Episode Review:
Lifted Out of Context
If you’ve been a devoted reader of my reviews over the past several years, you’ll know that I’m not a fan of episodes that revolve around a kid who hears a Bible verse and then spends the rest of the episode misinterpreting that verse. While this is certainly an easy way for us listeners to ultimately learn the meaning of a particular verse, it normally requires us to listen to characters acting dumber than they normally are. The examples of this happening previously on AIO is endless: The Washington kids once assumed that Whit couldn’t go to heaven after they read Matthew 19:24. Donna assumed she could get anything she wanted if she just prayed for it after she read Mark 11:24. From Erica Clark mistaking joy for happiness after hearing James 1: 2-3, to Tamika misunderstanding how to tell the truth after hearing “Proverbs 26:28”, and even, more recently, Declan misinterpreting Matthew 7:12 (the golden rule), the formula has gotten a little tiresome, hasn’t it?
Lifted Out of Context
If you’ve been a devoted reader of my reviews over the past several years, you’ll know that I’m not a fan of episodes that revolve around a kid who hears a Bible verse and then spends the rest of the episode misinterpreting that verse. While this is certainly an easy way for us listeners to ultimately learn the meaning of a particular verse, it normally requires us to listen to characters acting dumber than they normally are. The examples of this happening previously on AIO is endless: The Washington kids once assumed that Whit couldn’t go to heaven after they read Matthew 19:24. Donna assumed she could get anything she wanted if she just prayed for it after she read Mark 11:24. From Erica Clark mistaking joy for happiness after hearing James 1: 2-3, to Tamika misunderstanding how to tell the truth after hearing “Proverbs 26:28”, and even, more recently, Declan misinterpreting Matthew 7:12 (the golden rule), the formula has gotten a little tiresome, hasn’t it?