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Patty Dunning ...
Sally Johnson ...
Wenda Johnson
Sandy Christen ...
Sandy Stevens (as Sandy Stevens)
Thom Rachford ...
Jerry Bradford (as Tom Rachford)
Maryann Rachford ...
Diane Bradford
Heidi Vaughn ...
Woman with baby at hospital
Russell S. Doughten Jr. ...
Reverend Matthew Turner (as Russ Doughten Jr.)
Kent Wagner ...
Kent Onan
Curtis Page
Jean Berg
Colleen Niday ...
Jenny
Jim Ites
Timm Jackson
Tim Doughten ...
Murial Hunt
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It begins where "A Thief In the Night" ENDED...

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24 May 1978 (USA)  »

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A Thief in the Night II: A Distant Thunder  »

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This was shown at churches. See more »

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Patty: Granny whatever happened to God is love that you and Grandpa always taught us?
Patty's Grandmother: God is love, honey, but He is also holy, and He hates sin, and He cannot allow sin in His presence or in His kingdom.
Patty: But we all sin.
Patty's Grandmother: That's right, and we deserve judgment. But God loves us so much He sent His son Jesus to die for our sins as full payment, and offers life eternal for anyone who believes Christ and wants Him as their Savior.
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Hypocritical
12 July 2007 | by (Alberta, Canada) – See all my reviews

The popular Christian film "A Thief in the Night" (and it's sequel "A Distant Thunder") talked specifically about the evils of "uniting" (they called it "U.N.I.T.E."), as well as the satanic computer network of the future. Funny - how we *embrace* the very network of computers they were calling "Satanic" back then (the Internet), and the USA is trying to UNITE Canada & Mexico with them, as well as many other countries. (see http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/solguide/VUS09/essay09a.html)

THE VERY COUNTRY THAT PUTS OUT THIS FILM - IS THE VERY ONE THAT IS DOING IT ALL!

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