The Bible Artist Podcast

This week on The Bible Artist Podcast, Shaan Sharma joins Kevin to discuss his role as Shmuel, a Pharisee leader and the primary opponent of Jesus in  The Chosen . Topics include: Shaan's personal journey as an actor The SAG-AFTRA strike and agreement Who were the Pharisees? Shmuel's motivations, perspective, and strengths/weaknesses The encounter between Shmuel and Jesus in The Chosen Sea...

The Chosen cast member, Elijah Alexander, joins Kevin on The Bible Artist Podcast to discuss his role as Atticus Aemilius, a cohortes urbanae, a Roman agent investigating the rising popularity of Jesus and his disciples in Judea and Galilee. Elijah brings a wealth of knowledge to the role, having been steeped in biblical stories and the ancient Greco-Roman texts from an early age. In our conversat...

The Chosen cast member, David Amito, joins Kevin on The Bible Artist Podcast to discuss his role as John the Baptist (aka John the Baptizer), the prophet who prepared the way for the ministry of Jesus and helped announce the arrival of the Messiah. After a brief detour discussing their shared love of horror films and the misunderstanding and controversy that surrounded David’s experimental film, A...

Jordan Walker Ross joins Kevin on The Bible Artist Podcast to discuss his role as Little James in The Chosen, the hit Bible series that explores the life and ministry of Jesus through the eyes of his followers. Recently, news broke that The Chosen Season 4 will debut in theaters in February and Little James will play an important role in the upcoming season. In their conversation, Jordan and Kevin...

Chris Cragin-Day is a theater professor and writer of numerous plays, musicals, and screenplays, including The Unusual Tale of Mary and Joseph's Baby , a musical retelling of the biblical Christmas story, which is also being developed into an animated film. Chris and I discuss the inspiration behind the upcoming film, her unique approach to adapting/retelling the beloved story of the virgin Ma...

Arve Solli is head of  Bible X , a video game development team dedicated to providing easy access to the world’s most impactful message through immersive experiences. Currently, the Bible X team is in the process of  raising support on Kickstarter  for  Gate Zero , a video game that takes players back to the days of Jesus and allows them to engage with the locations and events described in the Gos...

John Hendrix  is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling illustrator and author of several children’s books, including  Miracle Man: The Story of Jesus ,  Go and Do Likewise: The Parables & Wisdom of Jesus ,  The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer & the Plot to Kill Hitler , The Holy Ghost: a Spirited Comic , and many others. In my most recent installment of the Bible Artist podcast (...

Christopher Powers is a pastor, artist, and the creator of Full of Eyes, a ministry that seeks to visually proclaim the glory of God taught in Scripture. Our conversation covers a variety of topics: What is visual exegesis? What does it mean to be full of eyes? And why are the symbolic dimensions of Scripture so important? Christopher also walks us through a few pieces of exegetical art and explai...

The Chosen Season 4 began production recently and it is natural for fans to be curious about what we can expect in the new season. In today's podcast (based on a recent blog ), I look at where Season 3 left off and what we know about the upcoming seasons. From there, I predict some of the key biblical events that we can expect in Season 4 and what the shape of the season itself may look like....

The Word of Glory is an adaptation of the Gospel of John into narrative poetry written by Kevin Keating. The poem closely follows the shape of the original text but amplifies the metaphors, symbolism, and biblical allusions. The 2nd Judgment of John adapts John 1:29-39, in which John the Baptist proclaims that Jesus is the Lamb of God and encourages his disciples to follow him. This is Section 2 o...

On the blog I have an ongoing series exploring how The Chosen adapts biblical characters , and in today’s podcast I’ll be revisiting a post I wrote just a few months ago about how The Chosen depicts Little James or as he’s more traditionally known, James the Lesser. Up until his big moment in Episode 2 of Season 3, Little James has played an appropriately small role in The Chosen. With only a hand...

The Word of Glory is an adaptation of the Gospel of John into narrative poetry written by Kevin Keating. The poem closely follows the shape of the original text but amplifies the metaphors, symbolism, and biblical allusions. The 1st Judgment of John adapts John 1:19-28, in which servants of the religious elite in Jerusalem come to John the Baptist and question him about his ministry. This is Secti...

The Chosen has become one of the most popular and successful adaptations of the Bible and depictions of Jesus in recent memory. On The Bible Artist Blog I have an ongoing series exploring how The Chosen adapts biblical characters, and in today’s podcast I revisit an old post I wrote about Gaius and Quintus , two of the main Roman characters that we’ve encountered in the series so far. Although "Qu...

Later this week, on Thursday February 2, The Chosen Season 3 Finale (Episodes 7 & 8) will premiere in theaters. If you’re planning on watching the Finale with your small group, youth ministry, or family and you want to do a Bible study in advance, check out The Bible Artist Blog to find a small group bible study that focuses on the feeding of the 5,000 , which we know will be the focus of Epis...

The Word of Glory is an adaptation of the Gospel of John into narrative poetry written by Kevin Keating. The poem closely follows the shape of the original text but amplifies the metaphors, symbolism, and biblical allusions. The Prologue adapts John 1:1-18, which is famous for describing the pre-incarnate Christ as "The Word" that was with God and was God. For more information about Kevin Keating'...

The death of John the Baptist in The Chosen is drawing nigh. In this episode of The Bible Artist Podcast, I explore what the Bible has to say about John and how The Chosen has brought his character to life over the past three seasons. This episode is an audio version of a blog post that can be found here Intro Music: excerpt from "Kyrie" (Lobo de Mesquita Missa para Quarta-feira de Cinzas)  P...