Singer Danny Gokey wants to be seen as a "truth and love teller," encouraging fellow believers to be as "wise as serpents and gentle as doves." It's a powerful and important quest in a divided and chaotic culture — one in which biblical truth is sometimes treated with disdain. Regardless, Gokey believes there's a responsibility to speak about what's right, true, and good. "We should never get away from speaking the truth," Gokey recently told CBN News. "Truth sets people free." Ultimately, he sa...
Oct 23, 2024•16 min
Actor Eric Close loves a good redemption story. That's why he signed on to star in "Average Joe," a film about Joe Kennedy, the high school football coach who won a major Supreme Court victory in his years-long battle to pray following games on the 50-yard line. "I love second-chance stories," Close told CBN News. The "Nashville" star, who portrays Kennedy, said the movie tells the former coach's story of persisting, never giving up, and "ultimately finding faith." Close said perseverance is a k...
Oct 22, 2024•15 min
Max Lucado has covered a lot of ground over the years as a pastor, author, and Gospel communicator. Most recently, he released a book about the biblical end times titled, "What Happens Next? A Traveler's Guide Through the End of this Age." It's a subject Lucado felt compelled to tackle. He said the "condition of the world" and the things happening in Israel, Gaza, Russia, Ukraine, China, Taiwan, and other locations compelled him to action. "[There is] this sense that the world feels super fragil...
Oct 21, 2024•22 min
On today’s "Newsmakers": a pastor’s victory, a Christian school canceled, and an actor’s prayer. This is part of our Friday series offering audio of our weekly TV show! Tune in Monday for new interviews here on the "Newsmakers" podcast.
Oct 18, 2024•22 min
Actress and producer Roma Downey has built a long career in Hollywood, creating TV and film content that inspires and entertains. The “Touched By An Angel” star has also carried her uplifting, family-friendly messages into literary works, including a new children’s book, “A Message in the Moon.” Downey said her touching new book is deeply personal, with the concept predicated upon her childhood. “This story for this book has sat in my heart for a really long time,” she recently told CBN Digital....
Oct 18, 2024•18 min
Christian baker Jack Phillips has been locked in a long legal battle over his refusal to make cakes for a same-sex wedding and a gender transition. But after more than a decade of court battles, Phillips recently won a major victory at the Colorado Supreme Court. Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, joins his attorney John Bursch, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, to tell CBN News about this battle, why he's stood by his Christian faith, and what he wants people to understand abo...
Oct 16, 2024•14 min
A California dad is taking legal action after claiming his children's school district won't allow him to opt his kids out of lessons that violate their sincerely held religious beliefs. "Carlos and Jenny Encinas’ children attended an elementary school in Encinitas, California, where their 11-year-old’s teacher read a book and required activities that conflict with their sincerely held religious beliefs," reads a description from First Liberty, a religious freedom law firm. "After reading the boo...
Oct 15, 2024•24 min
Duane Chapman, more commonly known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is known for chasing down criminals. But he's also on a mission to help people connect with the Gospel. Chapman, author of the new book "Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption," told CBN News he was brought up in a Christian home by a praying mom. "I knew more than most people did, right from wrong, miracles of God — I knew all that," he said, noting, though, that he got a bit off track at one...
Oct 14, 2024•29 min
On today’s "Newsmakers": a warning to the West, radical forgiveness, and battling cancel culture.
Oct 12, 2024•22 min
Country singer Granger Smith stunned fans when he announced he would be retiring from music to pursue ministry, with the musician telling CBN Digital how he plans to serve the Lord. "I'm just so excited about it," he said. "I have so much joy just even thinking about it." Smith said he's already begun speaking before audiences about his Christian faith. While he once traversed the nation and world sharing his music, he now plans to travel with a very different message. "I'm used to air travel, I...
Oct 11, 2024•18 min
Singer Danny Gokey wants to be seen as a "truth and love teller," encouraging fellow believers to be as "wise as serpents and gentle as doves." It's a powerful and important quest in a divided and chaotic culture — one in which biblical truth is sometimes treated with disdain. Regardless, Gokey believes there's a responsibility to speak about what's right, true, and good. "We should never get away from speaking the truth," Gokey recently told CBN News. "Truth sets people free." Ultimately, he sa...
Oct 09, 2024•16 min
It's been 10 years since ISIS terrorists brutally murdered journalist James Foley, releasing a gruesome video of the killing that absolutely shocked the world. Diane Foley, the late reporter's mother, has spent much of the last decade devoting her life to helping other hostage families who have faced the same terror she experienced. Foley's family first realized something was wrong when he didn't call them on Thanksgiving Day in 2012. "Jim always called on holidays," Diane told CBN News. "He alw...
Oct 09, 2024•38 min
"I have never imagined it [would] be a year of war." That's what Dr. Shafir Botner, a veteran helicopter paramedic and director of Magen David Adom’s Paramedic School, told CBN News while reflecting on the one-year anniversary of Hamas' horrific Oct. 7 terror attack. Botner, who has seen many things over his more than two decades helping those in peril, said Israel has always had its struggles and battles, but the past 12 months of war and chaos have been especially intense. "Unfortunately, we c...
Oct 07, 2024•35 min
Dr. Corey A. DeAngelis has made a name for himself as an advocate for education freedom, but he's been the focus over the past week of media stories surrounding decade-old appearances in adult films. DeAngelis, who was reportedly fired by the American Federation for Children (AFC) after the videos came to light, sat down with CBN News to discuss these stories, claims from activists that his past makes him a hypocrite, and more. Despite furor and negative messaging, DeAngelis said public support ...
Oct 04, 2024•29 min
Ex-witch Sarah Anne Sumpolec once found herself enraptured by incantations, Tarot cards, and casting spells — until an encounter with Jesus transformed her perspective. Decades later, she’s now a devout Christian who shares her experience as a former real-life teenage witch to help people see God’s power to change lives and perspectives. Her harrowing story of engaging the spirit world and nearly losing her life is nothing short of deeply compelling. In this interview, Sumpolec recalls being pla...
Oct 03, 2024•59 min
Actor Kirk Cameron, who shot to fame in the 1980s while starring in the show "Growing Pains," has gone on to become a Christian hero to millions, creatively sharing his faith and views with the masses. Most recently, he partnered with Brave Books, a company producing Christian and faith-based children's projects, and is now preparing to produce and star in a kids' show called "Adventures with Iggy and Mr. Kirk." It's a series that will help Cameron further spread Christian values to parents, kid...
Oct 02, 2024•14 min
A former staff member at a public college in New York City is fighting back after claiming she was fired after becoming a Christian. Teona Pagan was the fellowships and public service program coordinator at City University of New York's Research Foundation until she requested a religious accommodation that she claims was denied. Pagan, who filed a lawsuit Aug. 28, told CBN News her job as the fellowships and public service program coordinator at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leade...
Oct 01, 2024•21 min
A persecution watchdog is sounding alarm about the grim and dire conditions for Christians inside North Korea. The hermit nation has long been one of the most diabolical Christian persecutors, but a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide titled "North Korea: We Cannot Look Away," underscores the true gravity of the deteriorating conditions inside the hermit nation. The document commemorates the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry report that previously explored t...
Sep 30, 2024•21 min
Welcome to the Friday recap, where we provide the audio version of the "Newsmakers" TV show. Get full interviews Monday-Thursday and the audio version of the TV show each and every Friday. On today's episode: myths about hell, a contentious election cycle, and a father’s road to forgiveness.
Sep 27, 2024•22 min
"The Chosen," the TV series that chronicles the lives of Jesus and His disciples, has become a global phenomenon, sparking spin-off projects, memorabilia, and more. Among the projects that stem from the popular show are a book series and interactive Bible study aimed at helping viewers better connect with Scripture. Amanda Jenkins, wife of "The Chosen" show runner Dallas Jenkins, most recently authored "God's Goodness for the Chosen: An Interactive Bible Study Season 4," a project she says explo...
Sep 26, 2024•10 min
Darren Whitehead, pastor of Church Of The City in Nashville, Tennessee, and author of "The Digital Fast: 40 Days to Detox Your Mind and Reclaim What Matters Most," joins "Newsmakers" to discuss why he believes "traditional fasting is probably the most neglected spiritual practice in the modern world." He also explores why he believes it's essential to engage in fasts from technology. Hear what he has to say. FOLLOW CBN'S NEWSMAKERS: Watch the weekly "Newsmakers" TV show Subscribe to the "Newsmak...
Sep 25, 2024•16 min
Joasia was a Jewish infant in German-occupied Poland in 1942 when she was smuggled out of a Warsaw ghetto in a backpack and her life was miraculously spared. The baby, who was born amid Adolf Hitler's murderous campaign, survived due to the kindness of strangers and truly prodigious happenings — events her daughter, Karen Kirsten, regularly shares with audiences. What's perhaps most shocking is that Joasia didn't learn anything about these events until she was 32 years old. "She was born inside ...
Sep 24, 2024•18 min
Tasha Layton is known for her Gospel-themed music, but the Christian singer's journey to faith-based music took some truly unique twists and turns. Layton, 41, told CBN News that her journey from singing backup for Katy Perry to embarking on her own quest into Christian music taught her a major lesson: the importance of "trusting God with every step." "Before I entered music to do my own music, there were a lot of years that I wasn't sure how God was going to work it out," she said. "I didn't un...
Sep 23, 2024•6 min
On today’s Newsmakers: a pastor’s victory, a Christian school canceled, and an actor’s prayer.
Sep 20, 2024•22 min
John Bevere joins the show to explain what it means to truly fear God. Listen to him on this powerful episode of Newsmakers!
Sep 19, 2024•15 min
Davey Blackburn faced an absolute nightmare Nov. 10, 2015, when he arrived home from a morning workout to find his wife, Amanda, experiencing what he thought was a health crisis. But he soon found out she had been shot by an intruder who barged into their Indianapolis home. It's a harrowing story told in Blackburn's new book, "Nothing Is Wasted: A True Story of Hope, Forgiveness, and Finding Purpose in Pain." "I walked in and my wife of seven years and my 15-month-old were in the house at the ti...
Sep 19, 2024•22 min
A pro-life leader is sounding off after last week's presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Kelsey Pritchard, state director of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, told CBN News she believes Harris distorted and misled about various issues surrounding the unborn. Her organization is also challenging ABC News' David Muir and Linsey Davis, who moderated the debate. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America sent a letter last week to ABC News president Alm...
Sep 17, 2024•16 min
A Washington pastor has scored a major victory after being arrested at least twice for preaching the Gospel in public. Pastor Matthew Meinecke's battle against Seattle officials recently came to a close, according to Nate Kellum, senior counsel at First Liberty Institute. The lawyer told CBN News how the situation began in June 24, 2022, how it was resolved — and why it matters. FOLLOW CBN'S NEWSMAKERS: Watch the weekly "Newsmakers" TV show Subscribe to the "Newsmakers" daily podcast on Apple Re...
Sep 16, 2024•13 min
This week's full "Newsmakers" TV show features a Gold Star mom speaking out, pro-Life protesters’ plight, and an explanation of the horrific Christian persecution unfolding in Bangladesh.
Sep 15, 2024•22 min
When one thinks about Bravo's "The Real Housewives" franchise, many things likely come to mind. But "Jesus-loving" and "Christian" generally aren't two of the first descriptors to materialize. Yet Lydia McLaughlin, who formerly starred on "The Real Housewives of Orange County," fully embraces these titles, and openly shares her faith with the masses. In fact, McLaughlin, who left the show in 2018, recently released a book, "JoyFull: 365 Daily Devotions for Women," aimed at helping women get clos...
Sep 12, 2024•21 min
