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My take on the History Channel's: The Bible

"This series endeavors to be true to the spirit of the Bible" Disclaimer before each episode of History Channels "The Bible" "All Scripture is God-breathed, and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness so that the man of God will be thoroughly equipped for every good work" II Timothy 3:16-17 Earlier this month, the History Channel began to air a highly anticipated and highly promoted 10 part, 20 hour series called " The Bible ".  This long awaited series was promoted in many evangelical Christian circles as one of the most up-to-date attempts to capture the essence of the Biblical stories.  It has been promoted in the most widely used Bible app (Youversion) and Youversion has become the "official" Bible app of the series. I want to begin by saying that such an undertaking to render an authentic telling of the Biblical Narrative is daunting enough without the limitation of only having 20 hours to t