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I can’t help but wonder if Jenkins is more ignorant of biblical truths than we assume. Maybe he doesn’t have a strong personal history of studying the Bible himself.

Why else would he allow ecumenical “experts” (Rabbi, Roman Catholic, Traditional-Protestant leader) guide so many of his decisions? I.e., avoiding controversy and placating diverse religious audiences takes precedence over including specific Biblical truths: the baptism of Jesus shows the Trinity (omitted); the Transfiguration shows the divinity of Jesus (omitted); showing the siblings of Jesus as younger offspring of Joseph and Mary shows that Jesus is the legal Lion of Judah, instead of that being unfulfilled if Jesus had older brothers via a made up prior marriage of Joseph (omitted). In addition, the incorrect and all-too-often scripted discussion among the apostles about “Peter the Rock” (omitting, in fact overwriting, the differentiation: Peter is “stone”, the confession is the “rock”). In addition, the all too often scenes elevating Mary as the intercessor for Jesus (Catholic undue influence — which, it appears Dallas Jenkins is either too ignorant or too compliant to notice).

The Mormon and the Catholic audience remains happy, but the truth of the Gospel suffers by becoming just another ecumenical/catholic-leaning show, not unlike “Jesus of Nazareth “ or “The Passion.”

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