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We would all like to hope that visual portrayals of Jesus can help the Bible stories come alive to people. But I think that the positive impact of films like The Passion of the Christ and shows like The Chosen is mainly to reenchant and reinvigorate the interest of Christians who already know the true Jesus through the witness of the canonical Gospels. For those whose faith or experience with Jesus in the Bible is marginal, visual portrayals of Jesus run the risk of displacing the discipleship pathway: getting to know Jesus through the given means of written Scripture, faithful teaching in church community, and sacrament. Continue reading →