Questions and Concerns re THE CHOSEN.
These are the words of Dallas Jenkins, creator, director and co-writer of The Chosen, quoted from a podcast interview with All In at LDSLiving, July 2020 (link below):
āSo I can honestly say, itās been one of the top three most fascinating and beautiful things about this project ā itās been my growing brother and sisterhood with people of the LDS community that I never wouldāve known otherwise and I learned so much about your faith tradition and realizing, gosh, for all the stuff that maybe we donāt see eye to eye onā¦that all happened, thatās all based on stuff that happened after Jesus was here. The stories of Jesus we do agree on, and we love the same Jesus. Thatās not something you often hearā¦sometimes itās like, oh they believe in a different Jesus than we do. No, itās the same, I mean Iāll sink or swim on that statement. I know thatās controversial and I donāt mind getting criticized at all for the show, and I donāt mind being called a blasphemer, I donāt like it when my friends are. I made it very clear that if I go down, Iām going down protecting my friends and my brothers and sisters and so I donāt deny we have a lot of theological differences but we love the same Jesus.ā
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This is one of many times Mr. Jenkins has stated that Mormonism, Catholicism, and Christianity have only minor theological differences. He calls them ādifferent perspectivesā that are āexciting to explore, not dangerousā. He says we all believe in (or that we all love) the same Jesus.
But do we? Both the LDS church and Catholics believe in a combination of works and faith. Mormons believe that God attained His supreme status by righteous works and that Jesus is a created being and not equal to God.
...the differences between the true Christian faith and the Mormon and Catholic faiths are essential, gospel issues and not simply theological differences we can brush over.
And the bottom line is this: If Dallas Jenkins believes what heās saying then he doesnāt understand the true Gospel. The Gospel that says thereās only one way. The Gospel that says we are forgiven on the merit of
Christ alone and not of anything we can do. The one and only Gospel that is founded on the belief that Jesus is God incarnate.
These insightful excerpts are from the article, "The Chosen, Is It Biblical?":
https://growing4life.net/the-chosen-is-it-biblical/
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Link to entire podcast interview and transcript with Dallas Jenkins:
https://www.ldsliving.com/all-in/dallas-jenkins-behind-the-scenes-of-the-chosen