So Many Celebrities Seem To Be Finding God

As Christians celebrate the Holy Season of Lent, it has been noticed that what seems to be developing all across America is a revival – a BIG one. It’s been coming slowly for a while, reversing a ‘highly publicized by the news media’ decline in Christianity. Yet within the last year, if there actually was a decline, that decline seems to have had the brakes put on it and come to a screeching halt. Reports are coming in from many parts of the nation that churches are starting to fill up again as congregations have ceased shrinking, which was noticed during Covid, to growing in size and in numbers.

In case you haven’t been paying attention, even famous celebrities who for the sake of getting more movie parts in Hollywood have, up until recently, kept their religious beliefs quiet - almost a secret. To coin a phrase, celebrities are now coming out of the woodwork to proudly profess their faith in God. For the past decade or more, that was frowned upon by those who run the film industry. Actor Rainn Wilson, who plays the part of Dwight Schrute in the TV series called ‘The Office’, just last month, actually came out and publically accused Hollywood of having an anti-Christian bias – and it certainly does. The big change here is that, up until now, few if any actors would dare to call Hollywood out on its hatred of religion for fear of being black listed and having their careers ended. But all of a sudden, that’s changed. The caution is disappearing. Mel Gibson has always been upfront in expressing his faith. His block buster film from years ago called ‘Passion of the Christ’ was a huge hit. He took a lot of flak for it by Hollywood big shots, but fortunately for Gibson, he’s too big to be stopped. He’s now in the process of making a sequel. But now others like Kelsey Grammar have thrown caution to the wind and he has just produced his new film titled ‘The Jesus Revolution’ and it’s dwarfing all expectations at the box office, shocking the entertainment industry. And other producers are stepping up and have other Christian themed movies in the works. Needless to say, the Hollywood power brokers are not happy, yet they find themselves powerless to do anything about it. The movement is actually snowballing into something big.

In the world of music, big name performers are also stepping up and expressing their faith and not just Country Music stars, who have always been up front about how much their belief in Jesus has influenced their lives. Dozens of Rock and Pop stars have stepped forward and announced that they are Christians; and yes, hold on to your hats, even Rap stars are speaking up proclaiming their belief in God. I’m not a Rap Music fan, but I did sit up and take notice when Rap singers like Lecrae, Chance the Rapper and CL Smooth and at least a dozen others of that genre also announced their faith.

In professional sports, it has been announced that now, between 35-40 percent of all professional athletes in the sports of Football, Basketball and Major League Baseball are not simply Christians, but ‘Evangelical’ and ‘Born Again Christians’ with the highest number playing in the

NFL. It looks like Tim Tebow may have opened the flood gates. This isn’t surprising in itself, since it’s pretty much every week now that another pro athlete goes public and announces that they owe their success to God. It’s said that this has NFL officials stunned, but here again, as players and entire teams are now openly praying together on the field, there is nothing NFL officials, especially people like Roger Goodell, can do about it – and they don’t dare try.

So as the sacred observances of Passover; which begins on

April 5th and Easter which falls on April 9th (Orthodox Easter is April 16th) fast approach, Christians and our friends of the Jewish Faith can prepare to observe and celebrate with the knowledge that contrary to what the news media and those who run the sports and entertainment industries seemed to be hoping for, faith in God; though it may have been on hold for a bit and maybe there was a decline of sorts, seems to be roaring back and with the way situations around the country and the world have been developing, it might be happening just in time.