"The story explores how the series delved into spiritual themes at a time when the TV networks tended to avoid them. As for the reason, Thomas points to the show’s creator, the late Earl Hamner Jr., on whose life the fictional series is based" - GetReligion
"Though fewer evangelicals today than in the past seem concerned about depicting Jesus on screen, there are many who are nevertheless uncomfortable with the extent of non-biblical material that has been incorporated into the first two eight-episode seasons." - Ref21
"The hard truth is that my principal objection to virtually all children’s entertainment made in the last decade or so ... is that it is ugly. This is not a negligible consideration." - TAC
"The show isn’t just about the transformation of the disciples, it’s about our spiritual transformation, too." - C.Today
"AGTV not only features both American Gospel films (and will feature future films), but other solid films and series which share the same goal; guarding the gospel and exalting Christ. It’s also a platform for pointing people in the direction of recommended ministries and biblical teaching." - Challies
"I may have been unsure at first, but I am glad that I could use the word 'disciple' in that context. Discipleship highlights a fundamental issue for followers of Jesus right now: there are certain things that are in us and need to be discipled out of us and other things that need to be discipled in us and aren’t there currently." - Ed Stetzer
"Netflix has been indicted in the state of Texas for the distribution of lewd material after global outrage over French film, 'Cuties.'" - MCD
"...the film is attempting to critique rather than to celebrate the exploitative sexualizing of young girls. But by doing the very thing it critiques—repeatedly, gratuitously, horrifyingly—it undermines its point" - TGC
