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I believe the Arts can give us fresh eyes to see the significance of the Bible and the beauty of the Gospel.

I also believe the Bible can provide the arts with complex characters and stories with profound insight into the human condition.

Join me as I explore biblical adaptations like The Chosen and seek to cultivate greater appreciation for creativity, the arts, and adaptation within the Christian community.

Two by Two (Exploring The Chosen Season 3 Episode 2 with Youth or Small Group)

If you're planning on watching The Chosen Season 3 for pleasure, my suggestion is that you watch Episode 1 and Episode 2 together, since the

Kevin Keating

Dec 6, 20229 min read

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Homecoming (Exploring The Chosen Season 3 Episode 1 with Youth or Small Group)

Episode 1 of The Chosen Season 3 is an ideal episode to discuss and study in your small group, Bible study, youth ministry, or family.

Kevin Keating

Nov 22, 20228 min read

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Testament & The Shift: New Bible Adaptations Inspired by The Chosen

With the immense success of The Chosen and its unique crowd-funding model, Angel Studios is in the process of creating two more screen adapt

Kevin Keating

Sep 23, 20225 min read

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Should Nicodemus Kneel? Narrative Ambiguity & Charitable Reading (The Chosen Controversies)

I explore controversies generated by ambiguity in the Born Again conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus in The Chosen Season 1 Episode 7

Kevin Keating

Aug 15, 20227 min read

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What The Chosen Season 3 Should Be About

In this post, I argue what Season 3 of The Chosen (coming this Fall) should be about based on the end of Season 2 and the Gospel material.

Kevin Keating

Aug 10, 202210 min read

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Exploring "Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers" with Youth

Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers is an interesting mixture of old and new. On the one hand, The Messengers brings The Chosen back t

Kevin Keating

Dec 27, 202111 min read

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Judas, Matthew, & The Sermon on the Mount (Exploring The Chosen Season 2 Episode 8 with Youth)

Episode 8 is The Chosen Season 2 doing what The Chosen does best: providing emotional context for a Bible scene (the Sermon on the Mount).

Kevin Keating

Jul 16, 20218 min read

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Mercy and Not Sacrifice (Exploring The Chosen Season 2 Episode 6 with Youth)

The Chosen Season 2 Episode 6, like Ep. 5, is juggling several plots: Matthew & Simon Peter play buddy cop as they search for Mary Magdalene

Kevin Keating

Jun 28, 202110 min read

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Learning Bible Adaptation from The Chosen

Adapting biblical stories is a powerful spiritual discipline that enables you to enter into the Bible in a new way. It's also a great form o

Kevin Keating

Jun 3, 20215 min read

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Mary's Demons & the Destiny of John the Baptist (Exploring The Chosen Season 2 Episode 5 with Youth)

The Chosen Season 2 Episode 5 is a very complex episode that develops a variety of plot lines and character arcs that were set up earlier in

Kevin Keating

May 28, 202110 min read

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Simon the Zealot & the Man at the Bethesda Pool (Exploring The Chosen Season 2 Episode 4 with Youth)

During the public premiere of The Chosen Season 2 Episode 4, Dallas Jenkins said it's the most complex and challenging episode of The Chosen

Kevin Keating

May 15, 202111 min read

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Life Among the Disciples of Jesus (Exploring The Chosen Season 2 Episode 3 with Youth)

The Chosen Season 2 Episode 3 gives us a window into everyday life as a disciple of Jesus. The episode is titled "Matthew 4:24" in reference

Kevin Keating

Apr 22, 20218 min read

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Philip, Nathanael, & Matthew (Exploring The Chosen Season 2 Episode 2 with Youth)

Nathanael is one of the most enigmatic characters found in the Gospels, and so it's no surprise that The Chosen Season 2 Episode 2 has adapt

Kevin Keating

Apr 15, 20217 min read

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The Beloved Disciple (Exploring The Chosen Season 2 Episode 1 with Youth)

The Chosen Season 2 is underway! I recently did a blog exploring how The Chosen Season 2 Episode 1 adapts the biblical characters of John an

Kevin Keating

Apr 11, 20218 min read

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James & John in The Chosen (Adapting Biblical Characters)

The Chosen Season 2 is here, and the Sons of Thunder (John and Big James) showed up in an appropriately big and surprising way. The Chosen..

Kevin Keating

Apr 8, 202112 min read

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The Woman at the Well, Eden, & Zohara (Exploring The Chosen Season 1 Episode 8 with Youth)

this episode of The Chosen shows us the impact of Jesus on Simon's wife (Eden), her mother, Nicodemus' wife (Zohara), Mary, and Photina (the

Kevin Keating

Mar 31, 20217 min read

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Did Nicodemus Follow Jesus? (Exploring The Chosen Season 1 Episode 7 with Youth)

Episode 7 of The Chosen brings us to the climax of Nicodemus' journey, when he finally encounters Jesus and they have their famous born agai

Kevin Keating

Mar 25, 202111 min read

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Rabbi Jesus, Shmuel, & the Pharisees [Exploring The Chosen Season 1 Episode 6 with Youth]

Episode 6 of The Chosen brings Jesus into his first direct confrontation with the Pharisees, embodied particularly in Shmuel, former student

Kevin Keating

Mar 18, 20216 min read

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Mary, Mother of Jesus [Exploring The Chosen Season 1 Episode 5 with Youth]

In contrast to how popular Protestant Evangelicalism tends to deemphasize Mary, The Chosen presents us with a picture of Jesus' relationship

Kevin Keating

Mar 11, 20216 min read

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When Jesus Met Simon (Peter) [Exploring The Chosen Season 1 Episode 4 with Youth]

After a long build up, episode 4 of The Chosen finally presents the story of when Jesus met Simon Peter. However if you are an astute Bible

Kevin Keating

Mar 4, 20218 min read

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