{"id":11374,"date":"2016-07-21T09:51:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T13:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=11374"},"modified":"2016-07-21T09:51:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T13:51:40","slug":"11374","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2016\/07\/11374.html","title":{"rendered":"Ben-Hur: Exclusive &#8220;For King &#038; Country&#8221; Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The band For King &amp; Country calls for a &#8220;Ceasefire&#8221; in their new music video from the &#8216;Ben-Hur&#8217; soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so honored that For King &amp; Country have allowed us to use their beautiful song for our film &#8216;Ben-Hur,'&#8221; said executive producer Roma Downey.\u00a0\u201cOur\u00a0country today is filled with so much anger,\u00a0tension and violence\u00a0and this song\u00a0and our film\u00a0spread a\u00a0message of forgiveness and reconciliation\u00a0that\u00a0is needed now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ben-Hur&#8217; is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur. 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