{"id":2555,"date":"2012-08-15T06:05:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T10:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2012-08-15T06:11:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T10:11:21","slug":"you-may-be-a-christian-if-you-watch-jeff-foxworthys-new-game-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/08\/you-may-be-a-christian-if-you-watch-jeff-foxworthys-new-game-show.html","title":{"rendered":"You may be a Christian if&#8230;you watch Jeff Foxworthy&#8217;s new game show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is The Bible, Alex?<\/strong> Sorry, wrong game show.\u00a0 GSN<em> <\/em><em><\/em>(once known as The Game Show Network) began production last week on <em>The American Bible Challenge<\/em>, a new hour-long quiz show\u00a0 debuting Thursday, August 23rd at 8:00 PM (ET).\u00a0 Comedian and author Jeff Foxworthy hosts the humorously-reverent show in which teams of contestants win money for charity by answering questions drawn from The Good Book.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a preview:<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"The American Bible Challenge Game Show on GSNTV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9bkZ7dW1irI?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>\n<p>Personally, I agree with Jeff. It is refreshing to see a TV game show featuring nice people seeking to give a lift to others.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. What is The Bible, Alex? Sorry, wrong game show.\u00a0 GSN (once known as The Game Show Network) began production last week on The American Bible Challenge, a new hour-long quiz show\u00a0 debuting Thursday, August 23rd at 8:00 PM (ET).\u00a0 Comedian and author Jeff Foxworthy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15,16,21,31],"tags":[35,3236,2856,2731],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-history","category-humor","category-judaism","category-television","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-gsn-once-known-as-the-game-show-network","tag-jeff-foxworthy","tag-the-american-bible-challenge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>You may be a Christian if...you watch Jeff Foxworthy&#039;s new game show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/08\/you-may-be-a-christian-if-you-watch-jeff-foxworthys-new-game-show.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You may be a Christian if...you watch Jeff Foxworthy&#039;s new game show\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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