[19] Christian analysis found that the premise of the series ranged between questioning the intentions of the product,[20] and praising the moral of the story through the lens of contemporary comedy.

Through a series of comedic circumstances, the value of Christianity in the modern-world is discussed, while God reveals that through various forms he is always present in mankind's lives.

One day while he works, God appears to him in the form of an unsuspecting elderly man, and informs Jerry that after repeated attempts of contact the former has been chosen become a modern-day messenger in the vein of Moses from the Old Testament era of The Bible.

Excited by her encounter and deeply impressed by the interaction she had, Tracy determines to start an advertisement campaign with the slogan of "Think God" spread throughout her city.

As a panel of medical experts led by the psychiatrist Dr. Jerome Newell gives their extreme diagnosis and her parents pray for her, divine intervention comes to her aid when God reenters her life.

Desperate to make ends meet Shelton signs the document, but immediately realizes his mistake as his signature transforms into something different the man reveals that he is actually the devil Satan.

The devil explains that through his demonic powers Bobby Shelton is now a world renown rockstar named Billy Wayne, a celebrity he is familiar with.

As he initially enjoys the success he has attained Shelton is horrified to discover that he and Wayne have traded lives when his wife, and his children do not recognize him.

As the devil reappears to keep the contract intact however, God agrees to a climatic poker game where the deceived man's eternal destiny is at stake.

Jerry Weintraub said he was to return in his role as producer, while acknowledging that he had green-lit the concept, after being impressed with the story that DeGeneres conceived; while also saying that Reiner and Gelbart had given their blessing towards realizing the modern film adaptation.

In July 2010, Weintraub had pitched the film to studios, with the filmmaker suggesting Betty White as God alongside Paul Rudd as the mortal man character.