{"id":19612,"date":"2022-03-23T11:03:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=19612"},"modified":"2022-03-23T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:06:10","slug":"jaleel-whites-greatest-inheritance-t-d-jakes-unleashes-wrath-and-greed-on-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2022\/03\/jaleel-whites-greatest-inheritance-t-d-jakes-unleashes-wrath-and-greed-on-lifetime.html","title":{"rendered":"Jaleel White&#8217;s &#8220;Greatest Inheritance&#8221; + T.D. Jakes unleashes &#8220;Wrath&#8221; and &#8220;Greed&#8221; on Lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Here&#8217;s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media &amp; culture: 03\/23\/22<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia.muckrack.com%2Fpitches%2FoqwE%2Fimages%2Fdp7NPgc4tOx4t1fx4kDx6.png&amp;t=1645800873&amp;ymreqid=ae7ac87d-528e-3d6c-1c9c-cc0086018000&amp;sig=8m4SWGyrEFbRr7NHBlNWVw--~D\" width=\"259\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Beyond Urkel.<\/strong> Best known for his childhood role as Steve Urkel in the classic nineties TGIG sitcom <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_Matters\"><em>Family Matters<\/em><\/a>, Jaleel White, <\/strong>IMHO, remains a gifted and underrated comic actor. This week you can catch him putting that talent to use when the faith-themed comedy<strong><em> The Greatest Inheritance<\/em> debuts on digital and VOD on Friday (3\/25).\u00a0 <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Co-starring <strong>Mena Suvari (<em>American Pie<\/em>)<\/strong> the movie follows four estranged siblings as they embark on the scavenger hunt to find\u00a0 of a lifetime their mother\u2019s will which is hidden somewhere on her property. The person who finds the will inherits the estate. Through many twists and turns, plus their mom\u2019s unexpected \u201cspecial rules,\u201d they are reminded of the hope that guided their mother\u2019s life \u2013 and what their greatest inheritance really is. White plays Mr. Shepard, the catalyst for their quest.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Writer\/producer <strong>Alexandra Boylan<\/strong> says \u201c<em>The Greatest Inheritance<\/em> is a film that everyone needs to see&#8230;It is so important to be reminded of the final &#8211; just to not use great and greatest SO much &#8211; inheritance we will all receive in the Kingdom of Heaven. It puts everything else we experience on a daily basis into perspective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/686036681\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n___<br \/>\n<strong>More <em>Deadly Sins<\/em>.<\/strong> On the heels of last year\u2019s popular <em><strong>Lust<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><strong>Envy<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>movies which were seen by over 9.4 million viewers in their airings, <strong>Lifetime<\/strong> has set the premiere dates for its next two <em><strong>Seven Deadly Sins\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em>movies. Like the first two films, <strong><em>Wrath<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><em>Greed <\/em><\/strong>are executive produced <strong>Bishop<\/strong> <strong>T.D. Jakes<\/strong>, along with <strong>Derrick Williams<\/strong> and <strong>Shaun Robinson<\/strong> and based on the series of books by <strong>Victoria Christopher Murray<\/strong>. Synopses follow the official promos below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story&quot; and &quot;Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story&quot; Joint Promo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wWysL_YYvvw?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story<\/em> (airing Saturday, April 16 @ 8:00 PM ET) <\/strong>tells the story of single lawyer Chastity Jeffries (<strong>Michelle Williams<\/strong>) who meets Xavier Collins (<strong>Antonio Cupo<\/strong>), a man who seems to be everything she is looking for in a partner\u2014handsome, smart and a lawyer as well.\u00a0 As his affection turns to obsession, Chastity realizes that she has been swept up by Xavier\u2019s passion and abandoned her principles. When Xavier\u2019s jealousy and wrath lead to suspicious actions and dangerous threats, Chastity confides in her mother Sarah (<strong>Tina Knowles-Lawson<\/strong>) and turns to her former childhood boyfriend Roger Thompkins (<strong>Romeo Miller<\/strong>). But, in the end, Chastity will have to fight to save herself.<\/p>\n<div><strong><em><br \/>\nGreed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story<\/em> (airing Saturday, April 23 @ 8:00 PM ET)<\/strong> is about Zuri Maxwell (<strong>Monique Coleman<\/strong>), an interior decorator who has it all \u2013 a career she adores, a loving family and friends, and a good man in her life (<strong>Nathan Witte<\/strong>) &#8211; until greed threatens to destroy everything. (Don&#8217;t you hate when that happens?)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong><em><span class=\"st\"><br \/>\nEncourage one another and build each other up &#8211; <\/span><\/em><span class=\"st\">1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media &amp; culture: 03\/23\/22 Beyond Urkel. Best known for his childhood role as Steve Urkel in the classic nineties TGIG sitcom Family Matters, Jaleel White, IMHO, remains a gifted and underrated comic actor. This week you can catch him putting that talent to use when the faith-themed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,13,16,24,31,1],"tags":[13246,6867,13231,13252,13225,13222,1753,13228,13243,13255,13258,7892,13234,13249,13237,13240],"class_list":["post-19612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-humor","category-movies","category-television","category-uncategorized","tag-antonio-cupo","tag-bishop-t-d-jakes","tag-derrick-williams","tag-greed-a-seven-deadly-sins-story","tag-he-greatest-inheritance","tag-jaleel-white","tag-lifetime","tag-mena-suvari-american-pie","tag-michelle-williams","tag-monique-coleman","tag-nathan-witte","tag-romeo-miller","tag-shaun-robinson","tag-tina-knowles-lawson","tag-victoria-christopher-murray","tag-wrath-a-seven-deadly-sins-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jaleel White&#039;s &quot;Greatest Inheritance&quot; + T.D. 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