him the spot is hopeless: "Tommy, if he went under the ice back there, he's a goner."  But Tommy keeps looking, hoping against hope.  His eyes widen as his pole makes contact with something.  He begins to pull, dragging the object toward the surface.  Tommy, now sure, shouts to the other rescue workers: "We got him!"  Joe, Tommy, and the others work together to pull John's white body out of the icy water.


Nicodemus has been asked to try to help Lilith, a woman possessed by a legion of demons.  Nicodemus stands outside her home and interviews her friend, Rivka.  The sounds of screaming and breaking glass coming from inside the home is heard by everyone in the courtyard.  Rivka: "You can put an end to this?"  Nicodemus doesn't respond, uncertain of his own power over whatever is controlling Lilith.  Holding his incense burner, which is filled with herbs thought to promote a holy atmosphere, Nicodemus slowly enters the house.  The room is dark, the furnishings minimal but scattered.  The bed is overturned and Lilith hides on the floor behind it.  Nicodemus, attempting to cast the demons from the woman: "I adjure you by the holy angels Michael, Gabriel, Rafael, Uriel and Reziel.  I adjure you, cursed dragon and diabolical legions.  Come out!"  A gasp is heard from behind the bed.  Nicodemus continues to call the demons out: "In the name of Adonai, God of the heavens, cease to deceive this human creature!"  Lilith groans again.  Nicodemus, who has already called on the names of the angels and the name of God, now invokes the names of the patriarchs, but to no avail.  The one Name which would have helped is unknown to him.  Lilith sits up and speaks, in a demonic voice: "We are not afraid of you.  You have no power here, teacher."  Nicodemus, frightened, leaves as quickly as he can.  (Caution: scene may disturb some viewers) (Season 1, Episode 1)  


Matthew tells Jesus that he doesn't understand why Jesus chose to use salt as a metaphor for the Christian life.  Jesus: "Salt preserves meat from corruption.  It slows its decay.  I want My followers to be a people who hold back the evil of the world.  Salt also enhances the flavor of things.  I want My followers to renew the world and be part of its redemption.  Salt can also be mixed with honey and rubbed on the skin for maladies.  I want my people to participate in the healing of the world, not its destruction."  Matthew wonders aloud why Jesus would choose to speak in metaphors instead of speaking plainly.  Jesus: "These things will make sense to some, but not to others.  I don't want passive followers.  Those who are truly committed will peer deeply into it, looking for truth."
(Season 2, Episode 8)

Judah travels to Jerusalem to take part in an epic chariot race. On the day of the race, as the riders are lining up their horses at the gates, Judah is stationed next to his enemy, Messala, who tells Judah: "You should have stayed away." Judah: "You should have killed me."  Messala: "I will..."

Mary reads a letter sent from Mary and Martha, telling the disciples that Lazarus has died.  They are in shock, remembering that Jesus had told them that Lazarus's illness would not end in death.  Jesus is grieved, but tells His disciples they will return to Judea.  The disciples are afraid of returning to the place where they were almost stoned, but Jesus is firm.  Jesus: "Our friend has fallen asleep, but I will go and awaken him."  Judas insists that a man could recover from sleep, but this is not the kind of sleep Jesus means.  Jesus: "Lazarus has died.  And, for your sake, I'm glad I was not there...so that you may believe."
(Season 4, Episode 6)

Matthew greets his friend, the centurion Gaius.  He can tell the man is disturbed.  Gaius tells him his situation is complicated: "I'm helpless."  Matthew: "I complicate everything, but my Teacher, He makes life very simple.  Every morning I wake up, my ideas and fears are jumbled.  I feel overwhelmed with doubt and regret."  Gaius nods, feeling similar.  Matthew: "But, if I just pause for a moment and remember...I have only one thing to do today.  Follow Him.  The rest takes care of itself."
(Season 4, Episode 2)

Simon confesses to Eden that he doesn't have their financial situation under control.  He has been hiding the fact that their tax debts are so high they are in danger of losing their home.  Simon: "I did some things I'm not proud of to fix it, and now it's gone bad.  We're in trouble."  Simon tells his wife that he could be put in prison.  Simon, nearly frantic, feels he has only one option left: "I've got to spend the rest of the week doing nothing but catch every fish I can and hope I can fix this somehow!"  Eden, tears on her cheeks, tells her husband that his eyes have been closed for a long time: "Where is your faith?"  Simon: "Faith isn't gonna get me more fish."  But Eden doesn't mean faith for simply today's problem.  She has watched him trying to do everything by himself, without consulting God, for far too long.  Eden: "You have not pursued the Lord lately.  That is why you are stuck, and you feel desperate, and now you're off to try to fix it yourself again!"  Eden tells Simon to go.  Eden: "No more talking.  Maybe God can get your attention now."  (Season 1, Episode 4)


Mufasa and the others are being pursued by the Outsiders.  They climb a snowy mountain pass, but know that their enemy can easily follow their tracks in the snow.  Mufasa looks at the little bird: "Zazu, only you can help us now."  Zazu, surprised: "Are you quite sure about that?"  But, Mufasa is certain that, despite his small size, the bird can help.  He outlines his plan to have Zazu fly behind them and cover their tracks with the snow.  Mufasa: "You can do this."  Zazu obediently flies away and follows Mufasa's orders.  As he pushes snow onto the tracks, he nervously talks to himself: "One hornbill saving the future."  He still doesn't believe that what he is doing is important.  Later, the Outsiders are stymied, unable to trace where the lions went: "Somehow they have covered their tracks."  Kiros: "In the snow?  It's not possible."  Zazu watches from a distance as their enemies circle in confusion.  He does a little happy dance of self-congratulation.


The Chief sits Dog Man down in front of a display of monitors: "You're on thin ice, Dog Man, so don't mess this up!"  Dog Man is in the doghouse after Petey's most recent escape and he has been demoted to guard duty.  His only responsibility: to make sure no one steals the evil mecha-fish Flippy.  The Chief warns Dog Man that he is not, under any circumstances, ever to take his eyes off the monitors.  To prove his point, the Chief tests him, holding up various things he knows will tempt Dog Man.  First, he squeaks Dog Man's favorite chew toy.  Dog Man looks over with a small smile, but the Chief orders him back to the monitors.  Next, the Chief holds out a bone.  Dog Man's eyes are immediately drawn towards it.  He whimpers, his tongue hanging out.  Behind him, the evil Petey is seen on the monitors, making his way towards the fish vault.  The Chief, unaware of Petey's presence, orders Dog Man to look back at the monitors.  But, when the Chief pulls out Dog Man's kryptonite--a gray squirrel--everything falls apart.  Dog Man forgets everything except the squirrel and begins to chase it.  The Chief pulls him back, threatening the loss of his job.  Dog Man turns back to the monitors, but, by then, Petey has already stolen the fish.


Newscaster Sarah narrates a montage of Dog Man, the heroic super cop, repeatedly thwarting the schemes of arch-criminal Petey. The cycle is relentless—Petey devises ingenious contraptions to defeat his nemesis, starting with a colossal vacuum, but Dog Man braves the suction, rescues Petey from drowning, and promptly hauls him off to Cat Jail. Undeterred, Petey enlists the help of the hulking convict Big Jim, who launches him over the prison walls. Thus begins the inevitable pattern—Petey escapes, Dog Man captures him, and the chase starts anew. Petey throws everything he has at his canine adversary, from the bone-flinging catapult, the Make No Bones 2000, to an arsenal of increasingly absurd devices, including the Love It or Leash It 2000, the Crate Expectations 2000, and the infamous Butt Sniffer 2000. Yet, no matter how devious his inventions, Dog Man always emerges victorious, ensuring that justice prevails and evil never wins.


The doctor has just told Joyce that her teenage son has died (see clip # CV10102).  She stands over his lifeless body, weeping.  She begins to pray, crying out to God to save John: "Please, Jesus, please!  Holy Spirit, I need You now.  Please don't take my son!"  Her prayers interspersed with her tears, she pours out her heart: "Please bring life back into John.  Please!"  Outside, in the hallway, the doctor and nurses can hear Joyce's prayers and tears fill their eyes.  Joyce continues to plead with God, her whole body wracked with such desperate grief that she is screaming: "Send Your Holy Spirit to save my son!"  Just then, the heart monitor begins to beep.  A nurse watching from the hallway cries out in amazement: "We've got a pulse!"  As hospital workers begin to rush back into the room, the beep grows stronger.  Joyce stands by her son, awed.


A wealthy group of England's elite are being given a boat tour of the bustling port.  Ladies and gentlemen dressed in velvet and lace are seated comfortably on the deck of a ship.  An orchestra plays music for their entertainment and servants offer plates of delicacies and glasses of champagne.  Engrossed in their festivities, the guests hardly notice when the ship pulls up alongside a massive boat, only stopping their quiet chatter when their host orders the orchestra to be silent.  The host, a powerful politician, confesses that the purpose of the trip isn't purely one of pleasure.  Gesturing to the ship behind him, the host reveals Wilbur standing on the deck.  Wilbur, wasting no time: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a slave ship."  It is now, perhaps, that the passengers first notice the large iron manacles hanging from the ship's bow.  Wilbur: "It is just returned from the Indies, where it delivered 200 men, women, and children to Jamaica.  When it left Africa, there were 600 on board.  The rest died of disease or despair."  The passengers begin to notice the horrid smell of the ship and lift lacy handkerchiefs to their offended noses.  Wilbur: "That smell is the smell of death.  Slow, painful death.  Breathe it in.  Breathe it deeply.  Take those handkerchiefs away from your noses!  Remember that smell!  Remember that God made men equal!"  The passengers, so recently blind in their life of opulence, now open tear-stained eyes at the suffering and evil around them.


Kate and Josh are on a canoe in the lake when Kate stands, balancing on the wobbly craft.  She calls out to her father to watch her antics, but isn't able to keep her balance.  The canoe tips over, throwing both youths into the water.  Mack comes running when Kate begins to scream that Josh is trapped under the canoe.  Mack sprints down the dock, diving into the water.  When he swims to the canoe, he finds that Josh has been pinned underneath by the strap of his life vest.  He sets him free and drags him ashore.  Josh is unconscious and not breathing.  Panicked, Mack begins to perform CPR.  After several tense moments, he succeeds in reviving his son.

Mack's life is shattered when their youngest child Missy disappears during a camping trip while he is saving Kate and Josh during a canoeing accident. The police determine Missy is the victim of a serial killer after finding her torn dress and blood in a derelict cabin in the forest.  

After Mack receives an unstamped, typewritten note inviting him to meet at the shack where Missy was murdered (the message is signed "Papa" - Missy's nickname for God), he arrives as the shack with a gun, thinking this may possibly be an opportunity for meeting and punishing the serial killer. Finding the shack empty, an enraged Mack is tempted to shoot himself; before he can, he encounters a deer, which seems to want to lead him somewhere...

Mack enters the shack, which has been transformed into a lovely country cottage.  He is greeted warmly by a middle-aged black woman: "Mackenzie Allen Phillips!"  After the woman releases him from a big hug, Mack stares at her in confusion: "Do I know you?"  Woman, smiling: "Not very well.  But we can work on that."  Mack looks around the room, seeing two additional people...a young Asian woman and an Arabic man.  The woman introduces herself as Elousia: "I have a lot of names, but that's one of my favorites."  Mack looks at her, realization dawning on his face: "Are you saying that you're..."  Elousia: "I am."  Mack, continuing: "The 'I AM?'"  Elousia: "I am that I am."  She and the other two laugh: "Look at that, already quotin' Scripture."  Elousia then introduces her son, Jesus, who steps forward to shake Mack's hand.  The Asian woman introduces herself as Sarayu.  Jesus, explaining: "Sarayu.  It means, 'a breath of wind.'"  Mack, squinting in confusion, looks around at the three: "So, which one of you is...?"  All three, together: "I am."  Elousia, smiling: "And you have no idea how much I love you."  Mack blinks.

Mack is helping Sarayu dig in the garden.  Mack reaches for an exposed root, but is stopped by Sarayu: "Careful.  That one's deadly."  Mack understandably wonders why she would plant a poisonous plant in her garden.  Sarayu: "You're presuming that poison is bad?"  Mack: "Uh-huh."  Sarayu plucks the root and holds it next to a flower from a different plant: "On its own, the sap from this twig would kill you.  But, combine it with the nectar from this flower, and, suddenly, it contains incredible healing properties."  Sarayu, resuming her digging: "Let me ask you, how confident are you in your ability to discern good from evil?"  Mack: "Usually pretty obvious."  Sarayu: "And your basis for something being good is what?"  Mack: "Well, if it helps me or the people that I love."  Sarayu: "And evil?"  Mack: "If it's harmful.  If it hurts someone that I care about."  Sarayu: "So, pretty much, you are the judge?"  Mack, continuing to work: "Yeah, I guess."  Sarayu: "You ever been wrong?  Or changed your opinion over time?"  Mack: "Sure."  Sarayu: "And there are billions like you...each determining what you think is good and evil.  And when your good clashes with your neighbor's evil, arguments ensue.  Wars break out.  Because all insist on playing God.  You weren't meant to do any of that."

Mack is sitting in a rowboat in the middle of a lake.  Suddenly, his quiet reflection is broken by the sound of his terrified daughter's voice.  He looks around, seeing nothing.  The boat jerks as something underneath strikes it, hard, again and again.  Mack looks down into the water and sees his son under the surface, struggling to come up for air.  He reaches into the water to save him, but the vision disappears.  Mack pulls back his hand, which is now coated in a black sludge.  The inky slime begins to spread outward from the boat, leaking inside and polluting the clean lake.  The boat begins to break apart underneath Mack, who is now gasping in fright.  In the midst of his terror, Mack hears the voice of Jesus: "Mack!  Mack, it's okay."  Mack: "Why are You doing this to me?"  Jesus: "This isn't Me."  Mack: "You told me to come out here!"  Jesus: "Mack, this is happening inside you.  You're letting it consume you and you don't have to."  Mack continues to see painful images from his past - - himself giving CPR to his drowning son and his murdered daughter's coffin.  He looks at the water now rapidly filling the boat and is horrified.  Jesus, pointing to Himself: "Don't look at it, Mack!  Look here!"  Jesus continues, walking on the water toward Mack: "Don't think about the past.  Don't think about the pain.  Look at Me.  Everything is gonna be okay."  Mack looks down one more time as the stern of his boat sinks beneath the water.  He looks back at Jesus and stares at Him in desperation as he sinks.  Jesus, locking into his gaze: "None of this can hurt you.  Trust Me."  Mack's breathing slows as he keeps his eyes on Christ.  Suddenly, he is sitting once again in a sturdy rowboat in the middle of a clear lake.  Jesus walks across the water toward him.

Mack also visits another cave where God's wisdom, in the form of a woman named Sophia, talks to him. Sophia asks Mack to sit in divine judgment over sinners and his family. How would he judge the man who murdered Missy? "I would damn him to hell." What about that man's father, who twisted him into that defiant monster? "I would damn him, too." But how can he stop there - doesn't the legacy of brokenness go all the way back to Adam?  And what about God? "Absolutely, God is to blame."  If it's so easy to judge God, what if he had to choose between his two children? She forces him to make a choice: only ONE can spend an eternity in heaven, and the other an eternity in hell.  "I Can't"  Even though she's only asking him to do something he believes God does. She still presses him, but unable to send one of his children to hell, Mack has an idea: "Take me instead..."

The Divine Trio gives Mack a glimpse into heaven where he encounters the spirit of his father, who apologizes for his mistreatment of Mack and forgives him. Mack also apologizes to his father, whom he killed.

God (in the form of an elderly man called Papa) has brought Mack to the forest for a task He says will be very painful.  Mack backs away in horror: "You want me to forgive him?"  Papa nods.  Mack: "He killed my daughter!  I wanna hurt him.  I want him to hurt like he hurt me.  I want You to hurt him!"  Papa: "I know you do.  But he, too, is my son.  And I want to redeem him."  Mack, angrily: "Redeem him?  He should burn in Hell!"  Papa: "So, we're back to you as the judge?"  Mack, struggling: "So, You just let him get away with it?"  Papa shakes His head: "Nobody gets away with anything.  Everything bears consequences."  Mack, beginning: "What he did - -"  Papa, finishing: "Was horrible.  I'm not asking you to excuse what he did.  I'm asking you to trust Me to do what's right and to know what's best."  Mack grimaces, shaking his head.  Papa: "Mack, the pain inside is devouring you, robbing you of joy and crippling your capacity to love."  Mack, tearfully: "I can't!"  Papa: "You're not stuck because you can't.  You're stuck because you won't."  Mack sits down, his head between his knees.  Suddenly, he notices a ladybug on his hand (his daughter was murdered by the Ladybug Killer).  Papa bends down next to him: "You don't have to do this alone."  Mack whispers his forgiveness aloud and the ladybug flies away.  Mack, looking far from relieved of his burden: "I'm still angry."  Papa: "Of course you are.  No one lets go all at once.  You might have to do it 1,000 times before it gets any easier.  But, it will."

After Mack helps Jesus build a wooden box and helps the Holy Spirit prepare a spot in her garden for a planting, they prepare her body for burial. They place her in the box and lower her in place. They Holy Spirit then takes a bottle and sprinkles liquid on Missy's box. Papa: "Those are your tears, Mackenzie, we've been collecting them for a long time..."

Mack hears the pastor's altar call and comes forward to confess.  Mack's father, an elder in the church and a secret alcoholic, abuses Mack and his mother, and Mack feels a terrible responsibility.  He kneels, crying, confessing his helplessness to an elder.  The elder looks in horror at Mack's father sitting in his pew.  Later, in the pouring rain, Mack's father drags him to the woodpile to punish him for his "disobedience."  Father, furious: "Why do you make me do this, boy?  Why do you embarrass me in front of my people?"  Pushing Mack up against a log, the father begins to beat his son's back with a belt.  Screaming, he orders Mack to recite a Scripture passage: "Say it!"  Mack, crying out in pain: "Obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."  Father, striking Mack harder: "Louder!"  Mack, calling out through his tears: "Colossians 3:20, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord!"  Mack's father continues to beat him while his mother watches, anguished, from a window in the house.

Mack has brought his children to see Multnomah Falls.  As the four stare at the majestic waterfall, Mack tells them a fable about its origins.  According to the tale, an Indian village became ill with a mysterious disease that ravaged the entire countryside.  When the elders met to devise a plan, the chief told of a prophecy: "The illness could only be stopped if the daughter of a chief gave up her life for her people."  This chief had a daughter, his only child, but he and the other elders were unwilling to ask for such a sacrifice.  When the princess heard the prophecy, however, she decided to give up her own life for her people.  Because her love for them was so great, she climbed to the top of the cliff and jumped over.  "The next morning, a great healing came over the tribe."  The chief wept, grieved over his daughter's sacrifice, asking that her act be remembered forever.  "The Great Spirit was so moved by his tears that he answered his prayers."  Mack points to the waterfall: "Water began to fall.  Right there."

Mack is driving, his thoughts far away on memories of home and family.  His eyes wander from the road, drifting along with his mind.  He breezes past a stop sign and is suddenly jerked into the present by the blare of a loud horn.  He yanks the steering wheel to the side just in time to narrowly avoid being struck by a semi-truck.  His vehicle spins around and around before finally coming to a stop.  Mack, safe but shaken, pants as he watches the truck drive away.

God (in the form of a woman called Papa) tells Mack she knows he is suffering and wants a relationship with him.  Mack: "You're the Almighty God, right?  You know everything.  You're everywhere, all at once.  You have limitless power.  Yet, somehow, you let my little girl die.  When she needed you most.  You abandoned her."  Papa: "I never left her."  Mack: "If you are who you say you are, where were you when I needed you?"  Papa: "Son, when all you see is your pain, you lose sight of me."  Mack: "Stop talking in riddles.  How can you say that you will help me when you couldn't help her?  Because of you, she's gone."  Papa: "The Truth sets everyone free.  And the Truth has a name."  Mack: "Truth?  I know that story.  You left Him, too.  Seems like you have a bad habit of turning your back on those you supposedly love."  Papa: "I'm not who you think I am."  Mack: "He said it Himself: 'My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?'"  Papa, tears in her eyes: "You misunderstand the mystery."  She holds out her wrists for Mack to see the nail scars: "Don't ever think that what my Son chose to do didn't cost us both dearly.  Love always leaves a mark.  We were there together.  I never left Him.  I never left you.  I never left Missy."

God (in the form of a woman called Papa) is serving breakfast to Mack on the patio.  Mack, taking a sip of the coffee she poured him: "Is there anyone you're not especially fond of?"  Papa, smiling: "Nope.  Never been able to find any.  Guess that's just the way I am."  Mack: "Don't you get mad at 'em?"  Papa: "Well, sure.  But what parent doesn't?"  Mack, allowing a little bitterness to seep into his tone: "And that's where your whole wrath thing comes in, doesn't it?"  Papa: "My what?"  Mack: "Your wrath."  Papa, looking blank: "You lost me there."  Mack: "Come on.  Everybody knows you punish the people who disappoint you."  Papa shakes her head: "Nope.  I don't need to punish people.  Sin is its own punishment."

Mack is speaking with Wisdom (personified as a woman in a white dress) in a dim cave: "You know what I don't understand, is how God can love Missy and put her through so much horror?"  Mack wonders if God used the murder of his little girl to punish him.  Wisdom: "Is that who your God is, Mackenzie?  No wonder you're drowning in great sorrow.  God isn't like that.  This was not God's doing."  Mack, accusingly: "He didn't stop it!"  Wisdom: "He doesn't stop a lot of things that cause Him pain.  What happened to Missy was the work of evil.  And no one in your world is immune from it.  You want the promise of a pain-free life?"  Mack, nodding: "Yes."  Wisdom: "There isn't one.  As long as there is another will in this universe, free not to follow God, evil can find a way in."  Mack, whispering: "There's gotta be a better way."  Wisdom: "There is.  But the better way involves trust."  Mack sinks to the ground, relinquishing control: "I don't wanna be the judge anymore."  A glowing light begins to fill the cave behind the waterfall.  Mack stands, looking through the mist, and sees a vision of his daughter, Missy, playing happily in the fields of Heaven.

Mack has just been given the choice of whether to go to heaven or remain on Earth and return to his family.  Mack: "Everything about being here has been so remarkable.  Back home, I go to work.  Try to be a good person.  Love my family.  Does what I do really matter?"  Sarayu: "Absolutely.  Mack, you are important.  And so is everything you do."  Jesus: "Every time you love, Mack, or forgive, with every act of kindness, the universe changes for the better."  Papa nods in agreement: "If anything matters, then everything matters."  Mack: "Then I wanna go home."

Stuart Hazeldine

Radha Mitchell

Octavia L. Spencer

Aviv Alush

Tim McGraw

Roz looks at the burned-out husk of her home.  She knows the robots will never stop coming for her and determines she must leave the island in order to protect her friends.  The animals are sad to see her leave.  But Roz knows she is not leaving them alone.  They have each other.  Fink: "You're my friend.  I need you.  What if I need to tell you something and you're not here?"  Thorn puts his paw gently on Fink's back: "You can tell me."  Pinktail, holding the fox's face in her hands: "And me."  Even grumpy Paddler offers comfort: "And you can talk to me as well, if you must."  The outcast fox is no longer alone.  He has a community.  And, together, the animals and Roz work to rebuild Roz's home.


Jesus is speaking to a growing crowd.  A man has asked Him why it is that His words inspire some, but threaten others.  To explain, Jesus tells them the parable of the sower.  As He speaks, His disciples spread throughout the crowd, repeating His words to those far away.  Jesus: "A sower went out to sow.  And, as He sowed, some seeds fell along the path and the birds devoured them.  Others fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil.  Immediately, they sprang up, for there was no depth of soil.  But, when the sun rose, they were scorched.  And, since they had no root, they withered away.  Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.  Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred-fold, some sixty, some thirty.  He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
(Season 3, Episode 8)

The rabbi approaches Jesus after His startling claim to be Messiah (see clip # CV11690).  "If You do not renounce Your words, we will have no choice but to follow the Law of Moses."  Jesus: "I AM the Law of Moses."  Infuriated, the men immediately seize Him and drag him outside the town.  Mary watches in horror as her Son is led away to be killed.  The crowd takes Him to the edge of a cliff, where the rabbi pronounces the sentence of death.  But, as the men step forward to stone Him, Jesus stops them with only His words.  He slips through the crowd unharmed and escapes. (Season 3, Episode 3)

Jesse is now a teenager (see clip # CV11639 for Jesse's backstory).  He has spent his adolescence on his mat, watching others live life.  Even now, he watches as his younger brother, Simon, plays with friends.  Simon sees Jesse watching and knows he feels left out.  He draws his friends over to Jesse's mat and they include him in their play.  Later, the brothers lie on their backs, looking at the stars together.  Finally, they end the evening by playing a game.  They share a secret handshake before lying down to sleep in their shared bedroom.  Years pass, and the boys are young men.  Their love for one another hasn't waned and they still end each night with their secret handshake.  (Season 2, Episode 4)


When Roz hears that a terrible storm is threatening the lives of the animals on the island, she insists that she and Fink save them.  While Fink would prefer to stay by the fire rather than brave the snow to save their enemies, Roz knows they must do it.  Fink: "No one likes me."  Roz: "Nor me, but right now we are their only chance.  Funny how life works."  One-by-one, they dig into dens, burrows, and holes hidden deep under snow and ice.  They work until they rescue every single animal and bring it back to their fire.  Even those who are mortal enemies are saved.  By the time the last are rescued, Roz's battery is dangerously low, but she still goes back into the storm to find the last one.


Dimwitted Officer Knight and his smart dog Greg are trying to diffuse a bomb on top of an abandoned warehouse.  Knight tries to determine which colored wire to cut, "Green means go, red means ripe, unless it's an apple.  A red apple's ripe..." Greg points at the blue wire with his nose.  But Officer Knight misunderstands, cutting the green wire and blowing up the warehouse.  Later, in the hospital, the two are given the bad news: Knight's head is "just no good anymore," and Greg's body is in the same shape.  The doctor and nurse put their heads together and come up with a brilliant solution: "What if we sew the dog's head onto the man's body?"  And so, they do, inadvertently creating Dog Man, super cop.


Angry over Petey’s prison break, the Mayor storms into Chief’s office and demands, “Dog Man has got to go!” When Chief defends him, the Mayor snaps, hands him a number, and insists he call. To Chief’s shock, the person on the line simply says, “Life’s not fair…”

The evil cat Petey wants to clone himself in order to have a partner in his crimes.  Eagerly, he reads the instructions for the newly arrived cloning machine he ordered online.  Following them closely, he plucks out one of his own whiskers and drops it into the machine.  He starts the machine, waiting with anticipation as it goes to work.  When the bell dings, he opens the door with a wicked cackle.  But, his smile fades as, instead of an exact replica of himself in all its evil glory, he sees a small and cute kitten.  The kitten smiles up at him trustingly.  Petey is confused, only then reading the final step of the instructions: "Step four.  Wait 18 years for your clone to reach adulthood?!?"  Petey looks for the Undo button, but realizes he must order it separately.  As he places the order, a small voice sounds, "Papa?"  Petey recoils as the kitten leaps into his arms: "Who are you talking to?"  Kitten, repeating: "Papa."  Petey: "I am not your Papa!"  The kitten begins to wail, crying huge tears.  Petey holds him at arms' length, clearly disgusted: "I want my whisker back!"  The kitten continues to cry.  Petey: "I want my money back!"  Petey tries everything he can think of to block out the jarring sound of his crying child.  But nothing works.  Petey, screaming: "I want my life back!"


Petey, ever the villain, has Li'l Petey duct-taped to a makeshift high chair, lecturing the tiny clone on his supposed destiny to be a miserable evildoer. Eager to please but clueless about what any of it means, Li'l Petey cheerfully agrees. Before leaving for an important mission, Petey orders the kitten to stay put, unknowingly triggering every parent's worst nightmare—the infinite loop of "why?" Li'l Petey questions everything: why he can't go, why he's not ready, why it's serious business. Exasperated, Petey stomps off to his flying contraption, only to freeze in shock when he finds Li'l Petey sitting beside him. More protests follow, but the kitten remains unfazed, endlessly asking "why?" and calling him "Papa" despite Petey’s grumbling refusals. When Li'l Petey proudly presents a homemade book of their adventures together, Petey scoffs and tosses it out the window. The interruptions continue—Li'l Petey suddenly has to go potty, and Petey dismisses the request, still consumed by frustration. But the real trouble begins when the kitten, despite warnings, can't resist pressing every button in sight, nearly sending them both into disaster. At his breaking point, Petey erupts—he never wanted a kid, never asked for one, doesn't need one! But Li'l Petey, giggling mischievously, simply presses more buttons, sending them into further chaos.


Li'l Petey finds himself alone, abandoned by his father in a cardboard box.  He sadly drags his box down the sidewalk, looking for a place to rest.  He puts the box down in the middle of a street, curling up to go to sleep and trying not to be afraid.  Dog Man, watching from above, sees that a truck is barreling down the street towards the box.  He runs to the rescue, leaping off the building at great risk to himself and dragging the kitten to safety.  He and the kitten form an instant bond and he brings the little one home.  He fills Petey's box with warm stuffing and places it next to his own bed.  As the kitten lays down in the soft cushion, Dog Man reads him a book.  The kitten begins to snore but is awakened when Dog Man lies down in his dog bed.  Li'l Petey climbs in with him, kneading his fur with his paws.  The two new friends go to sleep in happy comfort.  


Li'l Petey innocently asks Flippy why he's trying to destroy Robo Cat.  Flippy tells the kitten that Robo Cat is trying to stop him from destroying the city.  But, when Li'l Petey questions why Flippy would want to cause such mayhem, Flippy is forced to do some introspection.  He admits his destructive behavior stems from his deep-rooted childhood pain.  Flippy: "No one likes me, do they?  No one's ever liked me.  Even back when I was in the school.  All the other fish, they used to call me Fatty Fish Face."  Flippy begins to cry.  Li'l Petey: "Maybe you just need a friend."  The kitten shows Flippy the book he drew for him.  In Li'l Petey's story, the kitten and the evil fish are friends, going on adventures and eating soup.  The tot's tale touches Flippy.  He weeps.  Li'l Petey hugs him and comforts him.  And, with that expression of love, Flippy's evil powers fade away.


When the Chief takes Dog Man off the case, he feels like a failure.  He walks home alone, his head hanging.  When he arrives, he finds his face on the front page of the newspaper with a caption reading: "Supa Loser."  If possible, his shoulders sag even lower.  He turns on some music, playing Hank Williams's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."  And, while the sorrowful tunes fill the house, Dog Man lifts his head and begins to howl along. 


Li'l Petey has programmed 80HD to bring his grandfather home to the lab.  Petey stares in shocked horror as the father who deserted him as a child walks into the building.  To make matters worse, instead of being excited to meet his grandson and be reunited with his son, Grump immediately begins to complain.  Petey, bitterly: "Why did you bring him here?"  Li'l Petey: "I'm sorry, Papa.  I just wanted you to have your papa back."  Petey, angrily: "My papa?  That guy abandoned me!  Do you have any idea what that feels like?"  Li'l Petey, with no rancor: "Yes."  Petey looks chagrined, knowing he left Li'l Petey in the same situation.  Li'l Petey: "And I forgave you."  


Losing Dog Man has cast a shadow over Li'l Petey's once bright and cheerful perspective, replacing his boundless optimism with a cynicism that mirrors his father’s. As they walk together down the street, Li'l Petey sees only decay in the world that once brought him joy.  "You were right, Papa," he murmurs. "The world... it's nothing but mud puddles and pollution and weeds. Look, even the weeds are dying." Petey watches his son, uneasy with the transformation taking place before him. He doesn’t want Li'l Petey to lose the light that made him special. Gently, he urges him to look up at the sky, where stars gleam against the darkness. Their brilliance is undeniable, shining despite the troubles of the world. Petey turns to his son, his voice steady but warm. "This world has a lot of problems, but it can never be a horrible place. 'Cause you're in it." And for the first time in a long while, Petey smiles at his son.


Peter Hastings

Pete Davidson

Poppy Liu

Lil Rel Howery

Isla Fisher

Dog Man

Matthew is speaking alone with Jesus.  He is hurt by the many ways Peter has lashed out at him.  Matthew, recalling some of Peter's harsh words: "He would never forget what I did to him and that he could never forgive me."  Jesus: "Have you asked for forgiveness?"  Matthew: "Why would I when he said he wouldn't forgive?  It's pointless."  Jesus: "Matthew.  You don't apologize to be forgiven.  You apologize to repent.  Forgiveness is a gift given from the other person."  But Matthew still doesn't understand why Peter has been given special leadership when he is so temperamental.  Jesus smiles: "I make people what they aren't.  You know that better than most."  But Matthew is still hurt that Jesus has elevated someone who has caused him so much pain.  Jesus: "There have been times when Peter has been overly harsh with you, and that has not pleased my Father in heaven.  Nor has it pleased Me."  But, Jesus asks Matthew to think about his situation in a different light: "Who harmed the other first?"  Matthew tries to soften his own sin: "I guess, in the abstract - -"  Jesus, interrupting: "No.  No.  Not in the abstract.  In fact."  Matthew starts to list the ways he harmed Peter.  And, as he says them aloud, he is struck by the gravity of his sins.  Jesus: "And you've never apologized for this?"  Matthew says he just wants to forget the past and keep the peace.  Jesus: "There is no peace when two of My followers hold resentment against one another.  You know what you must do."
(Season 4, Episode 2)

Nathaniel is a broken man.  His dream of being an architect of synagogues was crushed after one of his buildings collapsed during construction.  He sits down beneath a fig tree to cry out to God in his distress.  Opening the satchel containing his precious drawings, he holds them out to the heavens: "This was done for You!  Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe."  Weeping, he burns them and begins to pray using the words of Psalm 102 (The Prayer of the Afflicted): "Hear my prayer, O Lord.  Let my cry come to You.  Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress.  Incline Your ear to me!"  Nathaniel is trying to understand why God would allow this disaster when he was just trying to serve Him.  He cries out from his heart, but feels like he gets no response: "Do not hide Your face from me!  Do you see me?  Do you see me?"  (Season 2, Episode 2)


The disciples and Mary are sitting around the fire when someone asks Mary about her experiences as Jesus's mother.  Mary looking thoughtful, telling them nothing about the birth was easy, but it was different than she had expected.  Somehow, she hadn't expected the Son of God to be like a normal baby.  He was dirty.  He was cold.  He needed her.  Mary: "It actually made me think, for just one moment, is this really the Son of God?  But we know He was.  I don't know what I expected, but he was crying and He needed me.  And I wondered how long that would last.  He doesn't need me anymore.  He hasn't needed me for a long time, I suppose.  I wish I could say that made me happy.  But...as a mom...it makes me a little sad sometimes."  (Season 2, Episode 3)


Jesus has come to the pool of Bethesda to see Jesse, a man who has been paralyzed for decades.  He stands in front of him, asking: "Do you want to be healed?"  Jesse, hopeful: "Will you take me to the water?"  Jesus smiles, shaking His head no.  Jesse complains that he has no one to help him to the water.  He has lost all hope of healing.  Jesus kneels down to look Jesse in the eye: "You don't want false hope again, I understand.  But, this pool, it has nothing for you.  It means nothing, and you know it.  But you're still here.  Why?"  Jesse, crying now: "I don't know."  Jesus: "You don't need the pool.  You only need Me.  So, do you want to be healed?"  Jesse smiles.  Jesus: "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk."  Jesse looks at Jesus in surprise.  He slaps his leg with a hand.  Now he is astonished.  His leg has feeling.  He begins to laugh.  He stands up, still laughing.  
(Season 2, Episode 4)

A demon-possessed man has wandered into camp.  Mary Magdalene, recognizing what the man is suffering, approaches him.  The demon acknowledges her by her former name, trying to intimidate her.  But Mary won't be intimidated.  She tries to appeal to the man behind the demon, asking him his name.  There are a few moments where the man tries to fight his way forward, choking and gasping, but the demon wins out.  He laughs and then lunges at Mary.  Before he can attack, Simon the Zealot comes out of nowhere and tackles him to the ground.  The demon begins to strangle Simon.  Before he can kill him, Jesus arrives on the scene.  From a distance, Jesus waves a hand: "Out!  Out of him!"  Immediately, the demon leaves the man's body.  He falls to the ground.  Jesus kneels tenderly beside the weeping man: "It's all right.  Welcome back.  I know.  It seemed like it would never end.  What is your name?"  Man: "Caleb."  Jesus: "Well, it's over now."  He helps Caleb to his feet and embraces him.  (Caution: scene may disturb some viewers)
(Season 2, Episode 5)

Jesus and His disciples enter a synagogue on the Sabbath.  The priest is reading from the Law.  Jesus approaches a man with a withered hand, quietly asking his name.  Angry, the priest stops reading to confront Jesus: "It is not lawful to heal on Sabbath."  Jesus sighs heavily: "Which one of you who has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath will not take hold of it and lift it out?  Of how much more value is this man than a sheep?"  The priest and head priest are still furious, so Jesus continues: "Is it lawful on Sabbath to do good, or to do harm?  To save life or to kill?"  Ignoring the protests of the priest, Jesus heals the man's hand.  Instead of being awed by the miracle before them, the priests continue to focus on Sabbath law: "If he was supposed to be healed, God would have done it Himself!"  Jesus: "Interesting point."
(Season 2, Episode 6)

Jesus is preparing for the Sermon on the Mount.  He tells Matthew, who is recording His words, that He has a map that will allow people to find Him.  As Matthew takes notes, Jesus looks down on the camp where His disciples are sleeping.  He begins to speak: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven..."  As Jesus speaks the Beatitudes, we see scenes of the lives of his disciples illustrating each one.  Jesus is remembering their acts of service, humility, and love as he talks about the way Christ-followers are supposed to live.   Finally, he looks at Matthew, who is often misunderstood and ridiculed even by those closest to him: "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.  Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven."  Matthew smiles: "But how is it the map?"  Jesus: "If someone wants to find Me, those are the groups they should look for."
(Season 2, Episode 8)

Jesus is preaching to the crowd about God's pursuit of the sinner.  He finds a shepherd in the crowd who has 100 sheep, asking him: "Say one of them goes astray, what do you do?"  Shepherd: "I'd go look for it, of course."  Jesus: "Of course.  But, what about the other 99?"  Shepherd: "I'd have to leave them behind.  I can't lose the one sheep."  Jesus: "And if you find it?"  Shepherd: "I would probably do a little dance."  Jesus laughs: "And what would you say to your friends who are worried for you?"  Shepherd: "Rejoice with me!  I have found my lost sheep!"  Jesus: "He rejoices more for one sheep than over the 99 who never went astray.  So, it is not the will of my Father that one of these should perish.  In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous persons who need no repentance."  (Season 2, Episode 1)


Jesus is visiting the home of Melech, a man made lame by a fall from a horse.  His wife, Chedva, asks Jesus: "When I was a little girl, my father told me the Messiah would bring an end to pain and suffering.  If You are who people are saying You are, when will You do that?"  Jesus: "I'm here to preach the good news of the Kingdom of Heaven.  A kingdom not of this world, a kingdom that is coming soon.  Where, yes, sorrow and sighing will flee away.  I make a way for people to access that kingdom.  But, in this world, bones will still break.  Hearts will still break.  But, in the end, the Light will overcome darkness."  (Season 2, Episode 1)


Jesus has been asked to read from the Torah in the synagogue.  He asks John to choose a favorite passage.  John: "I love the beginning.  I love how God simply spoke and the world came into being."  Jesus: "Yes, as David wrote, 'by the Word of the Lord, the heavens were made.'"  John: "You know, the Greeks use 'word' to describe divine reason, what gives the world form and meaning."  Jesus picks up the first scroll and carries it into the meeting room.  He begins to read to the people gathered there.  While He reads, we see the future John, reading from his own book, interspersed with Jesus's reading.  Jesus: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."  John: "In the beginning, was the Word."  Jesus: "And the earth was void and without form."  John: "And the Word was with God."  Jesus: "And darkness covered the face of the deep."  John: "And the Word was God."  Jesus: "Then God said, 'Let there be light.' And there was light."  John: "He was in the beginning, with God, all things were made through Him and without Him was not anything made that was made.  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it."  (Season 2, Episode 1)


Philip, noticing the tension between Matthew and Simon, asks Matthew about it.  Matthew: "He doesn't like me.  He sees me as his enemy."  Philip, who is new to the group: "Why?"  Matthew, somewhat ashamed: "I was a tax collector.  I was everyone's enemy."  Philip seems to still not understand why Matthew's past would be a problem.  Matthew, surprised: "That doesn't shock you?"  Philip: "I was something else once, too.  Once you've met the Messiah, 'am' is all that matters."  Philip tells Matthew not to let Simon define him by his past sins.  (Season 2, Episode 2)


Philip asks Matthew if it was hard to leave his wealth to follow Jesus.  Matthew, with some surprise: "No.  It should have been.  I was comfortable."  He tells Philip that his former life wasn't really that satisfying.  He had no relationship with his parents, he felt guilt for the source of his money, and even his gifting was meaningless.  It wasn't hard to let go of that life, but his new life is uncomfortable because no one likes him due to his past.  Philip: "If this Rabbi, Jesus of Nazareth, called you, it means you already have everything you need for right now.  He'll give you the rest in time."  Matthew: "I just don't know what He sees in me.  He's a religious teacher, and I know very little about religion."  Philip: "From what I understand, Jesus doesn't love everything about religion.  Matthew, what you think you know doesn't matter.  Only that Jesus chose you.  That's where your confidence comes from now."  (Season 2, Episode 2)


Simon has come to Jesus, hoping to set up some kind of structure of authority within the group of disciples.  He argues that the larger numbers have brought in more opinions, and, at times, it is difficult to come to a consensus.  Jesus: "You have my instructions."  Simon: "But how we get there, how we achieve it, sometimes there's a lot of noise."  Jesus, already knowing the answer: "So, what are you suggesting?"  Simon tells Jesus they need a way to formalize the decision-making process.  He suggests that all ideas be filtered through by James and then brought to him (Simon) for consideration.  Jesus kindly tells Simon that, while He cherishes his leadership skills, they will be needed in the future, not now.  Jesus: "Every one of these people I have called for a reason.  Each of them brings something unique and important to the whole.  I want every voice heard, and none silenced.  Everyone can learn from each other."  Simon: "Yes, but some people are troubled by tiny things and they slow us down."  Jesus, patiently: "I won't ask who you mean by that.  But, I will say, if someone is thinking about things you feel slow everyone down, maybe you need to slow down.  One day, Simon, there will need to be more structure, and I see you playing a big part in it."  Simon: "Out of all humility, Rabbi, why not now?"  Jesus: "Because I am still here."  (Season 2, Episode 2)


Philip has brought his friend, Nathaniel, to meet Jesus.  Jesus greets them, calling Nathaniel a truth-teller.  Jesus: "You are a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit."  Nathaniel looks in surprise at Philip: "What did you say about me?"  Philip denies saying anything.  Nathaniel looks at Jesus with suspicion: "What is this?  How do you know me?"  Jesus: "I have known you long before Philip called you to come and see."  Nathaniel looks back at Philip, questioningly.  Jesus: "Don't look at him.  Look at Me."  Jesus, stepping closer to look Nathaniel in the eye: "When you were in your lowest moment, and you were alone, I did not turn My face from you.  I saw you under the fig tree."  (See clip # CV11615, when Nathaniel cried out to God to see him.)  Nathaniel, tears in his eyes, whispers: "Rabbi.  You are the Son of God.  The King of Israel."  Jesus, putting a hand on Nathaniel's shoulder: "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' you believe?  You are going to see many greater things than that.  Like Jacob, you are going to see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."  (Season 2, Episode 2)


Matthew has asked to learn the wisdom of Scripture from Philip.  While the multitudes wait to be healed by Jesus, Matthew asks Philip where he should start: "The law of Moses?  The prophecies of Isaiah?  The wisdom of Solomon?"  Philip: "For you, I think, psalms of David."  Matthew, poised to take notes: "I'm ready."  But, instead of the treasure troves of ancient knowledge he expects, Philip gives him only one verse: "If I ascend to heaven, You are there.  If I make my bed in the depths, You are there."  Matthew: "And?"  Philip: "Just that."  Matthew looks confused.  He tells Philip he was hoping for something that would help him understand more.  Philip tells him that verse is what Matthew must come to understand if he wants to make any meaningful study of Torah.  Matthew still doesn't understand.  Meanwhile, people all around them are being healed by Jesus.  Philip tells Matthew to recite the verse back to him and then explains it: "There's nowhere you can go.  There's no height you can climb to in your intellectual mind, no depths you can reach in your soul where God is not with you.  Do you get it?"  Matthew: "I think so."  Philip, continuing to explain why he chose that verse specifically for the academically-bent Matthew: "No amount of learning can bring you closer to God, or make you more or less precious to Him.  He's always right here, right now.  With you.  For you."  Matthew: "But...I don't feel it."  Philip: "The feeling doesn't always come first.  Sometimes you have to believe first."  (Season 2, Episode 3)


The disciples are discussing their former expectations of the Messiah as it relates to Jesus.  John: "Isn't the Messiah supposed to come at a time when all is holy?"  James, quoting: "And there shall be no unrighteousness in them on His day, for they shall all be holy and their King shall be the Lord Messiah." John jokes that in order to fulfill that prophecy they would need to clean up the Red Quarter first.  Mary: "I don't think He is waiting for us to be holy.  I think He is here because we can't be holy without Him."  (Season 2, Episode 3)


Young Jesse is climbing a tree when a disastrous fall paralyzes him from the waist down.  His anxious father carries the boy's unconscious body into their home, where a doctor delivers the bad news.  Jesse will never walk again.  He watches silently from his mat as his parents weep.  Later, Jesse is sitting on his mat outside, watching other children play.  His father sees the boy's sad face and his heart is in anguish for his son.  Out of desperation, Jesse's parents hire a witch doctor to come and administer "healing."  But no healing will come. (Season 2, Episode 4)


Jesse is now a young man.  He sits by the pool of Bethesda, surrounded by the disabled and the sick.  Suddenly, the waters of the pool bubble up and people all around rush to enter the water, believing it is a source of healing.  Jesse tries to get to the pool, but the others are just too fast.  They crowd in and shut him out.  Days and months go by, and every time the water is stirred, the same thing happens.  Jesse is trampled on, pushed, and struck in his efforts to get to the pool.  But he never reaches it.  Years pass and his beard is filled with gray.  His face is lined with decades of suffering.  Still, he hopes for healing but never gets it.  Finally, the waters are stirred and Jesse no longer moves towards it.  He has given up all hope.  He lies still on his mat, in despair, as the others around him get into the pool.  (Season 2, Episode 4)


The Jews are gathered outside Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.  Jesus and his disciples sit in one of the many temporary shelters, sharing a meal.  Matthew looks up at the branches forming the ceiling: "This thatched roof won't keep the rain out."  Little James and Mary tell Matthew that it was built that way on purpose.  Mary: "If a few raindrops get through, it is a reminder of our dependence on God, of His provision, and of how our people were so vulnerable in the wilderness.  And He brought us through."  Mary Magdalene: "There was a time in my life, in my old life, where I had to sleep outside.  It is a good reminder of how I was delivered from that."  Jesus: "This time of living in booths is also a leveler of people.  Wealthy, poor, everyone sleeps outside, as equals."
(Season 2, Episode 4)

Big James asks Jesus why Zechariah prophesied that all the nations would eventually worship the Lord at Jerusalem.  James is rather disgusted that the enemies of Israel will celebrate along with the Jews: "Babylonians?  Assyrians?  The Romans?  Jews and Gentile at this table?  What would have to happen for that to be possible?"  Jesus, smiling: "Something would have to change."  James and Andrew think the Feast of the Tabernacles would be meaningless to people who haven't suffered the same time in the desert as the Israelites did.  Jesus: "Everyone has wandered through the wilderness at some point."  Matthew wonders how all the nations could possibly fit in Jerusalem.  Jesus: "I think it will not be Jerusalem as we know it now."  Ramah: "But, if Zechariah prophesied it, it will be fulfilled, right?"  Andrew: "It sounds impossible."  Mary: "I know a thing or two about prophecies that sound impossible."
(Season 2, Episode 4)

John the Baptist is having a conversation with Jesus.  He confesses that He is impatient for Jesus to stop "telling stories" and to reveal Himself to the public.  Jesus: "I am going to tell stories that make sense to some people, but not to others.  And that's just how it's going to be."  John sighs, acquiescing.  He looks thoughtful: "It's becoming real, isn't it?  Everything we've prepared for.  It's heavy when it becomes real, no?"  Jesus agrees, knowing John is perhaps the only person on Earth who shares a fraction of His burden.  John: "Do You feel ready?"  Jesus: "I am always ready to do My Father's will.  But that doesn't make it easy."  John pledges his life to the service of His Lord: "I'm just impatient for You to get to work."  Jesus smiles at His cousin: "I understand.  And I'm grateful for your part."
(Season 2, Episode 5)

Simon the Zealot stands before Jesus: "You are Messiah, aren't You?"  Jesus: "Yes."  Simon kneels, pledging his allegiance: "I will do anything You ask."  Jesus: "I ask you to understand the nature of my mission, Simon."  Simon is prepared to do physical battle for Jesus, but that isn't what Jesus is wanting.  Jesus asks to see Simon's weapon.  Simon hands him his dagger.  Jesus looks at it, whistling: "Impressive."  He chucks it unceremoniously into the river, smiling at Simon.  Simon is shocked: "You have no use for that?"  Jesus: "I have a better sword.  You'll see.  We have much to discuss, just be patient."  Simon still doesn't understand that Jesus didn't pick him because of his skills of warfare.  Jesus: "I have everything that I need.  But...I wanted you."  Simon: "Why?"  Rather than answering, Jesus invites Simon to follow Him.
(Season 2, Episode 5)

Ramah and Mary are foraging for food for their group.  Ramah is surprised Mary knows so much about edible plants.  Mary: "My family has been poor my whole life."  Ramah: "But your Son…"  Mary: "My Son is a homeless nomad who no longer brings in income for carpentry."  Ramah: "And you're smiling about it?"  Mary: "I'm smiling because He is doing what He was born to do.  And maybe sometimes that means we will be hungry for a few days."  Ramah wonders why Jesus doesn't just use his power to fix all of their problems (food, missing Mary M., etc.).  Mary: "It doesn't work that way.  Sometimes He is as much of a mystery to me as He is to you."  Mary tells Ramah the story of an Egyptian pagan god who could be compelled by the people to act the way they wanted him to.  Mary: "It's not like that with our God."  Ramah doesn't think that anything good could possibly happen from Mary M. being missing.  Mary: "Do you know that?"  Ramah: "She could be dead or dying in a ditch somewhere!"  Mary: "We do not know that she is in danger."  Ramah: "She is a woman alone!"  Mary: "Ramah.  Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we trust in the Name Adonai, our God."
(Season 2, Episode 6)

Matthew and Peter find a disheveled Mary in an alley.  When they tell Mary that Jesus has sent them to bring her back, she refuses to come: "He already fixed me once.  I broke again.  I can't face Him."  Matthew: "I am a bad person, Mary.  My whole life, all for me.  Not faith."  Mary: "I do have faith in Him.  Just not in me."  Matthew reminds Mary of all the good she has been doing for others: "He saved you to do all these things."
(Season 2, Episode 6)

Mary Magdalene has returned to Jesus after a time of reverting back to her sin (see clip # CV11649).  She stands before Him, hardly able to look at Him she is so ashamed: "You redeemed me and I just threw it all away."  Jesus: "That's not much of a redemption if it can be lost in a day, is it?"  Mary: "I owe You everything, but I just don't think I can do it."  Jesus: "Do what?"  Mary, crying: "Live up to it.  Repay You."  Jesus: "Well, that's true.  But you don't have to.  I just want your heart.  The Father just wants your heart.  Give us that, which you already have.  And the rest will come in time.  Did you really think that you'd never struggle or sin again?  Someday, but not here."  Mary: "I'm just so sorry."  She hangs her head.  Jesus:  "Look up."  Mary shakes her head: "I can't."  Jesus: "You can.  Look at Me."  Mary looks at Jesus.  Jesus: "I forgive you.  It's over."  Mary runs into His arms.
(Season 2, Episode 6)

Ever since Jesus was detained by the Romans, His disciples have been worried and watching for Him.  So, when He returns to camp and says He's been there awhile, they are upset He didn't come to them immediately.  John: "So, what were You doing out here?"  Jesus: "Praying, John."  Jesus reminds them He told them He'd be back.  They will have to learn to trust Him and continue to do His work no matter what the circumstances are.  Jesus: "What are you going to do when I'm no longer here?"  The disciples are chagrined and express their willingness to do better and continue learning.  John asks Jesus to teach them a prayer.  Jesus: "This is what I like to see.  And prayer is the first step in getting the mind and the heart right.  It's why you see Me going to it so often."  Peter: "So, teach us to pray like You do.  Please."  Jesus: "When we pray, we want to be sure to first start with acknowledging our Father in heaven and His greatness.  So, you can say, 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name.'"  Jesus continues to teach them the Lord's prayer.
(Season 2, Episode 7)

While Hadad gloats over cheating a man out of his land, his partner Judas is filled with a sense of guilt.  Judas: "Did you see his tears?"  Hadad rationalizes their actions, glossing over their deception with visions of wealth for all parties involved.  Hadad: "We're going to live like kings."  Judas: "Kings of what?  There's only one true King in heaven and everyone else, even Caesar, is enjoying illusions of power and wealth.  Sooner or later, we all become dust."  Hadad: "I know that's right, but we have so few opportunities to get ahead in this world!"  Judas: "Opportunity?  It was a calculated deception!  And it didn't feel good."  Hadad switches tactics, claiming it was God's hand that gave them this wealth.  Hadad: "We used what God gave us.  And now we'll have greater choices, we'll live better lives.  More devotion!"  But Judas knows in his heart that what they did was wrong: "Man was formed from earth and eventually he returns to it.  The time in between...there has to be more to life than that.  What I need is a life I can be proud of!  Don't you want to do something that will really matter?"
(Season 2, Episode 8)

Matthew and Jesus look down on the camp, where the disciples are preparing to spread the word.  Matthew: "I hope they can find a way to work together."  Matthew tells Jesus the disciples are often in disagreement with each other.  Jesus nods knowingly, with a smile: "Oh, I've noticed."  Matthew looks surprised.  Jesus: "In some ways, it's to be expected."  Matthew: "But not desired, surely?"  Jesus: "No.  But it's bound to happen when you start something that's open to all, truly, all people.  Zealots, even tax collectors, people who have been through tough times.  People both hesitant and skeptical, as well as bold and confident.  People hungry to learn as well as those learned and knowledgeable."
(Season 2, Episode 8)

Jesus asks Matthew for his thoughts on the Sermon on the Mount.  Matthew, after a bit of hesitation: "If I do the math in terms of good news and bad, it seems like there's not a lot of good news."  Jesus smiles.  Matthew looks at his notes: "'Anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery.'  Doesn't that make everyone an adulterer?"  Jesus nods.  Matthew, continuing: "'If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out.'  Wouldn't that lead to an entire population of people walking around with only one eye?  And this one...'If anyone were to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well?'  Trees that bear bad fruit being cut down and thrown into the fire, the gate is narrow and hard that leads to life, depart from Me I never knew you.  Do you realize how heavy-laden Your sermon is with these kinds of ominous pronouncements?  I haven't even named half of them."  Jesus, fervently: "It's a manifesto, Matthew.  I'm not here to be sentimental and soothing.  I'm here to start a revolution.  I'm talking about a radical shift.  Did you think I was just going to come here and say, 'Hey everyone, just, uh, keep doing what you've been doing for the last thousand years.  It's been going so great.'"
(Season 2, Episode 8)

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