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Hollywood finds religion again

"House of David" and "The Faithful" join a rising tide of Bible-inspired shows meeting a right-trending culture

Published March 29, 2026 10:30AM (EDT)

Plenty of Old Testament stories fall under the heading of Too Hot For TV. The Bible verses that inspire “House of David” have several, including one preordained romance between its titular hero (played by Michael Iskander) and Mychal (Indy Lewis), the youngest daughter of King Saul (Ali Suliman).

To reward David for slaying Goliath, Saul offers the recently promoted sheepherder the hand of his eldest, Mirab (Yali Topol Margalith). When David refuses, insisting on marrying his true love, the king demands a disgusting bride price.

If you’ve done time in Bible study, you may know what I’m talking about. For the sake of everyone else, here’s what the Good Book says: David is ordered to prove his worthiness by delivering 200 Philistine foreskins to the king.

The drama’s version of Saul tries to be a fair man, so he asks for only a reasonable number of foreskins — still quite a few, but 200? That’s a bit much. But David, being superpowered by God and eager to win Mychal, overdelivers to a spectacular degree. Luckily for us, “House of David” showrunner Jon Erwin emphasizes the grueling battle required to pull this off instead of the field surgery. When David heaves his prize-winning bag on the floor of his future father-in-law’s throne room, you can almost hear the wet, bloody thwap as it lands.

(Jonathan Prime/Prime) Stephen Lang in “House of David”

Secular and Christian popular culture swim in opposing halves of divided entertainment waters, despite broadcast TV’s lengthy history of featuring Christian-leaning shows, including “Touched by an Angel,” “Joan of Arcadia” and, however regrettably, “7th........

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