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Chaplain Black gave us a new piece of our oral history

by Jerry Pattengale
February 5, 2017

(RNS) With his Darius Rucker voice, Martin Luther King Jr. prose, G.K. Chesterton depth and Billy Graham anointing, the Senate chaplain provoked our minds and prodded our emotions.

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Obama at prayer breakfast: 'Jesus is a good cure for fear'

by Adelle M. Banks
February 4, 2016

WASHINGTON (RNS) The president’s speech to several thousand mostly evangelical listeners came a day after he spoke at a Baltimore mosque.

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#blacklivesmatter in Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's 'A.D.'

by Adelle M. Banks
April 1, 2015

(RNS) Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's "The Bible" miniseries was criticized as too white. Now they're back with "A.D.," and the cast is more multicultural than you might imagine.

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Jesus is all over the small screen, and that's no accident

by Patrick Ryan
March 30, 2015

"We didn't make Sunday-school programming," says Hollywood producer Mark Burnett. "We made stuff that was accurate to the Bible, but realistic, and didn't feel like it had been made on a shoestring budget."

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REVIEW: Well-intentioned 'Son of God' doesn't go too deep

by Claudia Puig
February 28, 2014

(RNS) “Son of God,” which opens Friday (Feb. 28), takes no real chances, opting for a moderately involving re-telling of an oft-told story.

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Roma Downey: Why we cut Satan from 'Son of God'

by Roma Downey
February 20, 2014

(RNS) It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting room floor. This is now a movie about Jesus, the Son of God, and the devil gets no more screen time, no more distractions.

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Rick Warren, others, rent theaters for premiere of 'Son of God'

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey
February 13, 2014

(RNS) Christian leaders, including megachurch pastors Rick Warren and Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, plan to rent every screen in numerous multiplex theaters in 10 cities for the upcoming Jesus film, "Son of God."

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Hollywood looks to the Bible for screenplay potential

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey
October 23, 2013

(RNS) Nearly 10 years after the blockbuster success of Mel Gibson's “The Passion of the Christ,” which earned $611.9 million worldwide, studios are looking to the Good Book for good material.

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Christians in Middle East: U.S. attack on Syria would be detrimental

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey
September 4, 2013

NEW YORK (RNS) “I couldn’t find a Christian leader at the conference who supported military intervention,” said Geoff Tunnicliffe, secretary general of the World Evangelical Alliance.

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Dark-skinned Satan has a long history

by Adelle M. Banks
March 28, 2013

(RNS) When some people recently started questioning whether the Satan character on “The Bible” mini-series resembled President Obama, others had a broader question: Why was Satan dark-skinned at all?

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'The Bible' producers deny their Satan resembles Obama

by Caleb K. Bell
March 19, 2013

(RNS) The producers of History channel’s “The Bible” fended off claims Monday (March 18) that the actor who plays Satan in the miniseries resembles President Barack Obama.

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For Hollywood couple, "The Bible" miniseries is a 'labor of love'

by Megan Sweas
February 27, 2013

LOS ANGELES (RNS) Roma Downey and Mark Burnett met in a nail salon in what she says was love at first sight. But the high-powered Hollywood couple say their most important project isn't her work on ''Touched by an Angel'' or his role on ''Survivor'' but their joint History Channel multi-part documentary on ``The Bible.''

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