{"id":9432,"date":"2023-02-07T15:14:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2023-05-26T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T19:07:55","slug":"actor-kevin-sorbo-credits-billy-graham-for-changing-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/02\/actor-kevin-sorbo-credits-billy-graham-for-changing-his-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Actor Kevin Sorbo Credits Billy Graham for Changing His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11496\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/02\/inspirationreport_kevin-sorbo-billy-graham_credit-Eugene-powersn-Shutterstock_Anthony-Correia-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11496\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/02\/inspirationreport_kevin-sorbo-billy-graham_credit-Eugene-powersn-Shutterstock_Anthony-Correia-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Eugene powersn \/ Shutterstock.com | Right: Anthony Correia \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Actor Kevin Sorbo sat down with CBN\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=plDFhw0Ed68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFaith and Culture\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to discuss his faith. The star of shows like \u201cHercules,\u201d \u201cAndromeda,\u201d and movies like \u201cGod\u2019s not Dead,\u201d shared how he attended one of Billy Graham\u2019s crusades at the St. Paul Fairgrounds when he was 13. The actor recalled how he came to the front after Graham called people forward, something he was not in the habit of doing. After he sat back in his seat, Graham came and talked to him. \u201cAll of a sudden, a hand went on my head, and I turned around, and it was the Rev. Graham. And \u2026 we had a little chat,\u201d he said. Graham prayed for Sorbo as well. Sorbo shared the story later in Graham\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/entertainment\/2023\/january\/actor-kevin-sorbo-on-his-transformative-encounter-with-billy-graham-as-a-teen-it-was-so-moving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">book<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, \u201cChicken Soup for the Soul: Billy Graham &amp; Me: 101 Inspiring Personal Stories from Presidents, Pastors, Performers, and Other People Who Know Him Well.\u201d He helped Graham promote the book, with Sorbo saying, \u201cIt\u2019s just such an honor to be a part of that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sorbo grew up in the Lutheran church and recalled his youth group days fondly. \u201cWe had a thing called The Room on Wednesday nights, so, after basketball practice, football, whatever, \u2026 you go to The Room. It was this double classroom. They had bean bags and couches and stuff when we\u2019d hang out, and we would talk the Bible with him. That was kind of huge for me,\u201d he said. He currently attends a nondenominational church and states that his faith has caused him to be blacklisted in Hollywood. \u201cWhen I tell people I\u2019m a Christian and a conservative, it\u2019s like being a double leper in Hollywood,\u201d <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianfilmblog.com\/post\/god-opened-another-door-for-kevin-sorbo-after-hollywood-shunning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">he told Kirk Cameron<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0on TBN\u2019s \u201cTakeaways with Kirk Cameron\u201d last year.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.movieguide.org\/news-articles\/kevin-sorbo-calls-out-hollywood-hypocrisy-over-gun-control.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to America\u2019s 1st Freedom Editor-in-Chief, Frank Miniter, Sorbo stated that his political and religious views had essentially gotten him \u201ccanceled\u201d from mainstream Hollywood. \u201cCancel culture started back in 2012 for me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was during a time when I was becoming more vocal. I saw the insanity of the \u2018politically correct\u2019 crowd and saw that there was nothing correct about it. My manager and agent bid me a fond farewell, both saying they couldn\u2019t represent me any longer. For an industry that screams and cries for tolerance and freedom of speech, it\u2019s a one-way street with them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite losing his manager and agent, Sorbo has kept busy with his own production company, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sorbostudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sorbo Studios<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which he runs with his wife, Sam Sorbo. They focus mainly on independent films, with Sorbo\u2019s latest film, \u201cLeft Behind: Rise of the Antichrist,\u201d having just finished its limited release run in theaters. In speaking with Kirk Cameron on how his career has changed, Sorbo said, \u201cGod opened another door for me. And the road I\u2019m on now, I love it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Kevin Sorbo sat down with CBN\u2019s\u00a0\u201cFaith and Culture\u201d\u00a0to discuss his faith. The star of shows like \u201cHercules,\u201d \u201cAndromeda,\u201d and movies like \u201cGod\u2019s not Dead,\u201d shared how he attended one of Billy Graham\u2019s crusades at the St. Paul Fairgrounds when he was 13. 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