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4 Things to Know most History's Jesus: His Life

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4 Things to Know virtually History's <em>Jesus: His Life</em>

A new eight-office series most the life of Jesus will premiere on the History Channel Monday, March 25, recounting the story of Christ from his nascency to his death, burial and resurrection.

The series volition air two episodes back to back over four weeks, concluding just prior to Easter.

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1. It Examines Jesus Through the Eyes of Others

The serial' eight episodes await at Jesus' life from the perspective of eight New Attestation individuals: Joseph, John the Baptist, Mary, Caiaphas, Judas, Peter, Pontius Pilate and Mary Magdalene. It is a mixture of drama (showing the characters interacting with Christ) and interviews with scholars (who give united states of america their thoughts on the scene). I screened the starting time two episodes.

The drama can be powerful. The interaction between Mary and Joseph in Episode 1 stays true to Scripture while exploring questions we frequently have virtually their betrothal. For example: What were Joseph's emotions when Mary told him she was pregnant? In Episode 2, we see a scene involving Jesus' temptation in the desert. Information technology most drew me to tears.

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two. It Contains a Diverse Lineup

Different races and denominations are represented, with more than than 25 scholars, theologians and religion leaders discussing the life of Christ. Information technology is uplifting to run into such a diverse grouping discuss the Christian story.

Bishop Michael Curry – who preached at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – speaks, as does pastor and writer Joel Osteen; Joshua DuBois, an assistant and spiritual advisor to President Obama; Otis Moss 3, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago; Candida Moss, professor of theology at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom; and Gabriel Salguero, a pastor and the president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition.

Well-nigh of the 2 dozen-plus leaders affirm the biblical story during their interviews. A scattering, though, practice not.

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3. It's a Mixture of Biblical Affirmation and Biblical Criticism

3. Information technology's a Mixture of Biblical Affirmation and Biblical Criticism

Jesus: His Lifeis entertaining and even inspiring, yet it won't receive an endorsement from many evangelicals and orthodox Christians because of its inclusion of biblical criticism – that is, doubting what is evidently written in Scripture.

In the first episode, University of Iowa professor Robert Cargill says the massacre of the innocents – Herod's killing of children two and younger as depicted in Matthew two:16-18 – never happened. He also doubts that the Roman census (Luke 2:1-2) took identify. Thankfully, an evangelical New Attestation professor – Ben Witherington of Asbury Seminary – is given the risk to respond in the series.

"The audience gets to see a spectrum of possible interpretations of the story," Witherington told Crosswalk. "It'south very clear that the series is not trying to just sort of dis Jesus or approach the subject area as a sort of Dan Dark-brownDa Vinci Codenovel."

Cargill, who teaches Judaism, Christianity and the classics at his university, is a bright scholar. Only a television series near Christ and his followers is ever better if it affirms the biblical account, instead of picking information technology apart. (And even if Cargill is in the minority.) Information technology's also more likely to win a larger audience. (For examples of this washed better in mainstream Television set, see A&E'sChristianity: The Commencement i,000 Yearsand PBS'Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine.)

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4. It's an Opportunity to Discuss the Gospel

iv. It'due south an Opportunity to Discuss the Gospel

Even if the series isn't perfect, it presents Christians with a rare opportunity – the chance to discuss a mainstream Tv set series most the Savior of the globe with their unbelieving friends and family members. Later all, it's not every calendar week that a TV show nearly Jesus is on a non-Christian aqueduct.

"The level of biblical literacy in society has been declining precipitously in the last forty or so years," Witherington said. "It's an opportunity to heighten people's understanding of who this person who changed human history really was, and what his significance was. … It'due south an opportunity for the civilization to push the suspension push button and say, 'I really need to rethink what Jesus' place is in human life.'"

Michael Foust is a freelance writer. Visit his blog, MichaelFoust.com

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