NBC to Broadcast Burnett's Sequel to "The Bible"

History Channel's The Bible may not have driven home all the theological points some of us pastors may have hoped, but it can't be ignored that it inspired a lot (and I mean a lot) of curious reading of the holy book, worldwide. And now Mark Burnett's going to be making a sequel to that mini-series. On network television.

The details are still pending, but it looks like it's going to be centered around the events after Jesus's death and resurrection, namely and potentially, the life of the New Testament Church.

The true story of Church's launch from the slums of the Roman Empire was inspiring to me, and could be for others.  The truthful historicity of the fastest-growing and unique group of non-territorial cultural conservatives, mocked and martyred, whose heroism of love and apolitical, social, non-violent activism on behalf of women, slaves, infants/unborn, the impoverished, the victims of the gladiatorial games, etc. still fascinates the unbelieving sociologist. They were what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called a true "thermostat," not merely a thermometer, to the morality of society.

So, yeah, if Mark Burnett's A.D.: Beyond the Bible taps into that history, it could be a very good thing.