One of the things that The Chosen is prone to do is create drama or a cliffhanger using events that aren’t in the Bible. This episode is an example of this. My concern is that they are using fiction to create an emotional response instead of true things.
Most of this episode is either fiction, or even in this case error. However, the episode lands on a pretty good note with a fairly biblical presentation of the calling of Philip and Nathaniel.
The Bible contains everything that is needed to move our hearts. I would rather the writers and editors use those things that are inspired by the Spirit to inspire the watcher.
It has been a few weeks since I have posted an episode guide, but here we find ourselves back into Season 1 after having tackled Season 5. I will continue to work my way through each of the seasons week by week.
Several of the episodes that we have seen recently have been mostly filled with stories drawn directly from Scripture. This episode is one where most of the content is made up and not found in the biblical record.
While many of the events in this episode are fictional, they are helpful in getting a sense of how that week may have felt to his followers. Confusion, unrest, change…it must have been a hard week for his followers to understand.
I was hopeful after season 1, episode 6 that we would see more of the content being drawn out of scripture and less from speculation. This isn’t the case in this episode, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t helpful things here.
Some gospel writers are more concerned about the chronology of events than others. So while the order of events in this episode may or may not be exact, this episode is a pretty good representation of the early ministry of Jesus.
I want to write a quick post to help you be discerning as you watch The Chosen rather than only having to depend on blogs and episode guides like I am doing right now. I believe that there are helpful things about The Chosen, but I believe there are some helpful things as well.
This is the first episode in which we get actual events that are found in the pages of the Bible! Not much of what is here is found in the pages of Scripture, but hopefully we are moving in that direction.
The first two episodes of season 5 have been refreshing in that it contains more actual events that I have seen in past episodes. There are still concerning elements, but some helpful things as well.
Even thought I’m just starting to blog my way through this series, I want to include the most recent episodes for Season 5, which is in theaters now. Here is episode 1.
