Two new TV series about Jesus. Why is Christ more popular than the church? This is Dr. Jim

Denison's The Daily Article podcast for Friday, April 5th, 2019. Jesus is a television star once again.

Jesus, his life is airing on the history channel through Easter. According to the show's website,

the series interviews and consulted with a diverse

group of scholars, faith leaders, and theologians from across the ideological spectrum. It views

Jesus, quote, through a unique lens, the people in his life who were closest to him, end quote.

Meanwhile, The Chosen will debut online April 15th. According to Christianity today, it will

reimagine the radical ministry of

Christ upending societal norms in a multi-season show. The series is intended to be

faithful to the biblical text while gritty in tone. Jesus is clearly popular in our culture.

Barna Research reports that 73% of Americans identify as Christians. According to Gallup,

that's far higher than the percentage of Americans who identify as Republicans, 26%, or Democrats,

30%. Census data shows that Christians outnumber any racial demographic in our country.

However, while nearly three and four Americans say there are Christians,

Barner reports that only 55% attended a church

service in the last six months. Other studies show that only 23 to 25% of us attend three Sundays

out of eight. Clearly, Jesus is more popular than the church today. What can you and I do about this?

As I noted yesterday, the need of our day is for Christians to manifest boldness with humility.

Why are both essential in our post-Christian, or at least post-church, culture?

The more people reject Christian truth, the more they need to hear it.

The sicker the patient, the more he or she needs a doctor.

That's why we must use our influence to speak biblical truth in every way we can.

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