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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.
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Kevin Keating
Oct 29, 202218 min read
I am the Law of Moses (The Chosen Season 3 Controversy)
In the official trailer for The Chosen Season 3, the Pharisees warn Jesus that they may have to follow (the punishment for blasphemy in) the
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Kevin Keating
Oct 19, 202213 min read
John the Baptist in The Chosen (Adapting Biblical Characters)
As expected, in Episode 1 of The Chosen Season 4 we see John executed by King Herod at the request of his wife Herodias and her daughter, Sa
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Kevin Keating
Oct 14, 202213 min read
Lilith, Demons, & Evil Spirits in The Chosen (Adapting Biblical Characters)
Demons and evil spirits like Lilith and Belial have played a small but important role in The Chosen, just as they do in the Bible. With Hall
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Kevin Keating
Oct 6, 202210 min read
Preparing for The Chosen Season 3: 7 Episodes to Watch
Season 3 of The Chosen has finished filming and will begin airing in November. You might not have time to (re)watch all of The Chosen before
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Kevin Keating
Sep 23, 20225 min read
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
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Kevin Keating
Sep 13, 202212 min read
Simon the Zealot and Nathanael in The Chosen (Adapting Biblical Characters)
The Bible gives us very little information about Simon the Zealot and Nathanael - two of the more significant disciples The Chosen introduce
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Kevin Keating
Sep 6, 202211 min read
The Rings of Power, LOTR, and Bible Adaptation
The Rings of Power, Amazon's prequel to LOTR, based on JRR Tolkien's Second Age material is an interesting example of adaptation. This isn't
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Kevin Keating
Aug 15, 20227 min read
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
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Kevin Keating
Apr 21, 20229 min read
Creepy John the Baptist & Dallas Jenkins (The Chosen Controversies)
In today's post on The Chosen, I'll turn to the "Creepy John" controversy. We'll be considering whether the way Simon (Peter) and Andrew
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Kevin Keating
Apr 6, 202212 min read
The Chosen: 12 Good Friday & Easter Episodes
Although The Chosen won't depict Good Friday or Easter for at least a couple more seasons, several episodes of The Chosen Season 1, 2, & 3
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Kevin Keating
Mar 30, 20227 min read
Jesus, Dancing Jokes, & Genre (The Chosen Controversies)
Dallas Jenkins recently released a video highlighting the top five most frequent controversies and complaints directed at The Chosen. While
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Kevin Keating
Mar 12, 202211 min read
Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power & The Challenges of Biblical Adaptation
Since the release of the trailer for Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power, social media has been host to a heated debate between Tolkien fans w
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Kevin Keating
Feb 25, 202211 min read
In Defense of The Chosen & Other Christian Movies, Books, & Media (Part 2)
The narrative goes something like this: "Christian literature, art, and music was once great and beautiful, but now they have fallen; so-cal
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Kevin Keating
Feb 16, 20228 min read
In Defense of The Chosen & Other Christian Movies, Books, & Media (Part 1)
Whenever I talk to Christians who consider themselves to be particularly cultured and artistically sophisticated, I almost inevitably hear a
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Kevin Keating
Oct 27, 20218 min read
Is The Chosen Accurate? Is it Biblical? (The Chosen Controversies)
Is The Chosen biblically accurate? Does it add too much to the Bible or is it a faithful adaptation? This seems to be a question of great co
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Kevin Keating
Oct 16, 20215 min read
Beyond The Chosen: Exploring the Biblical World
The success of The Chosen and its popularity is due in large part to how the show provides a wider audience of Christians with a detailed an
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Kevin Keating
Aug 14, 20217 min read
What was The Chosen Season Season 2 about? (Plots & Theme)
A few months ago, after watching the first few episodes of The Chosen Season 2, I made some initial predictions about what lay ahead and wha
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Kevin Keating
Jul 23, 202113 min read
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.
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Kevin Keating
Jul 16, 20218 min read
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).
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Kevin Keating
Jul 2, 20218 min read
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
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