Watch: An angel breaks the apostles out of prison in a new clip from next...
Plus: a quick tour through films that have depicted Peter's escape(s) from prison, starring James Brolin, Robert Foxworth, Denis Quilley and Omar Sharif.
View ArticleA.D. The Bible Continues — season one, episode five
The most disappointing episode so far neglects to depict the ethnic tension between the Hebraic and Hellenistic Jews, and how this led to the ordination of the first seven deacons.
View ArticleWatch: Simon the magician meets Philip the miracle-worker in a clip from the...
Very few films have depicted this episode from the book of Acts.
View ArticleA.D. The Bible Continues — season one, episode six
The first five episodes zipped through multiple chapters of the New Testament at a time, but the sixth episode dwells on just three verses from the book of Acts so that it can introduce us to Saul, the...
View ArticleSaul’s road-to-Damascus experience: twelve films
Did Paul see the risen Jesus, or did he see only a light in the sky? Was he riding a horse when he had his road-to-Damascus experience, or was he going on foot? These and other questions are answered...
View ArticleA.D. The Bible Continues — season one, episode eight
Saul converts to Christianity, Tiberius can't decide what to do about Caligula and Agrippa, and the series introduces us to Joanna, the follower of Jesus who works for Herod Antipas and his wife Herodias.
View ArticleWatch: Philip is the original vanishing hitchhiker, and more, in three new...
Plus: a look at how four other films have depicted Philip's baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch and his subsequent disappearance -- or not.
View ArticleA.D. The Bible Continues — season one, episode eleven
Quick notes on how the series revises the conversion stories of Cornelius and the Ethiopian eunuch, how it amplifies the miraculous raising of Tabitha from the dead, and more.
View ArticleSix cinematic interpretations of the Jewish elder Gamaliel
A minor character in the book of Acts has been used by various screenwriters to emphasize the ties between Judaism and Christianity, as well as the divisions and diversity within first-century Judaism.
View ArticleEaster Mysteries and the rarely-ever-dramatized appearance of the resurrected...
A filmed version of the stage musical, including a panel discussion co-hosted by a friend of mine, will screen at theatres across the United States on Tuesday night.
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