Throughout history, the gospel story has been adapted to various different types of media. We've seen it presented in the form of stage plays, radio dramas, and even TV shows. The one place we haven't seen the story of Jesus presented very often is the realm of video games. This week Pastor Robby and Pastor James talk about a new video games that attempts to do just that. In the game "I am Jesus Christ," the player plays as the Son of God as he goes through the gospel story. Is this game a success for the gospel or an awkward stumble?

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Sources:

Mark Allan Powell, “The Gospels,” in The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated), ed. Mark Allan Powell (New York: HarperCollins, 2011), 339–340.

L. W. Hurtado, “The Origins of Jesus-Devotion: A Response to Crispin Fletcher-Louis,” Tyndale Bulletin (2010), 61:1:7–8.

Thomas D. Lea, Hebrews, James, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999), 10:93.

Clinton E. Arnold, “Power, NT Concept of,” in The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 5:445.

John E. McKinley, “Jesus Christ’s Temptation,” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (2012), 16:2:67.

James Denney, “Holy Spirit,” in A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Aaron–Zion, ed. James Hastings (Edinburgh; New York: T&T Clark; Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906), 1:732.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2023/04/i-am-jesus-christ-video-game-criticism-playing-god/

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