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Radio host Eric Metaxas issues an ominous warning “Letter to the American Church”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/19/22 Eric’s epistle. Tomorrow (9/20), Eric Metaxas – the Salem Radio Network host and bestselling evangelical biographer (Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy and Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the…
Media Scroll: Emmys tank + “The Waltons” turns 50 + The passion of the Crist + Fascism defined + “Lifemark” scores
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/16/22 Deadline reports this year’s Emmys were DOA, falling to an all-time low in ratings in terms of ratings and dropping double digits from last year. Why? Take a look at the nominees and winners. HBO‘s critical darling Succession (with a season finale that…
My conversation with Ken Starr
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/14/22 Passing Starr. Ken Starr is most known as the independent counsel whose investigation of President Clinton in the nineties led to only the second impeachment of a president in U.S. history, the first against Andrew Johnson over 100 years earlier. Alas, we have…
Warnings from a 9/11 commemoration speaker, “The Secret Apparatus” author Cynthia Farahat and a late KGB defector
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/12/22 9/12 + 21. Our hearts go out to all those who lost loved ones on 9/11/01, including all those who spoke at yesterday’s World Trade Center commemoration shown below. It’s been said that America was never more united than on 9/12/01 and, perhaps,…
Mother Teresa and C.S. Lewis celebrated on film and stage + GMA Dove Awards names hosts
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/09/22 On Film: Mother Teresa: No Greater Love, a documentary on the remarkable life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of her death, had its world premiere at The Vatican on August 31st. Its U.S. premiere happens this…
Bee keeper: Satire site chief Kyle Mann on “The Babylon Bee’s Guide to Democracy” and the comedic art of saying the unsayable
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/07/22 Separation of Mirth and State. I recently spoke with Kyle Mann, Editor-in-Chief of the red-hot fake news site The Babylon Bee (which. at least by some estimates, has even surpassed The Onion in web traffic) about The Babylon Bee’s Guide to Democracy: How…
Pres. Biden’s fight for the “Soul of the Nation” + Movie Reviews: “Gigi & Nate” in theaters; “Mister Limbo” on digital; “An Unlikely Angel” on Pure Flix
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/02/22 Friday Media Scroll: Bad Politics Edition Quote of the Week: Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. – Desiderata by Max Ehrmann © 1927 Timeless wisdom. Unfortunately, in…
“Prophet of Horror” who predicted Ukraine’s nuclear nightmare has a dire warning for California
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/31/22 Russian President Vladimir Putin and California Governor Gavin Newsom are both seriously increasing the potential for nuclear catastrophe. That’s according to Harvey Wasserman, the alarmingly prescient author and anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman, the alarmingly prescient author and anti-nuclear “prophet of horror” I first …
Kathie Lee Gifford says “The Way” is the same for Christians and Jews
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/29/22 A big week for Kathie Lee Gifford. The four-time Emmy winner, screenwriter and bestselling author’s latest book The God of the Way (W Publishing) releases tomorrow (8/30) and her film The Way debuts as a Fathom Event in theaters on Thursday (9/1). Our…
Star couple marry faith themes to sci-fi in TV pilot “Being” + Friday Media Scroll: Fox Nation movies, Disney under pressure, CNN’s Stelter out & more
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08/26/22 Belief alone is not faith. That’s a promo line for Being, a TV pilot that uses science fiction to explore faith themes. The film, currently in post production, features Jenn Gotzon and her husband her Jim E. Chandler who I got know while…
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