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“Superman” Dean Cain talks about the danger of “crypto-nite” currency and his possible leap to politics + Movie Review: Family survival drama “On Fire”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/29/23 Dean Cain lets his opinions fly. He soared to fame as Superman on the nineties TV hit Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – which, for my money, remains the best screen take of the Man of Steel. Speaking of money,…
As Campaign ’24 heats up, an African-American minister offers his assessment of the candidates and the issues facing America
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/27/23 From the You Can’t Make It Up File: This is the bizarre backdrop for tonight’s second GOP presidential candidate debate simulcasting tonight on Fox Business and Fox News Channel. Meanwhile, a Democrat-leaning African-American minister offers his take on the issues. Movement Forward CEO…
Inspirational true story “The Blind” is sort of a “Duck Dynasty” prequel
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/25/23 Real reality. Premiering nationwide in theaters this Thursday (9/28), The Blind reveals the powerful true love and redemption story of Phil and Kay Robertson before they shot to fame on the reality TV phenomenon The Duck Dynasty. Will and Korie Robertson, the couple’s…
ABC stations to air “Mother Teresa: No Greater Love” + Paving the way for musical Christmas epic “Journey to Bethlehem”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/22/23 October is Mother Teresa Month. Perhaps not officially but with the biopic Mother Teresa & Me due in theaters as a one-night Fathom Event on Thursday, October 5th and the fact that, through a deal with the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission, the above one-hour…
Gender Bender: The Babylon Bee takes on the battle of the sexes – all of them!
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/20/23 The birds and the bees and absolutely anything else you can possibly think of. Having previously explained Democracy and Wokeness, the decidedly anti-Woke keepers of the satirical website The Babylon Bee are out with their third Guide book. Helpfully called The Babylon Bee…
A pastor issues an “Urgent” cultural call to people of faith + Opportunity at ABC
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/18/23 Silence is compliance. So suggests Atlanta-based Worship with Wonders Church Pastor Myles Rutherford. In his new book Raise Your Voice: An Urgent Call to Speak Out in a Collapsing Culture, due out tomorrow, he sounds the alarm over silence and complacency in the…
Great American Media brand grows + Shari Rigby is a woman of influence + Amazon Prime biopic “A Million Miles Away” soars + Coming attractions
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/15/23 Blue sky TV rises. For the tenth consecutive month Great American Family is television’s fastest-growing network, this after growing its total day audience by 169% in August. The channel, a subsidiary of Great American Media (which is partly owned by Sony) is run…
Two new books tackle the concepts of accepting God’s will and the pursuit of happiness. Is there a conflict?
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/13/23 An impenetrable mystery. That’s how biographer Ellen Vaughn says the late Christian philosopher Elisabeth Elliot viewed the interplay between God and human choice. Speaking with me about her just released book Being Elisabeth Elliot for an interview currently up on The Acton Institute…
9/11 Perspectives: 22 years after a religious scholar still has “Unanswered Questions” and a Christian financial planner says America remains a great investment
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/11/23 In search of answers. I first spoke with Ray McGinnis, the Canadian religious scholar, Psalm expert and unlikely 9/11 investigator almost exactly two years ago about his then-new book Unanswered Questions: What the September 11th Families Asked and What the 9/11 Commission Ignored.…
“Freedom” is victorious in Latin America + Coming Attractions
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/08/23 The sleeper summer blockbuster Sound of Freedom reaches a new milestone. After shocking industry experts with its stellar domestic success, the Angel Studios film that dramatically tackles the issue international child sex trafficking has claimed the #1 spot in 18 countries throughout Latin…
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