“Don't go to Hollywood.
That was the road the Robertsons of “Duck Dynasty” fame heard over and over once they first advised their household and associates that that they had determined to enter the world of actuality TV.
Nevertheless, the Lord has now given the well-known household a solution to this well-intentioned – if misguided – plea. Korie Robertson, spouse of Willie and mom of Sadie and John Luke, not too long ago advised CBN's “Religion vs. Tradition” that they turned to the biblical promise in 2 Timothy 1:7.
The New Testomony passage reads: “For God has not given us a spirit of worry and timidity, however a spirit of energy and love and self-discipline” (NLT).
“[God] he says he will probably be with us wherever we go, so we simply requested for God's favor, for His safety [to be] on us,” she stated. “God says to enter all of the world. So every time somebody asks me, 'Ought to I, as a believer, get into the enjoyable?' I'm like, 'Sure, we want extra folks in leisure. We’d like extra gentle on this [industry].'”
Newly launched information from AllConnect discovered that the common web consumer spends nearly seven hours a day taking a look at a display – a 60% improve for the reason that begin of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. And kids aged 8-10 spend about six hours a day staring. at screens, whereas youngsters aged 11 to 14 use the Web for greater than 9 hours a day.
Robertson realized that there was super energy within the media business. So why not use it for good?
“Every time we began 'Duck Dynasty,' it wasn't essentially a religion present,” Robertson stated, including that there was no method to “get round” speaking about their Christian religion, “as a result of that's who we’re.”
She continued, “We hope that folks will see our story and see our testimony and say, 'Why [your life] completely different? Why do you appear to have love, pleasure, peace, endurance, kindness?” That's as a result of we do [Holy] The Spirit lives in us and we will inform [people] a little bit extra about what Jesus did for us. It's not as a result of we're that nice. It’s as a result of the Spirit of God lives in us and we attempt to reside our lives that method.”
With folks spending one to 2 hours every week in church and dozens extra on the Web, Robertson noticed a possibility to satisfy folks—particularly non-believers who don't attend church recurrently—the place they’re: at their TVs, smartphones and tablets.
Over time, greater than something the Robertsons stated or did throughout every episode of “Duck Dynasty,” it was the household prayer on the finish of every present that left the most important mark on viewers.
“Folks got here to us with tears of their eyes and stated, 'My husband goes to church now as a result of he noticed actual males who love Jesus,' and 'Our children gained't allow us to eat till we pray due to your present.' Robertson thought. “So we noticed so powerfully how leisure shapes folks and modifications folks and the way it can transfer folks.”
“You look again at Jesus and he advised parables, he advised tales, as a result of tales transfer folks and other people deal with them that method,” she continued, noting that it was a response to their actuality collection that led the Robertsons to start out their very own manufacturing studio. Tread Vigorous, the person behind The Blind, which chronicles the religion journeys of Phil and Kay Robertson, the patriarch and matriarch of the “Duck Dynasty” household.
The movie debuted in theaters final yr and is now streaming on Nice American Pure Flix.
Take a look at our full interview with Korie Robertson on the episode “Religion vs. Tradition” above.
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