'Brokeback Mountain' was widely expected to collect most of the prizes at the 78th Academy Awards (The Oscars) on March 5, 2006.
The film topped the pile with 8 nominations â and bookmakers William Hill made it their hottest favourite in history to win best film, at odds of 1/8.
As it turned out, it collected 3 Oscars, but missed out on the top prize - Best Picture Award.
Not that there is any room for complacence.
Those most closely involved with the production of this film realise the statement they have made:
⢠Director, Ang Lee: "I just had to do it. It told me so much about what love is about."
⢠Script writer, Diana Ossana has claimed the film was changing attitudes and starting a broader conversation about the nature of love.
She is correct â however, the 'love' this movie celebrates is perverse.
Though styled in the media as "a cowboy romance," 'Brokeback Mountain' is a story in which two ranch hands engage in a sodomite relationship, even after they go on to have wives and families.
It unashamedly promotes the practice of sodomy, portraying the family as a hostile environment and casting those who reject homosexuality as old-fashioned, naĂŻve, and oppressive.
That such a movie can be acclaimed typifies the wickedness of the days in which we live.
Romans 1:32 is surely an appropriate soundtrack!
[NB. Parts of this message are a reworking and updating of material found in another sermon in this series, 'The Pink Plague'].
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A must to listen to and be warned!!! We forget that homosexuality is a defiant move by satan to kill off mankind. Man with man or woman with woman can not procreate. If there were only Adam and Steve in the Garden you and I would not be here! Another move of satan to kill off mankind is abortion of the innocents who are not given the chance of life but are killed outright. Far worse than the holocaust. Wake up and be warned for the devil is ever looking for ways to kill God's children. Not just the saved but everyone. The difference? We who love Jesus will go to heaven while the gay community will go to an eternal hell to practice their lifestyle forever. I do not know why God has placed me in this time period of such total perversion. Are we finally worse than the Roman Empire? Get very close to your Father for without Him it will be hard to avoid insanity.
Christian (4/1/2006)
from Switzerland
Some love story I have not seen 'Brokeback Mountain' and I do not intend to see it for obvious reasons. But the trailers and clips I have watched made it already pretty clear, that hollywood has succeeded once more in presenting fiction as reality. I used to be a 'self-confessed' Christian homosexual and I have caught a glimpse of the reality of the gay lifestyle. Not too much romance there! I have seen a lot of lust, greed, selfishness, jealousy and practices too shameful to mention. The gay lifestyle is physically dangerous, emotionally devastating and spiritually destructive to an honest Christian life. Well, I guess hollywood has once more put a spell on precious souls with another fairytale.
jeri anthony (3/20/2006)
from alabama
Great Sermon! thank GOD someone will speak out against this terrible sin,if GOD doesnt intervein there will be no hope for this world. it is in every family now.my husbands family will not speak out against this sin because they are afraid to hurt their nephew who is married to another man even thou his dad is a southern baptist preacher.my husbands dad is also a preacher and will not speak out about this problem either.please tell me how could i approach this matter without causing family problems?
Rev Ian Brown (3/20/2006)
from Londonderry, Northern Ireland
God Did NOT Tell You ...! [ Ian Brown's Response to Blake; pt.2 ]:
2. You claim to be Spirit-guided in pronouncing homosexuals guilty of no sin: âGod told me that homosexuality wasnât a sin.â
The truth is, the Holy Spirit directs men and women to the Word of God on every issue (cf. John 16:13) - NOT to make statements like yours that blatantly oppose Scripture.
It is also the practice of the Holy Spirit to promote holy living (cf. Galatians 5:16), therefore He will never lead anyone to either endorse or engage in the sin of homosexuality.
You therefore demonstrate that the spirit which leads you is not of God, but is that lying spirit so characteristic of Satan (John 8:44).
3. You contend that âBrokeback Mountainâ depicts the âfinedst exmaple of love not perversion.â
Intriguingly, God defines sodomite lust as a âvile affectionâ (Romans 1:26) - where the word âvileâ means âfilthy, dirty.â
4. You conclude, âHaving no love and judging is the sin here.â
The Bible commands us to âjudge righteous judgmentâ (John 7:24).
The truth is, the greatest love we can show the homosexual is to warn him about the consequences of his sin - and direct him to the Lord Jesus Christ who alone is able to deliver him (cf. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
Blake (3/19/2006)
from Los Angeles, CA
God told me Brokeback deserved what it got at the Oscars. I think it wasn't Best Picture, but best, in my mind, the finedst exmaple of love not perversion. I believe in the Spirit- I believe we should follow what we spiritually feel. I keep tuned to God through prayer and meditation. The fact that so many men are judged here on this God told me that homosexuality wasn't a sin. Having no love and judging is the sin here.
[ Ian Brown's RESPONSE ]:
1. Having revealed His will in His Word, God does not proceed to send a contradictory âprivate messageâ to an individual.
With respect to the sin of Sodomy, God has made His verdict palpably plain. It is:
⢠a sin that is unnatural and depraved (Romans 1:25-28);
⢠an abomination to God (Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13);
⢠a sin that closes the door of heaven to those who practise it (1 Corinthians 6:9&10),
⢠and is certain to bring upon itself the crushing judgment of Almighty God (Genesis 19, Romans 1:32, Jude 7).
The only way you can ignore the consistent witness of Scripture against this sin of is to either dismiss, or rewrite, the Bible. This, of course, is what you are trying to do.
God is not going to denounce sodomy as an âabominationâ in His Word to men, and then approve this hideous sin to you!
John Yurich (3/8/2006)
from USA
Great Sermon! I agree with Brown that that motion picture was nothing but propaganda for the perversion of Sodomy or Homosexuality.
ALBERT (3/8/2006)
from NORTHERN IRELAND
Great Sermon! Thankyou Ian for another well researched and timely message.
Wayne (3/5/2006)
from UK
A Must Listen! SYDNEY (Reuters MARCH 4TH annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade) - Thousands of Australians crammed Sydney's tiny gay quarter to applaud half-naked cowboys... many loosely adopting the theme of this year's Oscar-hopeful blockbuster "Brokeback Mountain", Ang Lee's saga of gay cowboys.
The cowboys competed with themes including bare-chested men hula-hula dancing in Hawaiian grass skirts and a lesbian motorcycle club for applause from the crowd.
The parade began in 1978 to protest a ban on homosexuality in Australia, but has become more hedonistic over the years.
"It's like Christmas for the gay and lesbian community," said the parade's creative director, Graeme Browning.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in Australia in 1984.
One boisterous group of marchers promoted "bisexuality and paganism", while another implored onlookers to take pride in their leather."
I note the above display and celebration of perversion the same day as Rev Brown preached an excellent and scripturally comprehensive exposure of Homosexuality. Hear it and take heed of the obvious facts.
Ian Brown succeeded Dr Ian Paisley as minister of Martyrs Memorial in August 2013. Prior to this he pastored the Free Presbyterian congregation in Northern Irelandâs Maiden City, Londonderry, from 1987 to 2013. He is the author of several books, notably: âBelfast Boat â Titanic,...