{"id":5733,"date":"2014-12-23T04:26:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T09:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=5733"},"modified":"2014-12-23T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T14:11:27","slug":"for-king-country-performs-a-d-video-joy-to-the-malls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/12\/for-king-country-performs-a-d-video-joy-to-the-malls.html","title":{"rendered":"For KING &amp; COUNTRY performs &#8220;A.D.&#8221; video + &#8220;Joy&#8221; to the malls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They will know we are Christians&#8230;<em>By Our Love<\/em>.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/For_King_%26_Country_%28band%29\">For KING &amp; COUNTRY<\/a> performs the beautiful hymn (which it would be nice if we could live by) in a new promo video for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shareadtheseries.com\/\">A.D<\/a>.<\/em>, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey&#8217;s upcoming drama series about the early Church set to debut this Easter on NBC.\u00a0 Talking about the video, Downey says &#8220;We are very excited to share this music video inspired by our new television series <em>A.D.<\/em> with you this Christmas. For KING and COUNTRY&#8217;s powerful rendition of <em>By Our Love<\/em> reminds us this it is through love that Jesus changed the world. During this Christmas season we rejoice in how God brought His compassion for all humanity and launched a revolution of love that has transformed the lives of generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G_8xKFRxgyA&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1419322218612_16433\" class=\"yiv0538016652MsoPlainText\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1419322218612_16403\"><em><strong>Joy to the World<\/strong><\/em>. <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1419322218612_16407\">1 Girl Nation<\/span> has been hitting the mall circuit, bringing\u00a0 joy to shoppers across the country while promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/very-1-girl-nation-christmas\/id924685305\"><em>A Vert 1 Girl Nation Christmas<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Sponsored by major radio stations in Atlanta, Cleveland, Grand Rapids and others, thousands of eager fans have gathered this holiday season to watch the all-girl group perform their music, including their hit single<em> Joy<\/em> which recently became the second highest charting Christmas tune of the year hitting #8 on the Christian Adult Contemporary chart. <em>Joy<\/em> is one of only two holiday songs to chart in the Top 10 this season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Joy - 1 Girl Nation\/1GN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8vbwCPKI8CA?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><strong>On that note&#8230;<\/strong>Merry Christmas everybody and a very Blessed New Year.\u00a0 See you in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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