Crosswalk Talk: Celebrity Christian Interviews

Join us each week on Crosswalk Talk where we interview your favorite Christian celebrities. Hear how famous Christian figures keep their faith a priority in Hollywood and discover the best Christian movies, books, television, and other entertainment.Some of our favorite interviews include:⭐️ Chrissy Metz and Bradley Collins Discuss Their Heartwarming Children's Book on Prayer⭐️ Patricia Heaton and David Hunt Talk Faith, Life and Their Adoption Film Unexpected⭐️ Willie and Korie Robertson Open Up About The Blind and the Generational Impact of Faith⭐️ Phil Wickham Talks New Album, Songwriting, and the Deconstruction MovementLet us know what famous Christian celebrities you want us to interview for the show!

Crosswalk Talk: Celebrity Christian Interviews is a religion podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 272 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Science Tells You How the Universe Works, Not Why You Are Here

  Oct 1, 202618 min

  Alister McGrath has been talking to people about faith for twenty years. For most of that time, the questions he got were adversarial — how can an intelligent person be a Christian, the kind of challenges popularized by Richard Dawkins and the new atheists. The questions have shifted. Now people are asking how Christianity changes lives, how it gives stability and meaning, why something that has lasted 2,000 years keeps surviving. His new book Rethinking Christianity: A Thoughtful Guide to a Life-Changing Faith, published by Thomas Nelson, is his answer to this cultural moment. Disillusioned with secularism, looking for a map, and surprisingly open: McGrath walks through why he believes the pandemic forced a generation to sit still long enough to ask questions they had been successfully avoiding, why he describes Christianity as a map for the soul that shows there is a way home and that you do not walk it alone, and why he argues the age of Christianity is not evidence of irrelevance but of continuing relevance across 2,000 years of history. He also revisits his own journey from teenage atheist and Oxford biomedical scientist to one of the world's leading Christian apologists, and explains why science and faith are not enemies — they are two lenses in the same pair of spectacles, each seeing what the other cannot. Highlights Why the questions younger people ask about Christianity have shifted from intellectual challenges to questions about meaning and life change Why he believes the pandemic was a wake-up call that confronted secular people with mortality they were not prepared to face What he means by calling Christianity a map for the soul — there is a way home, and Christ walks with you on it Why he tells people he cannot prove God exists but can give very good reasons to think He does, and then invites them to pray How Einstein's own words helped him understand that science answers how the universe works but cannot answer why we are here Why the two-thousand-year age of Christianity is an argument for its relevance, not against it What he is seeing in the UK — not revival yet, but less hostility, more receptivity, and people quietly listening online Who Rethinking Christianity is written for: Christians who need reassurance and seekers who are wondering what this faith is really about Resources / Links / CTA Alister McGrath website: https://alistermcgrath.weebly.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlisterMcGrath Book: Rethinking Christianity: A Thoughtful Guide to a Life-Changing Faith by Alister McGrath, Thomas Nelson Follow, share, and explore more of Crosswalk Talk Follow, share, and subscribe for more faith-driven conversations on Lifeaudio Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

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  Jen Lilley Believes Prayer Moves Heaven and She Has the Story to Prove It

  Sep 29, 202622 min

  Jen Lilley did not audition for the role of Gloria Stewart in Jimmy. She did not even know the film was being made. She was in a two-year season of pruning so severe she describes going from a full tree to dry wood, and she was in her prayer closet asking God what was happening when a producer called her co-host Billy Hallowell asking if he knew any actresses who felt fancy but were also completely a real mom. Billy gave them Jen's name. She got on a Zoom with director Aaron Burns, told him she had been farming and building woodland trails for her kids between calls, and he said you are so Gloria. Prophecy, pruning, and the prayer closet that changed everything: Jen shares what it looked like to hear God say you are about to be kicked out of the nest and you have forgotten how to fly, to watch everything in her career get cut back in the same season, and to finally feel like she was reaching the other shore two years later, just as the Jimmy phone call came. She also talks about Wake Up Your Campus, her 501(c)(3) initiative bringing a 30-day devotional challenge to college students for free, why she gives away Starbucks gift cards to get Gen Z to engage with Scripture and keeps weeping reading their takeaways, and what she believes is coming when this generation finds Jesus and gets loud about it on the internet. Highlights How a call from Billy Hallowell about a producer named Angela Sullivan led to a role Jen never auditioned for The word she heard in her prayer closet two years before: you are about to be kicked out of the nest and you have forgotten how to fly Three separate prophetic words from strangers that all pointed to the same season of free-falling and survival Why she believes God cannot move without being invited and why prayer is the system He chose to partner with humanity Wake Up Your Campus, a free 30-day devotional challenge for college students with weekly Starbucks giveaways to drive engagement The college student who engaged with the devotional 90 times and the girl who decided to forgive her mom because of a one-sentence takeaway Why she compares Gen Z to the hippies and believes a Jesus People-style revival is coming, but this time with the internet Call to Foster, her co-authored starter guide for anyone curious about foster parenting or supporting foster families Resources / Links / CTA Jen Lilley website: https://jenlilley.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jen_lille Jimmy : in theaters November 6 Wake Up Your Campus Book: Wake Up Your Faith Book: Call to Foster by Jen Lilley and Dr. John DeGarmo Follow, share, and explore more of Crosswalk Talk Follow, share, and subscribe for more faith-driven conversations on Lifeaudio Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

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  Amazing Grace Turns 20 and the Cast All Became A-List Stars | Bob Beltz

  Sep 22, 202614 min

  Bob Beltz was part of a small Wilberforce fan club long before anyone made a movie about him. As associate producer of Amazing Grace, he helped bring to the screen the story of William Wilberforce — the British parliamentarian who put a bill on the floor of Parliament every single year from 1787, watched it fail every single year, nearly had a nervous breakdown at the 10-year mark, and finally saw it pass in 1807. Three days after Parliament abolished slavery in 1833, Wilberforce died. The film is now celebrating its 20th anniversary and is back on Angel and all major platforms. Persistence, purpose, and the faith that drove a man to start over 90 ministries and make doing good fashionable: Bob shares what drew him to Wilberforce's story, why Christ was at the center of everything Wilberforce did even when the film does not fully show the depth of his devotional life, and what the 1797 defeat — when his opponents bought opera tickets for every pro-vote in Parliament — teaches about perseverance in a culture that expects instant results. He also talks about his decades of work keeping the Narnia films faithful to C.S. Lewis, why they had the rights to all seven books but could only make three films, and why he is nervous about what Netflix might do with the series now. Highlights Why Wilberforce was part of a small fan club before the film and how little most people knew about him How he came back to faith through reading the C.S. Lewis equivalent of his day while on vacation with a mathematics professor Why both William Pitt and John Newton told him he did not have to choose between politics and faith The 1797 defeat when his opponents bought opera tickets for every pro-vote in Parliament and what it did to him Why Wilberforce died three days after Parliament finally abolished slavery in 1833 How the British slave trade was abolished a year before America's, and how slavery itself was abolished 30 years before the U.S. The cast of Amazing Grace — none of whom were famous when they were cast — and why the film looks like it was made yesterday Bob's role in keeping the Narnia films faithful to C.S. Lewis and why he is nervous about the Netflix version Resources / Links / CTA Amazing Grace Book: Real Christianity by Bob Beltz Follow, share, and explore more of Crosswalk Talk Follow, share, and subscribe for more faith-driven conversations on Lifeaudio Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

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  He Was Named Comedian of the Year and Still Gives Tickets Away Free

  Sep 17, 202619 min

  Nazareth grew up in Kuwait as a Coptic Christian, moved to America with dreams of becoming rich and famous, and was on track to get there. NBC had a sitcom in development for him. His manager told him he was going to be the biggest star in the country. Then he went to church with a friend, walked forward, gave his life to Christ, and called his manager Monday morning to quit. After 250 F-words from his manager, he was released — and never signed with one again. God created humor, clean comedy is having its moment, and the only ticket price is showing up: Nazareth shares how he went from comedy clubs to prisons to stadiums to free community events where anyone who cannot afford a ticket simply picks one up, no questions asked. He has seen hundreds of thousands of people respond to the gospel at the end of his shows, and he believes the reason clean comedy is surging right now is simple, social media is so dark and filthy that being clean is the only way to actually stand out. He also talks about why laughter opens hearts that sermons sometimes cannot, and why two friends fighting cancer told him they were going to drag themselves to his show just to forget about their illness for two hours. Highlights Growing up in Kuwait as a Coptic Christian, coming to America to study in Toledo, and building a comedy career before knowing Christ Calling his manager Monday morning after getting saved and quitting the career he had spent years building Why God created humor and the body was designed to heal through laughter, but only when you are laughing at something consistent with your values How doing comedy in prisons helped him develop material strong enough to work anywhere — because inmates on death row do not have to laugh Why clean comedy is surging right now and why being clean has become the countercultural choice in a filthy media landscape The Laughter for All model — free events where anyone who cannot afford a ticket gets one, first come first served, no VIP section The woman who called worried she would sit in the back because she got a free ticket, and what Nazareth told her Two hours of clean comedy, three headliners, and ten minutes of gospel at the end — that is the whole show Resources / Links / CTA Nazareth website: https://www.nazarethusa.com Laughter for All: https://www.laughterforall.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comediannazareth Follow, share, and explore more of Crosswalk Talk Follow, share, and subscribe for more faith-driven conversations on Lifeaudio Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

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  Natalie Layne Never Had the Dramatic Testimony and That Is the Point

  Sep 15, 202613 min

  Natalie Layne grew up with worship leader parents, was playing keys in church by age 12, and gave her life to Jesus at 13. She never had the dramatic testimony — no alley moment, no rock bottom, no radical rescue story. For a long time she thought that made her story less powerful. Her new EP Still Running to You, releasing September 9, is her answer to that lie. Steadfast faith, the gift of being kept, and a hymn that still says everything: Natalie shares why she believes the church kid testimony is just as miraculous as anyone else's, because what God kept you from is just as worth celebrating as what He brought you through. She also talks about writing Big World with horns, saxophones, and a whole room full of musicians recording together at the same time to capture the feeling that nobody is doing this alone, why she still takes scripture and sets it to music the way she did as a kid, and how landing at Belmont University in Nashville — not because she knew she needed to be there, but because she just liked the school — opened every door she has walked through since. Highlights Why she spent years thinking her church kid testimony was less powerful than someone else's dramatic rescue story The realization that what God kept you from is just as miraculous as what He brought you through How growing up running around her parents' worship rehearsals shaped everything about who she became as an artist Big World, recorded with a full room of musicians all tracking together, and why she wants it to open every live show Why she still sets scripture to music the same way she did as a child and why it remains her favorite way to write The decision to put Blessed Assurance on the EP and why those hymn lyrics — this is my story, this is my song — capture her entire testimony How nine years at Belmont in Nashville introduced her to collaborators and opened doors she never could have planned for Meeting Nichole Nordeman at an awards show and what it meant to tell her how much those songs shaped her Resources / Links / CTA Natalie Layne website: https://www.natalielayne.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natalielaynemusic EP: Still Running to You Follow, share, and explore more of Crosswalk Talk Follow, share, and subscribe for more faith-driven conversations on Lifeaudio Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

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