Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Suddenly The Bible is hot TV. Between History Channel’s mega-hit miniseries The Bible and GSN’s hugely-successful game show The American Bible Challenge, which returns tonight (3/21) at 9:oo PM (ET) for a second season, the Good Book is proving to be a ratings bonanza…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Book of Nielsen.  From The Wrap: The premiere of “The Bible” from 8 to 10 p.m. (Sunday night) drew 13.1 million total viewers, rivaling last year’s finale of the History miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys,” which drew an astonishing 14.3 million total viewers. With…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Why is this not a huge story? From CBN: Pastor Saeed Abidini, an American imprisoned in Iran for his faith, was sentenced Sunday to eight years in prison. According to the American Center for Law and Justice, Pastor Saeed was verbally sentenced by Iran’s notorious “hanging…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Of course, Strictly by the numbers, it doesn’t add up. From The Wrap: This year, 168 films have carried the “restricted”  (R) rating, which requires youths under 17 to be accompanied by an adult, and they have taken in $2.3 billion at the box…

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