Actor Tim Allen lately wrapped his quest of studying the complete Bible “word-by-word.”
“Completed the complete Bible it’s been a 13 month phrase by phrase web page by web page no skimming journey,” Allen wrote this week on X. “Humbled, enlightened and amazed at what I learn and what I discovered. I’ll relaxation and meditate on a lot.”
And it seems this received’t be a one-time effort, as Allen concluded with a pledge to as soon as once more embark on the identical journey.
“I’ll start it once more,” he added.
Allen has lately been more and more vocal about his Christian religion journey. He additionally sat down with fellow comic Invoice Maher for a dialog on Maher’s “Membership Random.”
The “House Enchancment” star had fairly a bit to say in regards to the Apostle Paul and the draw back of empty philosophy. Watch the dialogue:
Final September, Allen additionally revealed he has struggled to supply absolution to the drunk driver who killed his father when the performer was simply 11 years outdated.
However Allen was deeply impacted after Erika Kirk, the spouse of conservative and Christian commentator Charlie Kirk, surprised the world whereas standing on stage at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and forgiving the person who allegedly murdered Kirk.
“On the cross, our Savior mentioned: ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ That man — that younger man — I forgive him. I forgive him as a result of it’s what Christ did. And it’s what Charlie would do,” Kirk mentioned. “The reply to hate will not be hate. The reply — we all know from the gospel — is love. All the time love. Love for our enemies. Love for individuals who persecute us.”
Allen discovered these phrases deeply transferring.
“When Erika Kirk spoke the phrases on the person who killed her husband: “’That man… that younger man… I forgive him’ — that second deeply affected me,” Allen wrote on X. “I’ve struggled for over 60 years to forgive the person who killed my Dad.”
The star continued, “I’ll say these phrases now as I sort: ‘I forgive the person who killed my father.’ Peace be with you all.”
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Allen’s dad, Gerald M. Dick, died in November 1964 when his automobile was struck by a drunk driver, a tragedy that deeply impacted the actor.
As for Allen’s Bible studying, the actor started revealing that journey final 12 months.
“[I] completed the Previous Testomony, and it’s such a present after I get out of the best way and the phrases and that means movement,” he wrote on X again in June 2025. “This week I’m now within the guide of the Gospel of Paul. A Roman Jew aware of Plato, Stoicism, and different Greek colleges of thought. I’m amazed in seven pages!”
Now, that journey has concluded. It is going to be fascinating to see how Allen’s studying impacts his life and what comes subsequent.
