Tim Allen Amazed by Bible Reading Journey as He Gets to Romans
Actor Tim Allen cant get enough of the Bible. The actor, best known as the star of “Home Improvement” and the “Santa Clause” movies, is discovering the truth of God’s word. Last year, he shared that he was reading the Old Testament.
“Never took the time in all my years to ever read and really read the Bible,” he said, as reported by Metro Voice. “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.”
Allen recently announced that he now is reading the New Testament and has made it to the book of Romans.
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“I finished the Old Testament, and it is such a gift when I get out of the way and the words and meaning flow,” he wrote on X. “This week I am now in the book of the gospel of Paul. A Roman Jew familiar with Plato, Stoicism and other Greek schools of thought. I am amazed in seven pages!”
Allen later clarified that, “OK, specifically reading Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans.” Earlier this year, Allen descried reading the Old Testament as an “overwhelming experience.”
“After nearly a year, I have finished the entire Old Testament, and the experience of re-reading, dedicated focus, and no drifting has made this a humbling, overwhelming experience,” he wrote on X, adding, “What a treasure.”
Allen began posting his Bible reading updates last August. In a post that now has 2.6 million views, he said. In 2011, he shared that he wished faith would have been part of the “Santa Clause” movies.
“It originally had a lot of otherworldly characters and ghosts and goblins,” Allen 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.”
–Lee Hartman
