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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.

Judas Iscariot in The Chosen (Adapting Biblical Characters)

Like most of you, I have been eager to see how The Chosen would portray Judas Iscariot, the last and most notorious of the twelve disciples.

Kevin Keating

Jul 23, 202113 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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Quintus Returns (Exploring The Chosen Season 2 Episode 7 with Youth)

Season 1 of The Chosen ended with Praetor Quintus ordering that Jesus of Nazareth be detained for questioning. This plot, left dangling for

Kevin Keating

Jul 2, 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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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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What is The Chosen Season 2 about?

Three episodes into The Chosen Season 2, it's quite clear that The Chosen has evolved significantly since Season 1. Some will respond to how

Kevin Keating

May 2, 20218 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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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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The Depiction of Jesus in Art, Film, and TV (Exploring The Chosen Season 1 Episode 3 with Youth)

If you're going to view The Chosen with your youth group, it's a good opportunity to discuss the diverse ways each of us imagines Jesus. Epi

Kevin Keating

Feb 23, 20218 min read

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Quintus, Gaius, Atticus, & the Romans in The Chosen (Adapting Biblical Characters)

Although "Quintus," "Gaius," and "Atticus" are not names found within the Gospel accounts, as we analyze their depiction in The Chosen, we'l

Kevin Keating

Jan 25, 202125 min read

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Jesus in The Chosen (Adapting Biblical Characters)

If there's one aspect of The Chosen that elevates it above previous adaptations of the Gospels, it's the portrayal of Jesus. I've discussed

Kevin Keating

Jul 4, 20205 min read

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Mary Magdalene in The Chosen (Adapting Biblical Characters)

The important role that Mary Magdalene plays in The Chosen is not nearly as surprising as that of Nicodemus.

Kevin Keating

May 30, 202013 min read

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The Chosen & The Future of Bible Adaptation, Film, & TV

Instead of abandoning biblical-fidelity, The Chosen demonstrates why adaptations need to lean in and tout their confessional non-mainstream

Kevin Keating

Mar 9, 20207 min read

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Why Even Non-Artists Should Draw More in Youth Ministry

...regardless of what aptitudes a student may have, it is best if he or she processes content using a variety of means of engagement

Kevin Keating

Sep 9, 20194 min read

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