The actor Tim Allen announced that he had started reading the New Testament as part of his reading journey through the Bible – and is already “surprised” from Paul to the Romans’ letter.
“I finished the Old Testament and it is such a gift when I go away and the words and the meaning flow. This week, I am now in the book of the Gospel of Paul. A familiar Roman Jew with Plato, stoicism and other schools of Greek thought. I am amazed at seven pages!” The actor “Home Improvements”, 71 years old, wrote in a Sunday article on X.
He added in a follow -up article: “OK, specifically reading the letter from the Apostle Paul to the Romans.”
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In February, Allen announced that he had read and reread the Old Testament – an experience he described as a “treasure”.
“After almost a year, I finished [the] The old whole will and the experience of reading, the dedicated focus and no drift made a humiliation [,] overwhelming experience. What a treasure, “he wrote.
In an October article, the star of “Toy Story” shared an update on his biblical reading.
“Continuing my reading of the complete Bible. I finished a rather intense Ezekiel now in Daniel. The challenge of reading this book is the way I translate words that the Lord expresses to the temporary. I need a snickers,” he wrote.
Although raised as an episcopalian, Allen previously opened its doors over a period of skepticism after personal tragedies, including the death of his father at the age of 11.
In 1978, Michigan airport was arrested with more than one cocaine book in his luggage. After pleading guilty to the accusations, the actor spent two years in a federal prison in the mid -twenty.
In an interview in 2011, the star of “Shifting Gears” described himself as a “cynical” who did not “like the idea of God”, but over time, he began to consider God as “the manufacturer”, someone he consults for the goal and the direction in his life.
“I always ask … the manufacturer, what did you want me to do?” Allen said. “And I ask. But you must be prepared for the answer. “
Allen is one of the many actors who have expressed growing interest in Christianity in recent years.
Apologist Wes Huff recently revealed that the actor and podcaster Joe Rogan “attends a church and that it was a coherent thing”.
“And so, you know, things happen,” he continued. “And he is a very curious individual, and I think that for the best in that he communicates with me and other people in his life who are influences that can speak, you know, these questions of reliability and reliability and likelihood of something like the pages of writing, and where he should and should not look for information in matters of this.”
Huff said that he was “very encouraged” by his communications with Rogan in recent months, adding: “We see what I do not think to be an exaggeration to say, a kind of resurgence in the interest in these subjects of which we have spoken, even the Nitty Grity.”
In 2023, the actor Rob Schneider announced that he had converted to Catholicism and said to the Christian Post that he had called to leave behind the type of comedy he had played in the past.
“I know I can’t do the same things I did,” Schneider told CP. “Not because I have something against what I did; I did what I did, and I felt good at that time. I’m not going to judge myself. But I won’t do the same things I have done. I don’t know what I’m going to do. … I want to get there from a place of faith, a place of good in my heart.”
“I don’t know if I can no longer tell dirty jokes,” he added. “I don’t know if I can. I don’t know if I go. I have an act that I do now; I don’t know if I’m going to do it again next year. Just some of the bad words, I will:” Maybe I don’t want to say these words anymore. ” I don’t know.
Last year, the actor Matt Rife revealed that he was baptized in a swimming pool after the death of his grandfather – and said that even if he “hates” the Church, he wants to believe in God.
The actor Russell Brand also revealed that he had converted to Christianity and that he had been baptized in the Thames. He has since used his social media to document his trip.
In a 2018 interview with the relevant magazine, Brand said that “his journey towards spirituality goes through dependence, which comes from despair and fear and this kind of defeat, destruction, self -annihilation in a very humiliating way, I suppose.”
“I had no choice but to embrace spiritual life, but now I am grateful,” he said, creating Christianity to have “the meaning” of his life.
Leah M. Klett is a journalist of the Christian Post. It can be attached to: leah.klett@christianpost.com
