House of David: A Theologian's Analysis: Introduction and Cosmic Geography

Whats Fact, Speculation, Fiction (But still fun!)

I sat down with my family of six over the weekend to watch the new House of David series on Amazon Prime. I'll be honest—I was seriously skeptical at first. I love the Biblical story and I love good art and film. The last major renditions of Biblical stories on the big screen were either so far out there that they made my theological brain hurt, or they were so boring, tired, and typical that they froze my creative brain in a state of hibernation. But some friends said this one would be different. And my kids are savage when it comes to determining the quality of something. So we all sat down—me, my three sons, my five-year-old daughter, and my wife.

Not five minutes into the show, the questions started coming my way. They all began with, "But Dad..."

"Was Goliath really that tall?" "Were there giants actually in the Bible?" "What is going on with David's mother?" "Who is the Gandalf-like…