CBS said that episodes "employ a more contemporary idiom and at the same time retain all the poetic qualities of the original stories.
A minister, a priest, and a rabbi reviewed the contents of episodes, and CBS offered to provide copies of the scripts to American churches.
[1] Douglas Coulter conceived the program, Max Wylie was the producer[1] and William N. Robson was the director,[9] with Earl McGill sometimes substituting for him.
For example, to create an authentic sound of a door being unlocked in "The Shunnamite Woman", the sound-effects crew used a Bible concordance to find plans for the locks used in the Old Testament era.
"[1] A review in the trade publication Radio Daily said of the premiere episode, "the cast under the direction of William N. Robson is an excellent one."