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Yes, so have I - after checking out two episodes and the prologue. I watched about 5-10 episodes of the third episode before getting the critique from my friend - and I was put off by the way it started: Jesus crying and wailing for the Father to give Him His glory (or share His glory with Him - I had trouble trying to turn on subtitles so didn't catch every word as I watched it). And then He meets a couple of children and the scene is all about joking with them. I know He cared for children, but the Bible presents Him as someone serious on His way to the cross, not someone making jokes and quick witted comments whenever He could. The second episode also had a sexually suggestive joke, which I felt had no place in light of what this series is about.

I've viewed some of the episodes and read the critique from Berean Call. It is my decision based on what I understand from God's word to avoid the Chosen.
There are a lot of good productions of films based on every day (present day) Christian experiences. I can watch these which don't depict Biblical characters while adding or embedding images and text which don't need to occupy my thoughts. Possible thought, "I wonder if Mary Magdalene really did go back to the bar and steep herself in alcohol after becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ?" Personally, I can't imagine that. I don't care what one of Christ's attributes the Chosen was attempting to display.
Then, too, Matthew was guiding Christ when He prepared to teach during the Sermon on the Mount! Straight out WRONG! 
 

I've viewed some of the episodes and read the critique from Berean Call. It is my decision based on what I understand from God's word to avoid the Chosen.
There are a lot of good productions of films based on every day (present day) Christian experiences. I can watch these which don't depict Biblical characters while adding or embedding images and text which don't need to occupy my thoughts. Possible thought, "I wonder if Mary Magdalene really did go back to the bar and steep herself in alcohol after becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ?" Personally, I can't imagine that. I don't care what one of Christ's attributes the Chosen was attempting to display.
Then, too, Matthew was guiding Christ when He prepared to teach during the Sermon on the Mount! Straight out WRONG! 
 

I've viewed some of the episodes and read the critique from Berean Call. It is my decision based on what I understand from God's word to avoid the Chosen.
There are a lot of good productions of films based on every day (present day) Christian experiences. I can watch these which don't depict Biblical characters while adding or embedding images and text which don't need to occupy my thoughts. Possible thought, "I wonder if Mary Magdalene really did go back to the bar and steep herself in alcohol after becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ?" Personally, I can't imagine that. I don't care what one of Christ's attributes the Chosen was attempting to display.
Then, too, Matthew was guiding Christ when He prepared to teach during the Sermon on the Mount! Straight out WRONG! 
 

Thanks Bro. Tony... P.S. I remembered you and your wife in prayer today.

Hey, a cup brought me back here 

Hey, a cup brought me back here 

I have NO problem with the "sinner's prayer" of faith in Christ asking him for his gift of eternal forgiveness and eternal salvation.  Such most certainly IS a Biblical concept and practice.  On the other hand, I DO have a problem with the philosophy and practice of "easy prayerism," wherein repeating a set of prayer-words is made equal to heart-faith in Christ.  Such most certainly is a corruption of Biblical concepts and practices.

It has been my experience that it is looked down on because many of those that want the sinner to repeat the prayer will declare that the sinner is saved if he or she does. To these people it is a numbers game, the more people that repeat the prayer, the more people the soul winner can add to their list.
Those that decry using the sinner's prayer during soul winning see it as "easy believism". In other words, " they said the prayer, now they are saved".

We give... A cup with the church name on it, with some wrapped candy. A visitor folder with typed sheets containing church hours & ministries, another with brief primary faith tenants, a Gospel tract and a pen with our church name on it.

Don't forget we get a lot of traffic (saved and unsaved) from Google when people search, I believe Jerry's comments will be beneficial to some that may come across this site via search.

Sadly, some of my own loved ones are presently being deceived by this initiative.
I will continue to pray for those loved ones until the Holy Spirit tells me to stop.

I will be praying the Lord's leading for you and your wife.

Jerry, thank you I will probably begin to watch these with a critical eye. I'll provide any other things I notice, either good or bad. If it were not for the portrayal of Christ's earthly ministry in it, I would probably treat it as another Christian production. But we know what the Bible teaches about "counsel" in the Proverbs, so again thanks for taking the time to look into the films and giving feedback.

Sadly, some of my own loved ones are presently being deceived by this initiative.
I will continue to pray for those loved ones until the Holy Spirit tells me to stop.

I signed up for information about the site today, I couldn't get an app for my phone 'android' and they don't have that yet. Also, I have a Windows based PC not a mac so I would be out there too.
I intend to only watch it to see what it turns into.
You're probably right on target for the outcome.

I may look for their trailers and look it over.

On the app, there is a 20 minute prologue to the show called The Shepherd (can't remember if the title was plural or not). It deals with the shepherds that visited the family in the manger. One shepherd was crippled in one leg. After the angels gave the announcement to the shepherds of the birth of the Saviour, the crippled shepherd ran towards where the couple was - and was healed as he ran, dropping his crutch.
In one of the other videos in the app, the producer basically says it was an ecumenical project, consulting and working with believers, unbelievers, mormons, jewish rabbis, evangelicals and catholics - not trying to present a specific doctrinal viewpoint, but what the Bible actually says (yeah, right - you have to water it down to the lowest common denominator to present a view of the Gospels/life of Christ that all can agree on).
Does that mean there is nothing of value in it? Not saying that - but I am saying IF you do watch it, compare everything to the Bible, and take their presentation with a grain of salt.
For the sake of the videos, I will say the production level is well done and so is the acting (don't want to call it "good," as you know what the Bible says in Romans 6:23) - but decent production efforts does not constitute truth or automatically result in a final product that pleases God.

Checking out the app a bit. It lists a lot of CCM artists involved in it. So it may not be a "Hollywood" portrayal of Christ, but instead another attempt at a "mainstream Christian" portrayal of Jesus, which could be just as bad - maybe even more so, as Hollywood typically just wants to mock and distort Jesus and Bible Christianity; whereas "mainstream Christianity" is too often presenting another Jesus, a Jesus the whole world can follow.
 

I did find some of the episodes on a tv app I have, so I watched the first episode. The an ad on Youtube showed that there is a free "The Chosen App" where you can watch all the episodes on it for free. So I started watching episode 2 today - only got about 5-10 minutes in so far.
The show attempts to show the public ministry of Christ (as we see in the Gospels), and contains some flashbacks of certain characters or of the nation to give some background or history.
There was no swearing on episode one, but someone calls another character "a something (a certain animal - can't remember which) anus."
There is Christian rock music throughout various parts of it. The advertisements show "Jesus" as quick to show off his wit to those around him. In episode one, at one point Nicodemus refers to "all the angels of God", and names the ones in Jewish myths, such as Uriel, Raphael, etc.
One part that bothers me, which could be an attempt to slip some corruption in, or just bad choices by the producers and writers in light of the corruption in modern Christendom: They have two characters in episode one named Lilith (in the context of the show it was an assumed name by Mary Magdalene - but in Jewish myths, she is Adam's first wife who later took on the form of the serpent to enlighten mankind), and Eden (the name of Peter's wife). I think that having these two women's names for the two primary female characters in episode one is not coincidence - but at least the red flags will help me critique this show a little better.
Also, they portray Matthew in a manner that comes off to me as very effeminate, which is bothersome.
I recognize two actors from other shows I have seen in the past - cannot remember which ones, but the rest of the cast is unfamiliar to me.
The show proclaims to be not made by Hollywood, but crowd-funded - giving the impression that the producers wanted to get the story out without Hollywood's touch on it. That seems like a decent thing, but it could also give them an opportunity to present the ministry of Jesus and the surrounding characters in whatever manner they wanted to.
Initial impressions, aside from a couple of concerns I mentioned above, the show seems ok, assuming they keep going in the same way to cover more of Jesus' ministry and don't slip in some junk (though one of the advertisements seem to indicate they may possibly make Peter out to be the rock in Matthew 16 - typically Catholic presentations of the life of Christ focus on Peter being the rock the church is built on, instead of the rock being the belief in Christ).
Then of course, there is the whole issue of images of Jesus being portrayed (which the Bible clearly forbids) - yes, it is a tv show about Him, not a statue or a still image - YET, Mel Gibson did a movie on "the passion of the Christ" put out by his Catholic movie production company called ICON (statues of Jesus intended to be worshipped) Productions, implying his religious movies were moving icons/statues of Jesus to be worshipped, so to consider any movies or Tv shows of Jesus being in the same light (in the eyes of God) is a reasonable application. Also, having physical portrayal of the Lord Jesus Christ gives a physical impression of Him, which may linger in some people's minds when praying or thinking about the true Saviour. The Bible NEVER portrays Jesus physically (and the description of Jesus in Revelation 1 is a symbolic, not a physical, representation) - it always focusses on who He is, what He has done, how He interacted with those around Him, etc.

I've signed up for it....but that was only for information purposes only. I would probably never use it. I've tried many other sites (different from FB) and have found them lacking. That said, I'm not really a fan of FB either. Their algorithms are the worst, and their "fact-check" is a joke. 

Many of us, probably most of us, whose heads have not been buried in the attempted "new normal" which isn't new by any means, are aware of the illuminate, council on foreign relations, and the "old rich" all manipulated by Satan. So, I definitely agree on the wizards (not seen) behind the curtain pulling the career politician's strings. The thought on "oligarchy" was just an attempt to define the lack of response to "we the people" from all corners. 
I've never read "What Hath God Wrought" but you've tweaked my interest. I may check it out.

Something that can be watched and "clean" that is a plus. I have to turn away during commercials these days because of all the protected alphabet people (LGBTQ...WXY&Z), sex, & worldliness shown as normal!

I personally have not seen it so cannot comment to the show itself. I have, however, seen stills of scenes and am not impressed with how they purport Jesus to look.

I've heard the name but not what it was about. Is it supposed to be about the life of Christ? If so, I hope they are not portraying Him as doing any signs or miracles, as the Gospels indicate His first signs and miracles were done during His years of ministry. Also, hope they don't delve into myths cultists teach about Jesus going into Asia or other Eastern countries to learn from other religious leaders.