(Note: Every year since we began publishing ThePreachersWord, we’ve taken a holiday break. During this time, we reblog the top posts of the year. This year we’re posting the top 10 most-read posts from 2025, regardless of the year of the original post. This one, coming in at #7, goes back to March of 2013.
We’ve been watching the History Channel’s presentation of The Bible from Executive Producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. The reaction has been interesting.
Movie critics called it “fractious and overwrought,” “a further piece of evidence that drama and reverence don’t mix well,” and “a mini-series full of emoting that does not register emotionally.”
Predictably, the Christian Post and similar news outlets have hailed The Bible as “awesome,” inspiring, and “spot on.” Continue reading
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