“Religion has been oppressive for a long time,” he said in an interview with Men’s Health in June. “I didn’t know I would become the face of faith when I’m not really a devoted person. “
“I think there’s a difference between being devout, adhering to man-made customs, appropriating the concern reserved for what I think is a very genuine God, and employing it to control people, take money from people, abuse children, borrow. land, justify hatred. Anyway. The evil that is at the center of each and every man has slipped on the back of faith and has come with it.
He also denied any association with the global group, which has dozens of churches around the world and has noticed many stars coming in and out of its doors, some members of the Kardashian family, Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber and former pastor Carl Lentz, who presided over the Biebers’ wedding in September 2018.
At the 2018 MTV Music and TV Awards, Pratt rose to the level to settle for the Generation Award and addressed the younger generation in a speech titled “Chris Pratt’s Nine Rules. “
“God is real. God loves you, God needs him for you,” he said. “Believe it. I think so. “
“No one is the best. People will tell you that you are the best as you are, you are not. You are the best,” he said.
“At all times you will be. But there is a hard force that has designed you in this way. And if you are willing to settle for this, you will have grace. And grace is a gift. And like the freedom we enjoy in this country, this grace was paid for with someone else’s blood. Don’t do it. Don’t take it for granted,” he said, to applause from the crowd.
The “Jurassic Park: Dominion” star welcomed his daughter Eloise Christina Schwarzenegger Pratt with his wife in May. The couple welcomed their first daughter, Lyla Maria, in August 2020. Pratt has his son, Jack, with his ex-wife Anna Faris.
Entertainment expert Dan Wakeford told Fox News Digital that Hollywood stars share their conversations about faith with America.
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“When stars communicate about religion in America, it helps them bond with a wider audience. Connectivity is about relating, and if a celebrity has the same formula of trust as you, it makes you feel like they know them better and that they’re just like you. “, they have the same values and they perceive you,” he said. This can help open up millions of new enthusiasts and increase your visibility and therefore your success. “
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He added: “Conversely, if you don’t have the same ideals as the star talking about his faith, it can be alienating. This is especially true if the faith of a star becomes more excessive and practiced by fewer people. “
Country star Carrie Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher brazenly discussed some of their marital difficulties while in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic in a four-part series titled “Mike and Carrie: God. “
“We differ radically,” Underwood said. We are informed by others and have lively discussions about things we disagree on. But in the end, we love others very much. “
Fisher added, “That’s where our religion comes in, I think it gives us a non-unusual floor where that’s the most vital thing in everything. And then your differences, if they’re rooted in that, I know your heart, you know my heart, there’s a way, and it’s God who works in it. “
The former “American Idol” winner released her first gospel album last year, “My Savior,” a catalog of thirteen titles of songs committed to ministry. “This album is the one I’ve been looking to make,” he told Country Living. “It’s a legacy for me. “
Underwood took a day off from the studio and released his ninth album on Sunday, “Denim. “
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Award-winning actors Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson spoke with “The Ingraham Angle” about their film “Father Stu” earlier this year and the effect of finding religion through redemption.
Gibson, star of films such as “The Patriot,” “The Passion of the Christ” and “Braveheart,” and Wahlberg, of “Lone Survivor” and “Invincible,” said making the film reminded them of the importance of ideals and ideals.
“Having gratitude as a whole is important, but I think everyone has a lot of difficulties,” Wahlberg said. “It was in all those difficulties, when I focused on my faith, I was able to resist and smart things started to happen. . It all seemed to make sense. “
He added: “He made things less difficult and comforted me a lot. And other people have been through a lot. And I think what other people are going through is being reminded, you know, that they must have religion and hope and that love will last. “
Wahlberg explained to Fox Nation in February why “Father Stu” is now being sought: “People want to have religion and hope. I knew I had to make this film, and it was my vocation and my mission. And, now, it’s more mandatory than ever. “
“I hope this will make vital paintings and help a lot of people,” he continued. “It’s definitely a turning point for me in my life. . . I want to avoid focusing so much on Mark and start making a lot more paintings. “for God and for the less fortunate. “
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When asked about the film’s message to the audience, Wahlberg said it’s just about “not giving up. “
“God is going to abandon you,” the actor insisted. Don’t tell yourself to give up. “
For “Spy Kids” actress Alexa PenaVega and her husband, Nickelodeon’s “Big Time Rush” star Carlos PenaVega, following a Christian lifestyle outdoors of Hollywood lights was paramount to her family. After reflecting through prayer, they packed their bags and she left Los Angeles for Hawaii with her 3 children.
Alexa PenaVega told Fox News Digital that they want a “complete restart of the center” and that they feel “God is preparing” their circle of relatives to move to the islands.
“I was the one who got caught up in the entertainment world and needed to take a step back,” Alexa said. “My painting has my identity. God took me out of this so I can know that I am a wonderful mother. “and a wonderful wife. God helped us build this foundation in our family. And once I had that revelation, I felt at peace. “
She admitted it was “very important” for her to be open about her religion, her career on season 21 of “Dancing with the Stars” in 2015. Alexa and her professional husband Mark Ballas were eliminated in the seventh round, while her husband Carlos, who also competed in the same season, was eliminated the following week after facing professional Witney Carson.
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“It’s so simple to need to hide this because you don’t need to be judged for what you believe. But this is my life,” he said. My religion and my life are the same things. This does not necessarily mean that we preach. But God is such an important part of our lives that no matter what we do, our religion is elevated. We have the place of being other people who aman. la word of God and are content to share it.
In his new memoir, “What If Love Is the Point?Living for Jesus in a self-consuming world,” the couple talks more about the resolve that replaced their life, their determination to “share our witness” of love in marriage, and why she spoke candidly about her beyond the mess at food.
Chad Michael Murray told Fox News Digital in May that he had turned down projects that didn’t align with his core values.
“I stick to the things I’m in,” Murray said. “Let’s say a curtain had to fall on my desk, which has happened many times in the last 22 years, which I don’t necessarily think is what I or what I sell, so it’s not for me. “
“I don’t need to interfere in anything I don’t believe in in any way because it will destroy it for everyone else involved,” he added. “If you don’t like and fully accept the character you’re playing, it’s it will show up on the screen. I need to give the other people I paint with and the other people who are going to see the movie, the most of me. “
Murray, who began his career with “One Tree Hill” in 2003 after working on “Gilmore Girls” and “Dawson’s Creek,” spends time of the day reading the Bible. Murray met his wife Sarah Roemer on the set of “Chosen” in 2014. In 2015, the two married. They share two children together.
“I get up every day and put on this religious armor, read the Bible and do some devotionals, and then I get in a position to go to work,” Murray said of his upcoming film with Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe. Fortress: The Eye of the Sniper. “
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“I feel more powerful and safer walking on my stages every day knowing that I have God with me every day. Jesus is there with me every day, every day,” he said before adding, “When you have that comfort that you feel safe, you feel different, you feel the opportunity to care more, your shoulders are bigger, you can bring more weight. “
Hailey Bieber detailed the importance of her Christian ideals in her marriage to Justin Bieber while chatting with Yvonne Orji on a YouTube episode of “A Conversation With. “
“They ask me all the time, ‘What would you say is the most important thing in your relationship?You’re actually happy,'” Bieber said. That’s what we’re in. If we didn’t have that, we wouldn’t even be here. We wouldn’t even be together.
Actor Stephen Baldwin’s daughter also explained that she felt other Christians were judging her for modeling underwear or swimsuits.
“I met Christians who are very critical and who made me feel like I was a bad user because I don’t live my life the way they think I live my life,” she explained. “And I felt weird posting some pictures of myself or thinking, ‘People in church are going to see this. Am I doing something wrong?Am I setting a bad example?’And the truth is, no. “
In 2019, Bieber said his ultimate goal was to “represent Jesus. “
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“Full House” star Candace Cameron Bure told Fox she is proud of her Christian religion and believes the Bible is the “truth” for her.
“My religion is actually the foundation of who I am,” the actress explained. “It’s very important to me and it’s a part of me, whether it’s at home and in private, or when I read the Bible in a Bible study. . But also in paintings, and the possible options I make in paintings, and the corporations with which I decide to paint and the projects I decide to undertake. “
He added: “I can go back to the word of God and place hope, encouragement, positivity, accept as truth what I know I have in Jesus. And so it never fails, even when life is not going well. I need it or I had planned it I know that God controls everything.
“I live through religion in each and every thing, in each and every thing I do and in each and every facet of my life. So it’s not just something I depend on or a crutch. I mean, that’s who I am. How does this help me?It’s hard to say because it’s just a component of my being. “
Tracy Wright is entertainment editor for Fox News Digital. Send the history to tracy. wright@fox. com.