‘The Chosen’ Creator Dallas Jenkins Praises Mormons For Honoring, Reverencing Scipture

Dallas Jenkins, son of “Left Behind” author Jerry Jenkins, and Director of the smash-hit TV show The Chosen, continues to act as an apologist for the Church of the Latter Day Saints, insisting in a new interview that Mormons have such a reverence and genuine respect for Christ- more than most evangelicals do-and they honor scripture and exhibit fidelity to scripture.

We’ve previously written about Jenkins and his willingness to insist that Mormons love Jesus and are believers, despite them being a non-Christian cult, in our posts:

• Dallas Jenkins Says Mormons are Saved: ‘I’m Going to Die on That Hill,’
• ‘The Chosen’ Director Dallas Jenkins Insists He Loves The Same Jesus as His Mormon ‘Brothers’
• Dallas Jenkins Doubles Down on Controversial Mormon Comments, Straight-up Lies 
• Dallas Jenkins Affirms Mormons are Christians in ‘Definitive, Final’ Video ‘ 
• The Chosen Director Says Jesus Transfiguration Not Important: ‘What Purpose Would it Serve our Story? ‘
• The Chosen Director Insists Mormon Friend is a Christian: ‘He loves Jesus… I’d go to war with and for him any day.’

Appearing on the Follow Him podcast, which is operated by two Mormon BYU professors, speaking in context about a scene he directed which had a lively and joyous atmosphere, Jenkins explains:

I feel like it’s okay for me to say this because as you know, I’m honored evangelical mascot of the LDS church. So I’ve been granted favor to say certain things that maybe others can’t say.

I would say that there’s such a reverence and there’s such a genuine respect for Christ, which is great. You guys probably do that better than we evangelicals do it.

But sometimes it can lead to a formality and I’ve seen it in paintings. I’ve seen it in some of the LDS videos and portrayals of Christ is very formal. He looks and sounds like he’s quoting King James Bible, which he is.

And again, this comes from a good place of honoring scripture, fidelity to scripture.

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Editor’s note. The audio/video recording with the seeming cuts and jitters is directly from the YT channel and was not altered by us.

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