{"id":16719,"date":"2026-04-08T08:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=16719"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:44:19","slug":"the-chosen-creator-dallas-jenkins-praises-mormons-for-honoring-reverencing-scipture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/the-chosen-creator-dallas-jenkins-praises-mormons-for-honoring-reverencing-scipture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Chosen\u2019 Creator Dallas Jenkins Praises Mormons For Honoring, Reverencing Scipture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I never cared for <em>The Chosen<\/em> nor anything else put out by Angel Studios with the exception of <em>Dry Bar Comedy<\/em> on YouTube featuring clean comedians. If you&#8217;re a true follower of Jesus Christ who studies scripture, you&#8217;ll realize that Catholicism is heretical and a false religion of human works just like Mormonism. They deny Christ was God and the only way to salvation through faith and grace, so there is no other way than to declare them Satanic religions leading their followers to hell. Within this context, this all makes perfect sense as they&#8217;re a Satanic brotherhood of deception. And worth noting, most supposed &#8220;Christian&#8221; media is connected to Catholicism and not worth your time or energy. And false &#8220;Christians&#8221; eventually end up spewing there are <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xwH-0Ifg4E8?si=ArpN-f9-WhoLffFc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many paths to God<\/a> like heretic <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/28\/the-untold-story-behind-billy-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billy Graham<\/a>, which is a lie straight from hell. And in Graham&#8217;s OCGFC backed TV Crusades, he referred a lot of people to nearby Catholic churches as well as liberal churches&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2026\/04\/08\/the-chosen-creator-dallas-jenkins-praises-mormons-for-honoring-reverencing-scipture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/protestia.com\/2026\/04\/08\/the-chosen-creator-dallas-jenkins-praises-mormons-for-honoring-reverencing-scipture\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_e43a5efc-e3b1-4913-9cfc-9fbe8129720a\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Easter-\u2022-Dallas-Jenkins-\u2022-Here-Comes-The-Chosen-Season-6-1-10-28-screenshot-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111616\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dallas Jenkins, son of \u201cLeft Behind\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve 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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2021\/08\/11\/the-chosen-creator-dallas-jenkins-says-mormons-are-saved-im-going-to-die-on-that-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dallas Jenkins Says Mormons are Saved: \u2018I\u2019m Going to Die on That Hill,\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2024\/03\/03\/in-new-interview-the-chosen-director-dallas-jenkins-insists-he-loves-the-same-jesus-as-his-mormon-brothers\/\">The Chosen\u2019 Director Dallas Jenkins Insists He Loves The Same Jesus as His Mormon \u2018Brothers\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2022\/03\/29\/tvs-the-chosen-director-dallas-jenkins-doubles-down-on-controversial-mormon-comments-straight-up-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dallas Jenkins Doubles Down on Controversial Mormon Comments, Straight-up Lies<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2022\/05\/22\/the-chosen-director-dallas-jenkins-affirms-mormons-are-christians-in-definitive-final-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dallas Jenkins Affirms Mormons are Christians in \u2018Definitive, Final\u2019 Video<\/a>\u00a0\u2018\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2023\/07\/14\/the-chosen-director-says-jesus-transfiguration-not-important-what-purpose-would-it-serve-our-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Chosen Director Says Jesus Transfiguration Not Important: \u2018What Purpose Would it Serve our Story?<\/a>\u00a0\u2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2023\/09\/21\/the-chosen-director-insists-mormon-friend-is-a-christians-he-loves-jesus-id-go-to-war-with-and-for-him-any-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Chosen Director Insists Mormon Friend is a Christian: \u2018He loves Jesus\u2026 I\u2019d go to war with and for him any day.\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Appearing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ckATmaD7wkA?si=ZrLiBrRCV6cOHEHd\">Follow Him podcast<\/a>, 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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I feel like it\u2019s okay for me to say this because as you know, I\u2019m honored evangelical mascot of the LDS church. So I\u2019ve been granted favor to say certain things that maybe others can\u2019t say.<br><br>I would say that there\u2019s such a reverence and there\u2019s such a genuine respect for Christ, which is great. You guys probably do that better than we evangelicals do it.<br><br>But sometimes it can lead to a formality and I\u2019ve seen it in paintings. I\u2019ve seen it in some of the LDS videos and portrayals of Christ is very formal. He looks and sounds like he\u2019s quoting King James Bible, which he is.<br><br>And again, this comes from a good place of honoring scripture, fidelity to scripture.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8216;The Chosen&#8217; creator Dallas Jenkins, talking to two Mormon teachers, explains 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vPFxdfaGsI\">pic.twitter.com\/vPFxdfaGsI<\/a>\u2014 Protestia (@Protestia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Protestia\/status\/2041851949885051387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>See more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/the-faqs-are-mormons-christian\/\">Mormon beliefs here<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never cared for The Chosen nor anything else put out by Angel Studios with the exception of Dry Bar Comedy on YouTube featuring clean comedians. If you&#8217;re a true follower of Jesus Christ who studies scripture, you&#8217;ll realize that Catholicism is heretical and a false religion of human works just like Mormonism. They deny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16720,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16719\/revisions\/16720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}