I finally had a chance to watch my DVR’d “The Bible” show last night and I have a few thoughts if you will read me out.

1) Watch it. Seriously, it is worth a watch. It is not as cheesy as some other older Christian movies, while it still does have some elements that might embarrass. It is clear that the series is telling the narrative to get us involved with the text and is diving into the likely relational aspects that would have happened (such as Sarah having to decide to follow her husband “who hears God”). Nearly all of their assumptions are certainly plausible, even if not even implied in the text.

However, tread carefully. No series this short can fit it all, so they had to trim and cut and make it all fit. My recommendation is to watch it, with your Bible open and see what is there and what is not there. If you don’t want to do this, at least watch it with someone who knows the text very well and can discuss it with you. I believe at a minimum the series will get you wanting to read the Word for yourself.

2) I am loving the allusions to Christ being made throughout. This is the Christian view of the text so far, and that is a good thing in a world where we are less and less understood. Christ was foretold throughout the Hebrew Scriptures (we call a collection of these books the Old Testament), and this series is doing much to show those instances.

3) I wish I had seen an advance view of Sunday’s episode. I preached on the Exodus on Sunday morning, and the TV series did a great job of giving a visual of what I was talking about. At a minimum, in our ADD ADHD culture, you will want to sit and check this out.

4) My hope is that you will then go to the text and really learn it yourself. Take the images painted by this TV show, and construct in your imagination what you are reading so that the Bible a) comes alive for you in a new way and b) gets you excited to read it again.

This book is not really overwhelming, we just so often neglect the fact that we have to work a little to be good at it. Dig in, watch the show and fall in love with the text again!