“So far, amazing,” actor Tim Allen says of reading through the Bible

Popular actor and comedian Tim Allen is reading through the Bible – and he is impressed by what it has to say.

“Never took the time in all my years to ever read and really read the Bible,” he posted on X. “Currently almost through the Jerusalem Bible Old Testament and almost done with the prophets. Next up to New Testament. So far, amazing and not at all what I was expecting.”

His post generated a number of positive responses. “Can’t wait for you to read the gospels!” Babylon Bee managing editor Joel Berry said. “Good for you, sir,” David Limbaugh posted.

Allen has discussed his relationship with Christianity before. He says he struggled with faith when, at the age of 11, his father was killed by a drunk driver. “I’ve had a curious relationship with God since my father died,” he said in an 2017 interview on ABC. It set him on a destructive path which culminated in a 1979 cocaine bust and a two-year prison sentence. He was also arrested as a young man for drunk driving. “By the grace of God I didn’t hurt anybody,” he said. He got sober and never touched alcohol again.  He says that, and other experiences made him a survivor and that humor was his ally.

In 2022, he spoke about keeping Christ at the center of his “Santa Clauses” series on Disney+.

“It originally had a lot of otherworldly characters and ghosts and goblins,” he said. “I said, `no, this is Christ-mas. It’s Christ-mas. It literally is a religious holiday.’ We don’t have to blow trumpets, but I do want you to acknowledge it. That’s what this is about. If you want to get into Santa Claus, you’re gonna have to go back to history, and it’s all about religion.”

In 2011, Allen opened up about his struggle with faith following his father’s death after being struck by a drunk driver. The actor was 11 years old at the time of the accident. “For years, I just did not like this idea of God, church,” he said at the time. “I was still a churchgoer but constantly a cynic.”

He said he eventually started referring to God as “the builder.”

“I always do ask the builder, what did you want me to do?” Allen said. “And I do ask it. But you’ve got to be prepared for the answer. Whoever built me, this is too much, too weird that it happened by accident. It didn’t happen by accident.”

Allen is returning to television with a new sitcom called “Shifting Gears.” The “Home Improvement” star will appear as a “stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop,” according to Variety.  The plot entails his estranged daughter and her three children moving in with him and focuses on comedy, as well as the restoration of their relationship.

“Whoever built me, this is too much, too weird that it happened by accident,” he has stated. “It didn’t happen by accident.”

The show will air on ABC though no release date has been set.

–Dwight Widaman | Metro Voice