I love the scene where Zuko visits uncle Iroh in prison. Iroh is imprisoned, but the camera angle make it look like Zuko is behind bars. Maaan.

My husband was not a Christian when we met nor had he ever seen The Last Airbender. I introduced him to both and today I look up to him as the spiritual leader of our family. He also sent me this video. Full circle! 😂

You used the prodigal son parable in your Daredevil video, it really helped me rethink my whole stance and my beliefs in Christianity. It’s such a powerful message and till this day, I still go back to watch that video.😅🙏🏾

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Thank you!

Holden, i must say that as a writer & Christian, your content not only helps me deepen my faith more but encourages me on my writing journey. Much love & grace to you, my brother in Christ 🙏❤✝️

I am the prodigal son. I had seen this video a month prior and had been questioning my beliefs for a long time. This is still a small KZread channel but I truly believe that you are doing God's will by explaining Christianity in a way that accessible to everyone. Thank you so much for your content because I have become a follower of God in part because of the hard work you've put into your content DON'T EVER STOP

Avatar the Last Airbender is a perfect show that speaks to so many people, so many film essays like this could be made. Absolutely love this channel and the idea behind it, I'm so glad to see a Christian channel dedicated to connecting to people through entertainment media! I recently started a comedy/gaming channel to do the same thing, to connect a community to the Gospel. With this verse as the backbone: "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31 Godbless man, perfect video!

amazing analysis! the scene where Iroh embraces Zuko always has me crying and emotional.

I just read that parable recently and for you to make that Zuko connection just blew my mind!

I love this episode so much. I recently rewatched Avatar and it is nice seeing you putting its lessons through the Christian lens. God bless you soo much King!

This is the funniest video of urs ive watched, i absolutely love ur content and how ur showing GOD is in everything like these shows. Ur truly an inspiration to me to pursue doing content like this because too often i see GOD even in shows that dont even acknowledge HIM yet prove HIS essence in everything. GOD bless u my friend, and i hope to see more of this amazing work in future days. (Lord willing of course, lol)

Dude, great video. I’m a Lutheran and avatar is literally my favorite show of all time and I’ve never realized how similar zuko is to the prodigal son

this is amazing dude im blown away God bless you, your family and everyone reading in Jesus name.

We need more people like you in the kingdom!! Being IN the world, of course not of it, and meeting them halfway.

Happiness is simple Most people already have it and can't see it But think things they dont have will make them happy

Have known this for years! Glad you’re spreading the message of God as true as we all know that it touches even shows like this 😊

Easiest way to get me to cry, show me that 5 second clip of Iroh embracing Zuko.

Loved this comparison also based for the Zutara reference 😂

I knew Zuko was my favorite for a reason! It reminds me of my own story following an unconventional Prodigal Son storyline. And I always enjoy your renditions of the parables 😆

These videos help my Faith. Thankyou.

So relatable.

Wym you just watched it for the first time?😂😂 Just kidding, never too late to discover a gem. Zuko has one of the best growth in fiction and was great to see. His path to redemption (his fall in Book 2) always hits deep

You're killing it my man! Love your videos

1st time watcher, just pulling out the prince of egypt banger i have to sub good stuff

What you say at around 4:52 really got me thinking about an issue that I'm having with my mother regarding her take on God. I'm a new believer. We weren't raised religious. My dad is an angry "atheist" (quotes because IDK what someone claims, if you're that angry at God you must believe He exists somewhat. I love my dad, but he's just hurt and has lost perspective) My mom always called herself "Christian", but hates organized religion and church and I've never seen her read The Bible. Basically, she sees God as "all loving", but to HER that means He just wants everyone to be "happy" and that they get to do whatever, there's no Hell, you get to just decide what good is, and He's basically a doormat. I couldn't understand it until now... Her dad was a total doormat. No offense to my grandpa. I loved him, for the little time I had with him before he passed, and I love him still. But he had a very toxic relationship with my grandmother, who cheated on him openly and constantly, and he dealt with it by being a drunk. He wasn't violent, thankfully, but was someone who shut down when drunk. My mom had to take care of everyone and everything, being the eldest. So, clearly, her idea of God being so impotent and weak and neutral or barely involved/nonfunctional actually totally makes sense to me now. So, thank you. Instead of being angry at my mother, I feel compassion. I hope she can see that God is powerful and what "good" is isn't what humans decide. Because we consistently tend to get that wrong. And it's leading her to make some very hurtful, dangerous decisions in life. (I don't mean decisions that are simply up for debate, that some might see as fine. I mean decisions that have actively lead to harm for herself and/or others) It's made me really struggle with worry and frustration and even disgust toward her. Which I know is not right. Jesus tells us to not worry because we should trust in Him. Her decisions are not mine to control. Her salvation is not up to me, either! Only Jesus can save us! It's up to her to actually accept Him. But I love her and want her to be ok. So it's a real struggle to not feel really worried and even angry when she does these things that are, frankly, really harmful or reckless. So, now I have this realization re: her dad to think back to, when I get frustrated at her next time she acts irresponsibly and tries to say God would support "anything" she or anyone else wants to do. I can respond with truth, BUT in a spirit of LOVE not annoyance, rage, or judgment. I can then hopefully let it go more easily and pray that she one day realizes her mistakes (which Ibalready do, obviously, but will get to that step faster without the sinful "raging" stumbling block 😂). So, thank you for this!

One of my favorite videos you've done. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

4:06 Don’t you start 😂

Keep up the great work

First time I've ever seen ine if your videos, and snot riggity rag, Superman outlasering the Death Star goes HARD!

Could you do a video on Ghost Rider and how his character relates to the angels of Christianity? Love your videos by the way, I hope they get more views! God bless 🙏

Man bro love the videos

This was great. The gen Z Bible Story made my skin crawl. Not because summations and paraphrases are bad, but because gen Z is turning English into Adam Sandler-esque baby talk without the humor attached.

Profound.

Hey Holden what are your thoughts on the The Chosen tv show. And would consider reacting to it on this channel or your main channel if you haven’t scene it?

I'd probably say azula might be the other brother. This wasn't the prodigal son but sons (plural). One son was a hedonist, and the other was a moralist, azula wanted her good works at the front of things to appease her father. If it's not good enough, then she beats herself up and goes nuts. She later goes clinically insane from her philosophy.

Ah. I see another Zutara shipper😂 "His girlfriend, I mean, new friend"😂 Crossroad of Destiny (the Book 2 finale) was the first episode 7 year old me ever watched on cable and imagine my shock at Zuko's betrayal. Threw us a curveball fr but made his redemption all the more sweeter in Book 3 Thanks for this video. Zuko's struggle is something I relate to

Would you say Charlie from Willy Wonka (1971) is the prodigal son?

Mind making a video about the walking dead or about grand theft auto or manhunt game? Theres alot of humanity realistic culture we have lost you can explore of these topics.

I don’t know a whole lot about Avatar, but I’m watching anyway because I need more spiritual content in my recommended section. You need to check out the Bible according to gen Z…hilarious (but still kinda accurate).

Holden I love your channel but what's with the weirdo modern lingo in this vid? it's like every other word is from the "cool kids thesaurus" or something. Maybe dial it back

Hey brother this is awesome! I do Christian anime content myself. Would love to team up!

Darn it's a reupload :(

do you see christianity on any japanese anime ?

See, this is why I hate the Netflix version of Iroh and Zuko. It's so rare to see such great depiction of Christian values in a show, and they messed up the ability to do this plot line because the characters were too "simple" for the writers. Some people like the characters better because they don't understand the big picture.

breaking out the avatar lore...getting deep now. you really want to REALLY trigger the college libs? do some anti abortion art with avatar characters. 'someone aborted the avatar, guess the cycle is over....'