<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/candace-cameron-bure-thanks-fans-after-faith-based-tv-network-sees-monster-ratings-jump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Candace Cameron Bure</a> talked about making faith-based films for the Great American Family Network, saying that their goal was to honor &#8220;faith, family, and country&#8221; in film — something she said was often missing.</p>
<p>During an interview with the 47-year-old actress and GAF CEO Bill Abbott, the two talked to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/candace-cameron-bure-focusing-faith-based-content-cultural-desert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> about making Christmas movies that honor those who serve our country and celebrates family.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think we want to create an oasis in a cultural desert,&#8221; Bure told the outlet.</p>
<p>Abbott added, &#8220;I think that the culture overall needs it. And there is just so little content out there that serves family and faith and is done in a quality way. And so that is a very big part of what our mission is and what we do, and the demand is huge.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Candace Cameron Bure focusing on faith-based content &#8216;in a cultural desert&#8217; <a href="https://t.co/osEDuSSQTM">https://t.co/osEDuSSQTM</a></p>
<p>— Fox News Entertainment (@FoxNewsEnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsEnt/status/1726543213312307678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/youre-going-to-be-a-disciple-for-me-candace-cameron-bure-thanks-god-for-taking-her-out-of-acting-for-10-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bure,</a> who develops, produces and stars in movies on the network, will appear in &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/candace-cameron-bure-shares-details-about-upcoming-film-that-honors-u-s-veterans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">My Christmas Hero</a>&#8221; when her latest film for GAF — which honors U.S. military veterans — drops the day after Thanksgiving. In the film, Bure plays a U.S. Army Reserve doctor &#8220;who&#8217;s on a mission to honor a fallen soldier,&#8221; the outlet noted.</p>
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<p>&#8220;They [service members] really are appreciative that we honor faith, family and country and that we are pro-country and we love America and we&#8217;re grateful for their service,&#8221; Bure said.</p>
<p>&#8220;So I know it means a lot to them that we honor them and we want to in really big ways because we know that we wouldn&#8217;t be here in peace without them,&#8221; she added. &#8220;So this is just a small gesture of appreciation on our end.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Full House&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/candace-cameron-bure-thanks-fans-after-gaf-becomes-fastest-growing-network-in-all-of-cable-tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">star</a> and Abbott provided a special screening of the movie recently in Washington state at Joint Army and Air Force Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), the outlet noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a joy to be here,&#8221; Bure said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve met many people, [with] huge smiles on their faces, which are bringing us so much joy. But I know that they&#8217;re really happy that we&#8217;re here.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s a place where their whole family can come to watch the movie tonight,&#8221; she added of the screening. &#8220;And that&#8217;s special for us because that&#8217;s who our movies are for, the whole family together.&#8221;</p>
<p>Speaking to the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/candace-cameron-bure-great-american-family-11668205295" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal</a>, the &#8220;Fuller House&#8221; star previously talked about her decision to leave Hallmark and join GAF, after Hallmark&#8217;s programming and advertising started involving LGBTQ-themed stories.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/great-american-family-announces-great-american-christmas-2023-with-20-new-originals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Great American Family Announces &#8216;Great American Christmas 2023&#8217; With 20 New Originals</a></strong></p>


Today – Season 68

‘We Honor Faith, Family And Country’: Candace Cameron Bure On Making Faith-Based Films

'We Honor Faith, Family And Country': Candace Cameron Bure On Making Faith-Based Films

Candace Cameron Bure

Celebrities

Christmas

Entertainment

Faith

Hollywood

Movies

<p>&#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-reveals-entire-next-season-will-be-released-first-in-theaters-drops-emotional-trailer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Chosen</a>&#8221; creator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-scores-extended-theatrical-release-following-overwhelming-response-for-finale-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dallas Jenkins</a> said both &#8220;extreme pain and sadness&#8221; and also &#8220;some extreme joy&#8221; is what fans can expect for Season 4 when it hits theaters first exclusively in February.</p>
<p>The creator of the popular faith-based series, which explores the life of Jesus through those who were closest to him, said that everyone knew that the series was building toward Christ&#8217;s crucifixion, calling the new season an &#8220;increasingly heavy&#8221; time for Jesus and his followers.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re getting closer and closer to what we know is coming,&#8221; Jenkins told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-chosen-creator-dallas-jenkins-says-extreme-pain-sadness-biblical-shows-4th-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>. &#8220;There&#8217;s some extreme pain and sadness that&#8217;s coming soon in future seasons.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And of course, there&#8217;s also some extreme joy that&#8217;s coming,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But on the way there, Jesus is getting increasingly sad because of the fact that things are getting increasingly heavy.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Not just because we know that he&#8217;s going to suffer, but he&#8217;s sad because the followers around him and the city that is the holy city, the city that is the birthplace of our faith, doesn&#8217;t get it,&#8221; Jenkins continued.</p>
<p>The trailer for season four recently dropped and clips of actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-and-jesus-revolution-star-jonathan-roumies-career-has-exploded-since-surrendering-to-god" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Roumie</a>, who plays Jesus, show him shedding tears, something the show&#8217;s creator is &#8220;an important part of the story.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Back soon. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Season4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Season4</a> <a href="https://t.co/8n32gGKcj8">pic.twitter.com/8n32gGKcj8</a></p>
<p>— The Chosen (@thechosentv) <a href="https://twitter.com/thechosentv/status/1714008309739733415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Now, I will say also there&#8217;s lots of joy, there&#8217;s lots of laughter, there&#8217;s lots of miracles that we get to experience, which is one of the reasons why we want people to see this on the big screen and see this together,&#8221; Jenkins said. &#8220;But season 4 is a time where the fact that the people around Jesus just aren&#8217;t quite getting it and the reason that he&#8217;s here does start to get bigger and more important in his ministry.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyuQo0lIlmn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, Jenkins wrote that the new season is &#8220;heavy and easily our deepest, most challenging, and most mature season yet. And this teaser reflects that. But I and the team agree … it&#8217;s our best.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We poured our hearts out for this season,&#8221; the message added. &#8220;There are more trailers to come, but I wanted to give you an early look at what’s coming. I can&#8217;t wait to show you more.&#8221;</p>
<p>Starting in 2024 — following the release of three episodes of season three on the big screen last year — the first three episodes of season four will hit theaters starting February 1, 2024, and run for two weeks. It will be followed by a release on February 15 of the next three episodes, 4-6. The conclusion will hit the big screen on February 29, when fans can catch the last two episodes, 7-8.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Chosen&#8221; Season 4 will be distributed by Fathom Events.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-reveals-entire-next-season-will-be-released-first-in-theaters-drops-emotional-trailer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;The Chosen&#8217; Reveals Entire Next Season Will Be Released First In Theaters, Drops Emotional Trailer</a></strong></p>


S2 Jesus and his disciples

‘The Chosen’ Creator Talks About Season 4’s ‘Extreme Pain And Sadness’

‘The Chosen’ Creator Talks About Season 4’s ‘Extreme Pain And Sadness'

The Chosen

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After posting a video of herself being baptized into the </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christianity"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> faith, tattoo artist and reality TV personality </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kat Von D</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> shared a lengthier account of her experience with faith and fan reactions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 41-year-old</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, whose real name is Katherine von Drachenberg, posted a 12-minute long video to Instagram Sunday night which detailed what has happened since she shared the baptism clip.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I know that everybody&#8217;s on their own journey and it&#8217;s not for everybody, but this is where I&#8217;m at,&#8221; Von D said in the video. &#8220;And to me, my baptism was a public demonstration of where I stand with my faith, and basically letting people know that I&#8217;m not ashamed.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But even though she’s not ashamed, the reality star said she isn’t planning to discuss her newfound faith publicly very often.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It&#8217;s not for any other reason than I just don&#8217;t really feel equipped to be the poster child for Christianity,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I think that I&#8217;m still learning and as I do, I will become more equipped, but for the time being, I feel like I&#8217;ve never really been that and I don&#8217;t plan on doing that. So if you started following me because you think this will become some kind of Christian meme page, it&#8217;s not going to happen.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She went on to discuss how she shares tidbits of her journey in hopes of helping others. &#8220;If there was anybody out there that felt like they were at a crossroads and don&#8217;t feel like you fit in — because I don&#8217;t feel like I fit in anywhere now or that I ever have, to be honest with you — you&#8217;re not alone,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And it&#8217;s crazy how many people in my DMs and stuff shared with me what they&#8217;ve been going through too, so it&#8217;s kind of cool to be able to connect in that way.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Von D made headlines when she </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kat-von-d-posts-video-of-her-christian-baptism-after-renouncing-occult-items-witchcraft"><span style="font-weight: 400;">posted a video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of herself getting baptized at the Switzerland Baptist Church in Vevay, Indiana, more than one year after renouncing witchcraft and her prior macabre aesthetic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Today, I went through my entire library, and threw out books that just don’t align with who I am and who I want to be,” the tattoo artist said in part in a July 2022 Instagram post. “I’ve always found beauty in the macabre, but at this point, I just had to ask myself what is my relationship with this content? And the truth is, I just don’t want to invite any of these things into our family’s lives, even if it comes disguised in beautiful covers, collecting dust on my shelves.”</span></p>


Kat Von D

‘I’m Not Ashamed’: Kat Von D Discusses Christian Baptism After Rejecting Occult

'I'm Not Ashamed': Kat Von D Discusses Christian Baptism After Rejecting Occult

Christianity

Occult

U.S.

<p>&#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-and-jesus-revolution-star-jonathan-roumies-career-has-exploded-since-surrendering-to-god" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Chosen</a>&#8221; announced that fans will be able to catch the entirety of season four in theaters starting in February — following the release of three episodes of season three on the big screen last year — as the emotional trailer finally dropped on Monday for the coming season.</p>
<p>&#8220;Every time we&#8217;ve dipped our toes in the theatrical waters, viewers have overwhelmingly told us they want more,&#8221; &#8220;The Chosen&#8221; director Dallas Jenkins shared in a press release about the series, which is being distributed by Fathom Events.</p>
<p>&#8220;After seeing the Season 4 episodes, we knew we&#8217;d be doing our fans a disservice if we denied them the chance to see them all on a big screen with others they can laugh and cry with,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to collaborate again with &#8216;The Chosen&#8217; team to bring fans the entire fourth season to cinemas before it is available elsewhere,&#8221; Ray Nutt, CEO of Fathom Events continued. &#8220;It is a testament to the big screen&#8217;s power to unite people and have them share in this communal experience.&#8221;</p>
<p>The release noted that the first three episodes of season four will hit theaters starting Feb. 1, 2024, and run for two weeks. It will be followed by a release on Feb. 15 of the next three episodes, 4-6. The conclusion will hit the big screen Feb. 29 where fans can catch the last two episodes, 7-8.</p>
<p>The heart-breaking trailer for season four of the faith-based series, that explores Jesus through those close to him, also caught fans&#8217; attention when it dropped Monday, picking up where the story left off.</p>
<p>A description about season four in a press release read, &#8220;Clashing kingdoms. Rival rulers. The enemies of Jesus close in while His followers struggle to keep up, leaving Him to carry the burden alone. Season 4 promises to deliver where last season&#8217;s emotional walking on water finale left off.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>WATCH:</strong></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="The Chosen: Season 4 Teaser Trailer" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_2eXnhrvyc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>The first two episodes of season three premiered last year on the big screen, and fans turned out in a big way, making it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/faith-based-series-the-chosen-hits-3-at-box-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No. 3</a> at the box office opening weekend. It was later released for free to fans to stream and watch on the show&#8217;s <a href="https://new.thechosen.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">app</a> with a message about paying it forward, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/costs-and-confusion-the-chosen-creator-explains-popularity-of-show-and-what-fans-can-expect-for-upcoming-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-star-jonathan-roumie-hilariously-reacts-to-jesus-revolution-landing-in-top-3-at-box-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;The Chosen&#8217; Star Jonathan Roumie Hilariously Reacts To &#8216;Jesus Revolution&#8217; Landing In Top 3 At Box Office</a></strong></p>


‘The Chosen’ Reveals Entire Next Season Will Be Released First In Theaters, Drops Emotional Trailer

'The Chosen’ Reveals Entire Next Season Will Be Released First In Theaters, Drops Emotional Trailer

Jonathan Rumie

<p>Great American Family network announced its &#8220;Great American Christmas 2023&#8221; line-up is ready in a new trailer as it revealed that fans will get 20 new premiers starting in October and running through the holiday season.</p>
<p>In the 30 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_1eBBHfKmg&amp;t=29s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second clip</a> from GAF, viewers learn that coming this October &#8220;the stars you love&#8221; will appear in 20 all-new original holiday movies that are part of the networks 24-hours-a-day and 7-days-a-week Christmas programming this year for GAF&#8217;s Christmas season, a <a href="https://www.greatamericanfamily.com/2023/09/18/come-home-to-great-american-family-for-christmas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> read.</p>
<p>&#8220;Full House&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/candace-cameron-bure-says-she-prays-upcoming-faith-based-film-helps-people-find-jesus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Candace Cameron Bure</a> along with Lori Loughlin, Danica McKellar, Chad Michael Murray, and so many more are part of the third year of Christmas programming from the faith-based TV network, which says it offers an alternative to Hallmark&#8217;s LGBTQ-themed films.</p>
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<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Great American Christmas 2023" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5_1eBBHfKmg?start=29&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Bure will star in one of the films, &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/candace-cameron-bure-shares-details-about-upcoming-film-that-honors-u-s-veterans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">My Christmas Hero</a>,&#8221; which honors U.S. veterans. A description about it read, &#8220;An army reserve doctor (Bure) tracks down her family&#8217;s military history with the help of a new romance (Gabriel Hogan).&#8221;</p>
<p>And this year fans of Bure&#8217;s will also get to see her daughter Natasha Bure taking the lead in the movie &#8220;Christmas for the Ages,&#8221; alongside Anna Ferguson, Kate Craven, and Cheryl Ladd, the release noted.</p>
<p>Other films include titles like, &#8220;Royal Christmas Holiday,&#8221; &#8220;Bringing Christmas Home,&#8221; &#8220;Mistletoe Moments,&#8221; &#8220;Our Christmas Wedding,&#8221; and more, according to the press release.</p>
<p>Bure develops, produces, and stars in movies and TV shows broadcast on the channel, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/candace-cameron-bure-thanks-fans-after-faith-based-tv-network-sees-monster-ratings-jump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the &#8220;Fuller House&#8221; star talked about her decision to leave Hallmark and join GAF, after Hallmark&#8217;s programming and advertising started involving LGBTQ-themed stories, including the first original holiday movie focused on a same-sex couple, &#8220;The Holiday Sitter,&#8221; in December.</p>
<p>&#8220;I knew that the people behind Great American Family were Christians that love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and good family entertainment,&#8221; the superstar actress said, noting that Hallmark had essentially become &#8220;a completely different network&#8221; than when she signed on due to a &#8220;change of leadership.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Great American Christmas&#8221; kicks off October 20.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/candace-cameron-bure-shares-details-about-upcoming-film-that-honors-u-s-veterans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Candace Cameron Bure Shares Details About Upcoming Film That Honors U.S. Veterans</a></strong></p>


Great American Family Announces ‘Great American Christmas 2023’ With 20 New Originals

<p>&#8220;Twilight&#8221; star Peter Facinelli opened up about his faith and shared why it&#8217;s &#8220;important&#8221; for him to share his faith with his three daughters, Luca, Lola and Fiona — with ex-wife Jennie Garth — who are now mostly grown.</p>
<p>The 49-year-old actor, who was raised Catholic, said his youngest is &#8220;studying a lot of different religions&#8221; and admitted that all faiths seem to be &#8220;saying the same thing, you know, don&#8217;t kill their neighbor, but they all fight over who&#8217;s the best,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/peter-facinelli-shares-faith-his-kids-explains-why-talking-god-daily-basis-important" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;But at the end of the day, just be a good person and just live a good life,&#8221; Facinelli said. &#8220;You have morals and [I am] instilling those morals into my kids and having them have that inner judgment and say what they know, [and] what&#8217;s right and what&#8217;s wrong. And then watching them navigate that and being there for them when they&#8217;re unsure, unclear.&#8221;</p>
<p>At one point, the Hollywood star talked about &#8220;being able to have faith on a daily basis&#8221; and why he thinks it&#8217;s necessary to connect to God especially when things are going well.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/peterfacinelli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@peterfacinelli</a>  tells us all about his new film “On Fire” and how faith guides his life. <a href="https://t.co/gJoW5BJNby">https://t.co/gJoW5BJNby</a> <a href="https://t.co/HDNRkt62xs">pic.twitter.com/HDNRkt62xs</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Fox News Entertainment (@FoxNewsEnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsEnt/status/1708934932368617648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s easy to find faith when you have a tough time, when something hard is happening in your life, you become a believer quickly because there&#8217;s a higher power that you&#8217;re talking to get you through it,&#8221; Facinelli said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s harder to find that faith when things are going well, and I like to continue to tap into that higher self and the higher energy and the universe and in God on a daily basis,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Being able to have faith on a daily basis I think is important, so it&#8217;s not just like you&#8217;re asking the big man for a favor whenever things go sideways.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Having that connection with the higher zone, being able to get guidance is important for everybody,&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;And even the firm nonbeliever even will become a believer when their life is on the line or something is happening in their life that is daunting in that respect.&#8221;</p>
<p>Facinelli and Garth married in 2001 and divorced in 2013. He&#8217;s recently been romantically linked with actress Lily Anne Harrison. In 2022, the couple welcomed their <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/video/twilight-star-peter-facinelli-lily-153017965.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first child together</a>, a baby boy named Jack.</p>


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'Twilight’ Star Says It’s ‘Important’ To Share His Faith With His Three Daughters

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<p>Country singer Thomas Rhett paused his concert in Nashville over the weekend and called on the audience to pray with him for a fan who experienced a medical emergency during his show and had to be rushed out of Bridgestone Arena.</p>
<p>While performing on stage on Saturday, Rhett noticed a fan named Terry having a problem and called for medical help, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/thomas-rhett-pauses-nashville-concert-say-prayer-fan-suffering-medical-emergency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hey, there&#8217;s somebody down here, who&#8217;s like, really hurt,&#8221; the &#8220;Angels&#8221; hitmaker announced during his show, asking if there were medical personnel in the building.</p>
<p>In the videos <a href="https://x.com/WatchChad/status/1708864155510362268?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online</a>, a stretcher can be seen being rushed out of the concert before Rhett asked his fans if they would join him in prayer.</p>
<p>&#8220;Father God, we just ask for healing over Terry,&#8221; Rhett said. &#8220;We know that you are the ultimate physician. We know that you are the ultimate healer. Pray for Terry&#8217;s family right now, cause [they&#8217;re] pretty scared for Terry, who&#8217;s very scared.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;God, we know that you are a miracle worker,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We just pray over Terry and his family right now. We ask that everybody in this room, after they leave tonight, will continue to pray for Terry and his family.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">God is the GREATEST PHYSICIAN!!!</p>
<p>Thomas Rhett STOPPED his concert last night to PRAY for a man who was having a medical emergency!!!</p>
<p>We are all praying for Terry!!! <a href="https://t.co/7jyihTabjP">pic.twitter.com/7jyihTabjP</a></p>
<p>— Chad Prather (@WatchChad) <a href="https://twitter.com/WatchChad/status/1708864155510362268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;We love you, we thank you for Jesus,&#8221; Rhett continued. We pray this in His name, Amen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fans then broke into a chant of &#8220;Terry, Terry.&#8221;</p>
<p>The 33-year-old later shared an update on social media with fans saying Terry was &#8220;doing well&#8221; and was recovering at home.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I’m thankful to report that Terry, who needed medical attention at last night’s show in Nashville, is home and doing well. He and his family appreciate all the prayers! Love y’all so much.</p>
<p>— Thomas Rhett (@ThomasRhett) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasRhett/status/1708638952616329654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I’m thankful to report that Terry, who needed medical attention at last night&#8217;s show in Nashville, is home and doing well,&#8221; Rhett captioned his post on <a href="https://x.com/ThomasRhett/status/1708638952616329654?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;He and his family appreciate all the prayers!&#8221; his post added.  &#8220;Love y&#8217;all so much.&#8221;</p>
<p>It all happened on the country singer&#8217;s final night of his &#8220;Rhett&#8217;s Home Team Tour 23.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related:  <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/country-singer-granger-smith-announces-his-final-tour-says-hes-leaving-music-to-focus-on-faith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Country Singer Granger Smith Announces His Final Tour, Says He&#8217;s Leaving Music To Focus On Faith</a></strong></p>


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<p>Former South Carolina Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called on the United States to return to faith and family during a campaign stop in Iowa on Saturday when asked how such values would play a role in her administration.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what is wrong with our country,&#8221; Haley <a href="https://twitter.com/ARookerKCCI/status/1703087037643927749" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> KCCI reporter Amanda Rooker. &#8220;We&#8217;ve lost that faith in God, faith in the American people, faith in our spirit, and we need to go back to that.&#8221;</p>
<p>Haley appeared at the Iowa Faith &amp; Freedom Coalition Town Hall in West Des Moines over the weekend, where she participated in a Q &amp; A event with Governor Terry Branstad in Indianola and met with Iowa faith leaders.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s go back to the time when our parents raised us to be responsible individuals, where we went to school and learned how to be successful and where we went to church, and we found our faith and our conscience,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We need to go back to that,&#8221; Haley added. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to keep talking about that because we have a country to save, and we can&#8217;t do it without faith.&#8221;</p>
<p>Officials for Iowa Faith &amp; Freedom, the state chapter of a national Christian conservative organization, hold the annual event for candidates to court the state&#8217;s Evangelical leaders, who reportedly have influenced caucusgoers in past years. According to <a href="https://www.thegazette.com/campaigns-elections/haley-desantis-describe-faith-inspired-moments-during-event-with-iowa-evangelical-voters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local media</a>, event organizers reported roughly 1,200 people attended Saturday night&#8217;s fundraiser.</p>
<p>The event also featured several other GOP presidential candidates, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott (SC), former Vice President Mike Pence, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and businessman Perry Johnson.</p>
<p>The question about how faith has impacted their public service was reportedly recurring throughout the event.</p>
<p>During her time serving as South Carolina&#8217;s governor, Haley said she was &#8220;deeply&#8221; affected after a white supremacist shot and killed nine black members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston during a Bible study.</p>
<p>&#8220;I remember one day getting on my knees and saying, &#8216;God, I can&#8217;t do this by myself. I need you,'&#8221; she said. &#8220;And the strength and grace that he showed me, I will tell you, was a defining moment in my life. Because it was the only way that I was able to pull through and get through it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Haley said she moved the Confederate flag from over the state capitol building into a museum following the shooting.</p>
<p>&#8220;I will tell you it was a defining moment in my life because it was the only way I was able to pull through and get through it,&#8221; Haley said, according to <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2023/09/16/republican-presidential-candidates-court-iowa-evangelicals-at-faith-and-freedom-coalition-banquet/70854047007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local media</a>. &#8220;But more than that, I was able to see South Carolina through in a way that she showed real strength and grace.</p>
<p>Among the many topics appealing to Iowa&#8217;s faith community, Haley also stood firm on the issue of abortion, telling the crowd, &#8220;You have to speak hard truths&#8221; on the controversial topic that the American people &#8220;deserve the truth.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I am unapologetically pro-life, not because the Republican Party tells me to be but because my husband was adopted, and I had trouble having both of my children,&#8221; she reportedly told Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition during the banquet&#8217;s last sit-down interview. &#8220;I am surrounded by miracles and blessings.&#8221;</p>


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Nikki Haley Says America’s Problem Is ‘We’ve Lost Faith’ — In God And The American People

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-way-street-kevin-sorbo-says-hollywood-canceled-him-because-hes-christian-and-conservative" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin Sorbo</a> talked exclusively to The Daily Wire about what he said are the ongoing attacks on masculinity in our culture from movies and TV — and said it&#8217;s why he wrote his new children&#8217;s book &#8220;Test of Lionhood.&#8221;</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-sorbo-says-he-doesnt-want-to-hear-about-gun-control-after-biden-willingly-freed-an-incredibly-dangerous-arms-dealer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">64-year-old actor</a> said his book centers on a lion cub, who through a series of events, must face his own fears and accept a quest that &#8220;leads him to courage and strength&#8221; to save his sister. He said the reason he decided to do a kids’ book rather than one geared towards an older group is that kids today need to hear the message &#8220;let boys be boys and let girls be girls.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Look what we are doing to kids today from our public education system, through television and movies, this whole thing about toxic masculinity,&#8221; the &#8220;Hercules&#8221; star told us. &#8220;For decades now we have been trying to make men more feminine and we&#8217;re trying to make women more masculine.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Masculinity is under attack today. We need to teach our kids what Biblical masculinity looks like. </p>
<p>That’s why I wrote a kid’s book titled The Test of Lionhood with <a href="https://twitter.com/Bravebooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bravebooks</a>! You can get it for free when you subscribe to the book of the month club. <a href="https://t.co/JeLKjmcO6T">https://t.co/JeLKjmcO6T</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;We need our boys to become strong men who can lead their families, communities, in a more positive direction,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The Bible calls for us [men] to be providers. For men to be providers and that takes nothing away from women.”</p>
<p>The &#8220;Andromeda&#8221; star said it&#8217;s clear the &#8220;family unit is under attack,&#8221; especially fatherhood, not just in entertainment, but in every aspect of our lives.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Bible teaches us to honor the father, sitcoms teach us to dishonor the father,&#8221; he added. &#8220;For a confused generation of men, which we have now, it&#8217;s much easier for public schools, universities, TV, movies, government, to control that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a total opposite of a generation of men that are seeking the truth,&#8221; Sorbo continued. &#8220;Which is why I think they reject people like me who stand up for Conservative values and christian values.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, the superstar said he does see a sign of hope that people are getting tired of the woke agenda coming out of Hollywood, noting the success of the independent film &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-jim-caviezel-sends-message-to-fans-as-sound-of-freedom-surpasses-150-million-mark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sound of Freedom</a>,&#8221; which did better at the domestic box office than Disney&#8217;s latest &#8220;Indiana Jones&#8221; movie.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think people are getting sick of the crap Hollywood&#8217;s doing,&#8221; Sorbo said. &#8220;Case in point Hollywood, Hollywood&#8217;s about to be on its way to lose well over one billion dollars in theaters this year.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;What does that show you,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It shows you people are sick of this woke stuff &#8230; People are tired of the woke stuff from Hollywood and they are tired of the woke message.&#8221;</p>
<p>The actor, who has a new movie coming out of his Sorbo Studios in October called &#8220;Miracle In East Texas,&#8221; admitted &#8220;we got a culture battle on our hands. Hollywood&#8217;s winning it, but tied is turning. People are sick of it and the lions out there are waking up.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Test of Lionhood&#8221; can be found at <a href="https://bravebooks.us/products/freedom-island-book-club" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brave Books.</a> And for information about his upcoming movie and to watch the trailer go to <a href="https://www.sorbostudios.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sorbosstudios.com</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-way-street-kevin-sorbo-says-hollywood-canceled-him-because-hes-christian-and-conservative" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;One-Way Street&#8217;: Kevin Sorbo Says Hollywood Canceled Him Because He&#8217;s &#8216;Christian&#8217; And &#8216;Conservative&#8217;</a></strong></p>


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Kevin Sorbo Talks About Attacks On Masculinity In The Culture, New Children’s Book, And More

Kevin Sorbo Talks About Attacks On Masculinity In The Culture, New Children's Book, And More

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrendered-to-god-country-singer-granger-smith-says-faith-saved-my-life-after-losing-his-child" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Granger Smith</a> definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention when he posted a message to fans during his final tour stop on Saturday after his recent decision to step away from music to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/country-singer-granger-smith-announces-his-final-tour-says-hes-leaving-music-to-focus-on-faith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">focus on his faith</a> and pursue ministry.</p>
<p>The 43-year-old country singer said he didn&#8217;t want fans to see his departure as a retirement and hopes instead when they hear his name they think of the power of Jesus.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear,&#8221; Smith wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CwiDV2XsqBv/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>. &#8220;This is not retirement. That would mean I&#8217;m quitting work altogether. It&#8217;s also not because I&#8217;m burned out or unwell or sick or heartbroken or grieving. I am more at peace and more free than any other time of my life. It&#8217;s not for any of those reasons.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Let me tell you the real reason,&#8221; he added, quoting a line from the Book of Matthew. &#8220;Knowing Jesus and telling others about Him is the treasure of my life. And I want you to know this, so you can have Him as your treasure too. I want my family to experience it and my kids to know this joy. I don&#8217;t want a career based upon building a name for myself to get in the way of that, no matter what kind of popularity or career I&#8217;ve gained.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Backroad Song&#8221; hitmaker said that no number 1 song, album or sold out concert is more important to him than proclaiming the name of Christ, who he said &#8220;washed me clean, the one that has freed me from my shame and my guilt. The one that gave me a new heart.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I want Him to be known!&#8221; the singer wrote. &#8220;And I want to know Him more. That is the real reason I&#8217;m leaving music touring. From now on when you hear the name Granger Smith, my goal is NOT for you to say: &#8216;He was a great singer.&#8217; Or &#8216;a great speaker&#8217; or &#8216;author&#8217; or not even what a &#8216;great loss he suffered.'&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Instead, when you hear my name, I want you to think, &#8216;Granger Smith? Oh, I&#8217;ve heard of him. What a great Savior we have in Jesus!'&#8221; he added. &#8220;I hope to see y&#8217;all soon on a new kind of stage.&#8221;</p>
<p>Smith and wife Amber Bartlett have had four children together, River, London, Lincoln, and a fourth child, Maverick. Three-year-old River died in 2019 due to an accidental drowning.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/granger-smith-opens-up-about-agreement-he-made-with-wife-following-tragic-death-of-3-year-old-son" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Granger Smith Opens Up About &#8216;Agreement&#8217; He Made With Wife Following Tragic Death Of 3-Year-Old Son</a></strong></p>


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Granger Smith Posts Message To Fans On Final Tour Stop Before Stepping Away From Music, Pursuing Ministry

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<p class="p1">A singer-songwriter in Virginia, who goes by the name <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unknown-singer-songwriter-receives-praise-for-viral-anthem-for-the-american-working-man" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oliver Anthony</a> went viral last week when his anthem &#8220;Rich Men North Of Richmond&#8221; blew up on social media, leaving many to wonder just who is the red-haired, bearded man behind the lyrics.</p>
<p class="p1">On August 10, Oliver — born Christopher Anthony Lunsford — posted what some have dubbed the &#8220;American working man&#8217;s&#8221; song, just like he&#8217;d done with other songs he&#8217;d shared on his social media platforms. But instead of the song getting a couple thousand to several hundred thousand views, it went viral. The video stands, at the time of this publication, with 25.5 million views. It also appeared on the YouTube channel RadioWV, where the song has acquired 17 million views and counting.</p>
<p>Lunsford would <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmxyMJd7IQ8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later</a> share that it was his &#8220;first song&#8221; he &#8220;recorded on a real microphone and a real camera,&#8221; not just on his cell phone. The song &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unknown-singer-songwriter-receives-praise-for-viral-anthem-for-the-american-working-man" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rich Men North of Richmond</a>,&#8221; he said, was inspired by his days working in the factory in Western North Carolina and about those men who live north of Richmond, VA &#8220;who make life a little more difficult than it should be.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rich Men North of Richmond has been uploaded to all major streaming platforms and will show up there in a few days.</p>
<p>Im still in a state of shock at the outpouring of love I&#39;ve seen in the comments, messages and emails. I&#39;m working to respond to everyone as quickly as possible. <a href="https://t.co/iScaYp9AWQ">pic.twitter.com/iScaYp9AWQ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Oliver Anthony (@AintGottaDollar) <a href="https://twitter.com/AintGottaDollar/status/1689826860971008000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>There&#8217;s not been a whole lot of information available about him yet. What we do know is Lunsford <a href="https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2023/08/10/virginia-native-oliver-anthony-makes-powerful-debut-rich-men-north-of-richmond/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resides</a> with his three dogs in Farmville pursuing an off-the-grid lifestyle on 90 acres of land. Daily Wire podcast host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oliver-anthony-and-the-normal-people-uprising" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Walsh</a> talked about Lunsford&#8217;s song and about Farmville, a place where the median household income in 2021 &#8220;was under $36,000, compared to more than $70,000 in the rest of the country.&#8221; Oliver&#8217;s songs echo those sentiments, with titles like &#8220;Rich Man&#8217;s Gold,&#8221; &#8220;Ain&#8217;t Gotta Dollar,&#8221; and &#8220;Hell On Earth.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shortly before RadioWV dropped his song, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmxyMJd7IQ8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lunsford</a> gave a bit of insight into who he is and said he wasn&#8217;t on either the Right or the Left, but &#8220;dead center down the aisle&#8221; politically.</p>
<p class="p3">He also talked about how he&#8217;s been playing music and singing for &#8220;a long time&#8221; and &#8220;really started&#8221; writing his own stuff down in 2021 at a time that was &#8220;not good for a lot of people,&#8221; including himself.</p>
<p class="p3">&#8220;I had wasted a lot of nights getting high and getting drunk and I had sort of gotten to a point in my life where even things that I did care about didn&#8217;t mean anything to me anymore,&#8221; Anthony said. &#8220;I mean this is certainly no &#8216;Dr. Phil&#8217; episode, but I found an outlet in this music.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p3">He said in the &#8220;last year&#8221; he decided at all &#8220;costs&#8221; no matter what, he was going to write and produce as much original content as he could in the hopes that it could at least help somebody out there who needs it.</p>
<p class="p1">Oliver also seemed to reflect on his journey of faith, admitting that he spent &#8220;a long time being an angry, little agnostic punk … I would get so angry about the concept of God. Because I had sort of perverted what my vision of God was, because I looked at the religion of man as God and not God himself.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p3">He said sometimes it takes &#8220;falling down on your knees&#8221; and being &#8220;ready to call things quits&#8221; before it becomes obvious God is there.</p>
<p class="p3">&#8220;And I don&#8217;t care where you are or what you&#8217;ve done, where you think your life&#8217;s heading, everything can change in a moment,&#8221; the singer said. &#8220;As long as you&#8217;re above the dirt, you&#8217;ve got a fighting chance.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">Lunsford recently <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsjhRmq9S2s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to &#8220;Rich Men&#8221; becoming a viral sensation and said he&#8217;s not looking for fame, something he expanded about on Thursday when he gave a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085643337139" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formal introduction</a> into exactly who he is, sharing his birth name and that the name Oliver Anthony is a dedication to not only his grandfather (who bears the name) but to &#8220;1930&#8217;s Appalachia where he was born and raised. Dirt floors, seven kids, hard times.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers,&#8221; Oliver wrote. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want 6 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don&#8217;t want to play stadium shows, I don&#8217;t want to be in the spotlight. I wrote the music I wrote because I was suffering with mental health and depression.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;These songs have connected with millions of people on such a deep level because they&#8217;re being sung by someone feeling the words in the very moment they were being sung,&#8221; he added. &#8220;No editing, no agent, no bulls&#8211;t. Just some idiot and his guitar.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">Lunsford said he dropped &#8220;out of high school at age 17&#8221; got his &#8220;GED from Spruce Pine, NC&#8221; and ended up working multiple plant jobs there.</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;I worked 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell,&#8221; Oliver wrote. &#8220;In 2013, I had a bad fall at work and fractured my skull. It forced me to move back home to Virginia. Due to complications from the injury, it took me 6 months or so before I could work again.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;From 2014 until just a few days ago, I&#8217;ve worked outside sales in the industrial manufacturing world,&#8221; he added. &#8220;My job has taken me all over Virginia and into the Carolinas, getting to know tens of thousands of other blue collar workers on job sites and in factories. Ive spent all day, everyday, for the last 10 years hearing the same story. People are so damn tired of being neglected, divided and manipulated.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;In 2019, I paid $97,500 for the property and still owe about $60,000 on it,&#8221; the singer continued. &#8220;I am living in a 27&#8242; camper with a tarp on the roof that I got off of craigslist for $750. There&#8217;s nothing special about me. I&#8217;m not a good musician, I&#8217;m not a very good person. I&#8217;ve spent the last 5 years struggling with mental health and using alcohol to drown it.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">His post went on to talk about how sad he is to see the state of the world &#8220;with everyone fighting with each other&#8221; and that he hates the &#8220;way the Internet has divided all of us,&#8221; calling it a parasite. He closed out his post with a message, &#8220;Just like those once wandering in the desert, we have lost our way from God and have let false idols distract us and divide us. It&#8217;s a damn shame.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oliver-anthony-shares-bible-verse-during-first-public-performance-since-going-viral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oliver Anthony Shares Bible Verse During First Public Performance Since Going Viral</a></strong></p>


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Who Is Oliver Anthony, The Songwriter Behind The Viral Anthem ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’?

Who Is Oliver Anthony, The Songwriter Behind The Viral Anthem 'Rich Men North Of Richmond'?

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<p>Former country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/country-singer-granger-smith-announces-his-final-tour-says-hes-leaving-music-to-focus-on-faith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Granger Smith</a> opened up about the &#8220;agreement&#8221; he made with his wife Amber Bartlett to keep their family together following the tragic death of their 3-year-old son in an accidental drowning in 2019.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrendered-to-god-country-singer-granger-smith-says-faith-saved-my-life-after-losing-his-child" target="_blank" rel="noopener">43-year-old</a> singer and his wife talked about the day their son River was rushed to hospital after an accident in the pool at their Texas home and hearing doctors tell them there was &#8220;zero chance&#8221; their little boy was going to survive, <a href="https://www.today.com/parents/dads/granger-smith-didnt-let-sons-death-end-marriage-rcna99540" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Today</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;We asked for a second opinion,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;The second crew came in and said: &#8216;Yes, we confirm this.&#8217; Sympathetically of course, they told us: &#8216;There is no chance.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Smith said the two then walked out to a little serenity garden after hearing the news. &#8220;We sat out there just dumbfounded.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Then we just looked at each other and we knew the statistics — we knew that couples don&#8217;t make it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The odds are against us. The world is completely against us, and people are mean and they will perpetuate this.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“He’s my husband and I love him so much,&quot; Amber Bartlett tells <a href="https://t.co/LaKO1WBr7r">https://t.co/LaKO1WBr7r</a>. &quot;We’re both walking through the exact same grief.” <a href="https://t.co/D27gem1pmP">https://t.co/D27gem1pmP</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;So we made an agreement, right then — it was like, almost, a business agreement,&#8221; Smith continued. &#8220;It was like: &#8216;OK, we&#8217;re going to do this. The world is going to come at us; we&#8217;re going to feel terrible; we have huge obstacles, but we are not going to split. We have to make this agreement for the other two kids — for, at least, the other two.&#8221;</p>
<p>Smith said he was the one with River when their child accidentally fell in the pool and credited his wife with keeping the couple together through the grief.</p>
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<p>&#8220;She could have at any moment said: &#8216;How dare you do this to our boy? How could you have turned your back on our baby?'&#8221; the former country singer said. &#8220;Easily, in her deepest and darkest moments of anger or guilt or depression she could have said: &#8216;It was you in the backyard.'&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;She never did — not once,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Ever. And if she did once — if she had slipped in her worst, darkest moment — one time — that could have put a slice in me that was irreparable in my soul. That might have been the thing that split us up forever — she didn&#8217;t do that.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bartlett said it was &#8220;the grace of God&#8221; that helped her to not blame Smith for their son&#8217;s death.</p>
<p>&#8220;I just never felt that,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This wasn&#8217;t something that he did or something that I didn&#8217;t do — we&#8217;re a couple. How could I ever put blame on him?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I just didn&#8217;t,&#8221; Bartlett continued. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t have an answer as to &#8216;why?&#8217; He&#8217;s my husband and I love him so much. We&#8217;re both walking through the exact same grief.&#8221;</p>
<p>Smith and Bartlett have had four <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/granger-smith-and-wife-amber-made-agreement-stay-together-death-3-year-old-son" target="_blank" rel="noopener">children together</a>, a daughter named London, an older son Lincoln, River, and a fourth son Maverick, whom they welcomed to the world in August 2021.</p>


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