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FIFO. Fiction In Fiction Out Will what happened to her happen to everyone? Probably. But let’s say for the sake of discussion, probably not. Should we warn of the danger? You laughed at the woman’s plight. I shared her cautionary story. Go ahead and laugh. At her. At me. It doesn’t change...

“When I respond to Jesus as portrayed in ‘The Chosen,’ am I responding to the true Jesus? Well, maybe. To the degree my response relates to attributes of Jesus established by the Bible, I believe I am. … The trouble for me was, it wasn’t only working in that direction (pointing me to...

Will be interesting to see how fans of the Left Behind series react to this.

If you want to watch it, then do it.

“I love putting my feet up to read biblical historical fiction, so when I heard the novelisation of the TV series The Chosen was available, I consumed it with vigor. What I received was a vivid retelling of how Christ called his first disciples, showcasing the context of ancient Israel and the...

The Chosen is historical fiction. It’s entertaining, wildly popular and many see no danger in it. Many do and warn about it. What about the Bible? Is the Bible historical fiction? This author asserts that it is. https://vridar.org/2013/09/28/why-the-gospels-are-historical-fiction/ Is there...

All danger should be warned against.

He isn’t. I am. He doesn’t warn of danger because he sees none. I, and others, warn of danger because we see it. Heed the warning or ignore it. My responsibility as a pastor is to warn.

Thanks. I think it’s important to draw attention to the inherent dangers, as do the other pastor’s whom I’ve quoted.

No. It claims that 95% of the content is not found in the Bible. Would you be concerned if Jesus says and does things in The Chosen that he didn’t and wouldn’t have said and done in the 1st century?

“It’s easy for those familiar with the Gospels to pick out the fiction; not so much for those who are biblically illiterate. The Chosen is perhaps best seen as Jesus in an ‘alternative universe’ - how would he interact if the characters of the Bible actually did these things? From that...

I defer to the pastors whom I’ve quoted.

“If you describe statements as a half-truths, you mean that they are only partly based on fact and are intended or likely to deceive people.” https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/half-truth Several of the pastors I have quoted have expressed concerns about potential of The...

Does The Chosen present half-truths? Antonyms for half-truth - https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/half-truth Several of these antonyms - fiction being a common one - come up frequently in critical reviews of the Chosen.

“The show gets a lot of things wrong and puts a false image in people’s minds of the events outlined in the Bible. … The final straw for me was the season three opener ... an unnecessary direction with sexual overtones and innuendos. … I know a lot of people love the show and think that it’s...

“Now, as a pastor I would call you to beware of potential problems. That’s what a pastor does.” https://www.odfellowship.org/blog/post/why-you-might-watch-the-chosen The linked review of The Chosen is an update from a trinitarian pastor who takes a similar attitude / position toward the...