{"id":14258,"date":"2019-05-07T12:35:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T16:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=14258"},"modified":"2019-05-07T12:35:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T16:35:55","slug":"shocking-explosion-brought-hollywood-actor-back-god-transformed-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2019\/05\/shocking-explosion-brought-hollywood-actor-back-god-transformed-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"How a Shocking Explosion Brought a Hollywood Actor Back to God, Transformed His Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a recent interview on the \u201cThe Billy & Justin Show\u201d actor Kristoffer Polaha shared how an unexpected life event brought him back to Christ.<\/p>\n

The actor has started in a number of Christian films and shows including \u201cRun the Race\u201d and \u201cWhere Hope Grows.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he grew up in a Christian household with a Catholic dad and a Pentecostal mom, he came to a crossroads when he was 17 years old.<\/p>\n

The actor told \u201cThe Billy & Justin Show\u201d that things were going so well in life that he wondered if God was helping him or if he was simply accomplishing it all on his own without the help of God.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It was] me sort of wanting to take the place of God in my own heart,\u201d he said. To test this, he decided to not pray for six months which ended up turning into six years.<\/p>\n

Though he had drifted away from God spiritually, he felt like God was trying to pull Him back.<\/p>\n

During this period, he studied other religions, but he still prayed and sought God. Over time, he felt like he was reconnecting with God. He started feeling like God was knocking on the door of his heart, he said.<\/p>\n

But it was a close encounter with death that occurred when he and his friend walked down a street in New York City that really brought the actor back to God.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just happened to be in front of this building\u2026we could have been anywhere that night at any moment,\u201d Polaha said. \u201cThe dude who owned [this restaurant] was trying to burn it down and it blew up.\u201d<\/p>\n

In that moment, he knew that the explosion could have killed the two of them but it didn\u2019t. He knew God had to be playing a role in this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fire marshall in the emergency room said, \u2018You guys should have been decapitated\u2026you should not be here right now and the fact that you are is a miracle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod kind of broke down the door in a way,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of a sudden my life wasn\u2019t my own anymore\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Polaha did suffer a major injury to his head that required 120 stitches, 80 needing to be applied to his face. He thought his days of acting were over after the incident, he was still able to act on both the big and small screens.<\/p>\n

Our God truly is an awesome God of miracles and spiritual breakthroughs.<\/p>\n

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