{"id":1849,"date":"2012-01-16T10:57:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T15:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2012-01-16T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T15:59:12","slug":"october-baby-due-in-march-tim-tebows-message-scores-in-americas-living-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/01\/october-baby-due-in-march-tim-tebows-message-scores-in-americas-living-rooms.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;October Baby&#8221; due in March + Tim Tebow&#8217;s message scores in America&#8217;s living rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong><em>October Baby<\/em> arriving in&#8230;March? <\/strong>I guess this is what you call a preemie.\u00a0 Actually, the pro-life film from award-winning directors Jon and Andrew Erwin is already garnering heaps of praise from the likes of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dove.org\/MovieReview.asp?Unique_ID=9018\">Dove Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0 Provident Films\u2014known for its association with such hit faith movies as <em>Courageous<\/em> and <em>Fireproof<\/em>\u2014and Samuel Goldwyn Films (distributor of such hit faith films as <em>Fireproof, Amazing Grace<\/em> and <em>Facing the Giants<\/em>, among others)\u00a0 have signed on to market and distribute<strong>.<\/strong> A production of the Erwin Brothers and American Family Studios, <em>October Baby<\/em> <strong><em><\/em><\/strong> tells the story of 19-year-old Hannah, who finds out she is adopted and is the survivor of an attempted abortion. Hannah then goes on a road trip to find answers and locate her birth mother.\u00a0 Jon Erwin, who also co-wrote the script, describes it as a story that demonstrates &#8220;how powerful forgiveness can be.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> I&#8217;ll share my\u00a0 review of October Baby on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"October Baby - Teaser Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L52Lciaui4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Patriots 45, Broncos 10, John 3:16<\/strong>. Tim Tebow may have failed to get the football past the goal post enough to win on Saturday night but his beloved Bible-verse made it into living rooms across America thanks to this Focus on the Family spot. (More at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/funs-over-patriots-silence-tebowmania\/\">The Blaze<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"John 3:16\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5beoRa_HR8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. October Baby arriving in&#8230;March? 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