There is a fascinating scene in the new global success TV series The Chosen . It is fictional dramatisation of events in the life and ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ. Like all works of fiction that depict true in the life of our Lord there is a danger of not only crafting a man made image, literally, of Jesus, which is no Jesus at all but an idolatrous figment of our imagination. There is also the wider danger that fictional events can come to dominate the true events that God wants us to know and meditate on the Bible. We already have the true Bible we don’t really need additional fictional details. That said, The Chosen has been made, and in the “second best” scenario where you find yourself watching a TV series you are certainly better off watching this one, as long as you keep the above dangers in constant view. There are certainly many excellent fictional moments in the film. One of my favourites so far is in Series 1 , E...
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