Kyle Idleman, Senior Pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, has watched a generation fall in love with Jesus without ever submitting to Him. The Missing Messiah, co-authored with Mark E. Moore, starts with a Michael Jordan illustration that says it all: millions feel connected to Jesus the way fans feel connected to a logo, through cultural association and name recognition, without ever being close enough that following Him actually costs them something.

Discipleship, the Jesus we have domesticated, and what it means to follow a King: Kyle unpacks why the word Christ is not a last name but the New Testament equivalent of Messiah, why belief without following is not the faith of the Gospels, and what it looks like when someone treats Jesus like a drawer in the dresser of life rather than the dresser everything else fits into. He also shares what he is seeing in the spiritual awakening happening on college campuses right now, why awakening without alignment will miss the moment, and what questions every believer should be asking themselves about their bank statements, their politics, and the last time following Jesus actually cost them something.

Highlights
Why Christ is not Jesus's last name but a title meaning Messiah and King, and why that changes everything
The Michael Jordan illustration and how cultural association with Jesus is not the same as knowing Him
Why a man leaving Kyle's church because it "interfered with his life" was actually the point
The Netflix faith problem, how we have built a Jesus who matches our preferences and filters out anything that doesn't
Why the dresser illustration matters, Jesus is not a drawer in the dresser of life, He is the dresser itself
How making Jesus in our own image is not a Western problem but a human one that goes back to the Crusades and beyond
What questions Kyle challenges believers to ask themselves when they stop and honestly examine their lives
Why spiritual awakening without spiritual alignment will miss the greatest opportunity of a generation

Resources / Links / CTA
🌐 Kyle Idleman website: https://www.kyleidleman.com
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyleidleman
📖 Book: The Missing Messiah
🌐 Southeast Christian Church: https://www.se.church/watch
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Kyle Idleman, Senior Pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, has watched a generation fall in love with Jesus without ever submitting to Him. The Missing Messiah, co-authored with Mark E. Moore, starts with a Michael Jordan illustration that says it all: millions feel connected to Jesus the way fans feel connected to a logo, through cultural association and name recognition, without ever being close enough that following Him actually costs them something.
Discipleship, the Jesus we have domesticated, and what it means to follow a King: Kyle unpacks why the word Christ is not a last name but the New Testament equivalent of Messiah, why belief without following is not the faith of the Gospels, and what it looks like when someone treats Jesus like a drawer in the dresser of life rather than the dresser everything else fits into. He also shares what he is seeing in the spiritual awakening happening on college campuses right now, why awakening without alignment will miss the moment, and what questions every believer should be asking themselves about their bank statements, their politics, and the last time following Jesus actually cost them something.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>Why Christ is not Jesus's last name but a title meaning Messiah and King, and why that changes everything</li>
<li>The Michael Jordan illustration and how cultural association with Jesus is not the same as knowing Him</li>
<li>Why a man leaving Kyle's church because it "interfered with his life" was actually the point</li>
<li>The Netflix faith problem, how we have built a Jesus who matches our preferences and filters out anything that doesn't</li>
<li>Why the dresser illustration matters, Jesus is not a drawer in the dresser of life, He is the dresser itself</li>
<li>How making Jesus in our own image is not a Western problem but a human one that goes back to the Crusades and beyond</li>
<li>What questions Kyle challenges believers to ask themselves when they stop and honestly examine their lives</li>
<li>Why spiritual awakening without spiritual alignment will miss the greatest opportunity of a generation</li>
</ul>
Resources / Links / CTA
<ul>
<li>🌐 Kyle Idleman website: <a href="https://www.kyleidleman.com/">https://www.kyleidleman.com</a></li>
<li>📱 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kyleidleman/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/kyleidleman</a></li>
<li>📖 Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Messiah-Jesus-Longer-Ignore/dp/B0FVTTZJ4F/">The Missing Messiah</a></li>
<li>🌐 Southeast Christian Church: <a href="https://www.se.church/watch">https://www.se.church/watch</a></li>
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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 Movement

Let us know what famous Christian celebrities you want us to interview for the show!

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 Movement
Let us know what famous Christian celebrities you want us to interview for the show!

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.

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 Movement
Let us know what famous Christian celebrities you want us to interview for the show!

Kyle Idleman on The Missing Messiah and the Jesus We've Redefined

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Anne Graham Lotz and her daughter Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright, co-authors of God Won't Leave You There, came to Joseph's story the hard way. Anne survived breast cancer, lost her husband of 49 years after finding him unresponsive in their pool, and has walked through decades of suffering with a faith anchored in God's promises. Rachel-Ruth survived two rare SCAD heart attacks that should have killed her, spent three years in and out of the ER, and carried a nine-out-of-ten PTSD diagnosis while clinging to the Psalms in the middle of the night. Together they wrote this book because they had no choice but to.

God's promises, the story of Joseph, and what it looks like to trust God when the suffering will not stop: Anne and Rachel-Ruth unpack how Joseph's journey from the pit to Potiphar's house to prison to the palace was never accidental, how God was teaching him at every stage even when it looked like abandonment, and why every hard thing in their own lives carried the same fingerprints. They also share what it was like to write this book together across two very different personalities, why Anne's father Billy Graham kept telling her for years that Joseph was the book she needed to write, and why they both believe this message is for such a time as this.

Highlights
How two rare SCAD heart attacks that should have killed Rachel-Ruth became the spark for this book
Why Ann's father Billy Graham repeatedly told her Joseph was the book she needed to write, and why she waited
The "Jesus in the Shadows" feature at the end of each chapter, where mother and daughter trace Christ in Joseph's story
How Joseph chose to trust God and learn at every stage of suffering rather than wallowing in his pain
What Anne learned about blessing during chemotherapy treatments that became like mission trips with her daughters
How Rachel-Ruth clung to a specific promise God gave her after the heart attacks, and why it carried her through three years of pain
Why Anne believes the key to surviving suffering is shifting your focus off your pain and onto the blessings along the way

Resources / Links / CTA
🌐 Anne Graham Lotz website: https://www.annegrahamlotz.org
📱 Instagram Anne Graham Lotz: https://www.instagram.com/annegrahamlotz
📱 Instagram Rachel-Ruth Wright: https://www.instagram.com/rachelruthlotzwright
📖 Book: God Won't Leave You There
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Anne Graham Lotz and her daughter Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright, co-authors of God Won't Leave You There, came to Joseph's story the hard way. Anne survived breast cancer, lost her husband of 49 years after finding him unresponsive in their pool, and has walked through decades of suffering with a faith anchored in God's promises. Rachel-Ruth survived two rare SCAD heart attacks that should have killed her, spent three years in and out of the ER, and carried a nine-out-of-ten PTSD diagnosis while clinging to the Psalms in the middle of the night. Together they wrote this book because they had no choice but to.
God's promises, the story of Joseph, and what it looks like to trust God when the suffering will not stop: Anne and Rachel-Ruth unpack how Joseph's journey from the pit to Potiphar's house to prison to the palace was never accidental, how God was teaching him at every stage even when it looked like abandonment, and why every hard thing in their own lives carried the same fingerprints. They also share what it was like to write this book together across two very different personalities, why Anne's father Billy Graham kept telling her for years that Joseph was the book she needed to write, and why they both believe this message is for such a time as this.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>How two rare SCAD heart attacks that should have killed Rachel-Ruth became the spark for this book</li>
<li>Why Ann's father Billy Graham repeatedly told her Joseph was the book she needed to write, and why she waited</li>
<li>The "Jesus in the Shadows" feature at the end of each chapter, where mother and daughter trace Christ in Joseph's story</li>
<li>How Joseph chose to trust God and learn at every stage of suffering rather than wallowing in his pain</li>
<li>What Anne learned about blessing during chemotherapy treatments that became like mission trips with her daughters</li>
<li>How Rachel-Ruth clung to a specific promise God gave her after the heart attacks, and why it carried her through three years of pain</li>
<li>Why Anne believes the key to surviving suffering is shifting your focus off your pain and onto the blessings along the way</li>
</ul>
Resources / Links / CTA
<ul>
<li>🌐 Anne Graham Lotz website: <a href="https://www.annegrahamlotz.org/">https://www.annegrahamlotz.org</a></li>
<li>📱 Instagram Anne Graham Lotz: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/annegrahamlotz/">https://www.instagram.com/annegrahamlotz</a></li>
<li>📱 Instagram Rachel-Ruth Wright: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rachelruthlotzwright/">https://www.instagram.com/rachelruthlotzwright</a></li>
<li>📖 Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/God-Wont-Leave-You-There-ebook/dp/B0FFSH4R4T?ref_=ast_author_mpb">God Won't Leave You There</a></li>
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What Joseph's Story Taught a Mother and Daughter About God's Unchanging Purpose

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Ainsley Earhardt, co-host of Fox and Friends and host of Fox Nation's Ainsley's Bible Study, has written a children's book timed to one of the biggest moments in American history. America, I'm So Glad You Were Born releases June 2 through Zondervan Kids, illustrated by Ken Barnes, and it was born out of something deeply personal — a phrase her mother used to say on birthdays that Ainsley has carried with her ever since, and now wants an entire generation of children to say about their country.

Freedom, faith, and what it means to raise children who love America: Ainsley shares why this book was the natural next step after her earlier title I'm So Glad You Were Born, how she wove in themes of equality, free speech, military service, and the beauty of disagreeing without becoming enemies, and why she believes Americans have far more in common than they realize. She also opens up about her own faith journey, from growing up in a formal Episcopal church to having her life transformed in college through praise and worship, how she stays spiritually grounded as a single mom in New York City, and what her 3:30am mornings actually look like behind the scenes at one of the most-watched morning shows in America.

Highlights
Why America's 250th birthday was the perfect moment to tell children the country's story through a picture book
The deeply personal origin of the phrase "I'm so glad you were born" and how her mother's words inspired two books
How the book tackles freedom of speech, voting, military service, equality, and the beauty of disagreement
Her faith journey from formal Episcopal services to a college Baptist church that felt like a concert
How a women's Bible study group has become her spiritual anchor in the middle of a fast-paced media career
Why she believes God placed her at Fox News specifically because she is not afraid to talk about her faith

Resources / Links / CTA
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aearhardt
📖 Book: America, I'm So Glad You Were Born
📖 Book: I'm So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating Who You Are
📺 Ainsley's Bible Study: Fox Nation
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Ainsley Earhardt, co-host of Fox and Friends and host of Fox Nation's Ainsley's Bible Study, has written a children's book timed to one of the biggest moments in American history. America, I'm So Glad You Were Born releases June 2 through Zondervan Kids, illustrated by Ken Barnes, and it was born out of something deeply personal &mdash; a phrase her mother used to say on birthdays that Ainsley has carried with her ever since, and now wants an entire generation of children to say about their country.
Freedom, faith, and what it means to raise children who love America: Ainsley shares why this book was the natural next step after her earlier title I'm So Glad You Were Born, how she wove in themes of equality, free speech, military service, and the beauty of disagreeing without becoming enemies, and why she believes Americans have far more in common than they realize. She also opens up about her own faith journey, from growing up in a formal Episcopal church to having her life transformed in college through praise and worship, how she stays spiritually grounded as a single mom in New York City, and what her 3:30am mornings actually look like behind the scenes at one of the most-watched morning shows in America.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>Why America's 250th birthday was the perfect moment to tell children the country's story through a picture book</li>
<li>The deeply personal origin of the phrase "I'm so glad you were born" and how her mother's words inspired two books</li>
<li>How the book tackles freedom of speech, voting, military service, equality, and the beauty of disagreement</li>
<li>Her faith journey from formal Episcopal services to a college Baptist church that felt like a concert</li>
<li>How a women's Bible study group has become her spiritual anchor in the middle of a fast-paced media career</li>
<li>Why she believes God placed her at Fox News specifically because she is not afraid to talk about her faith</li>
</ul>
Resources / Links / CTA
<ul>
<li>📱 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aearhardt/">https://www.instagram.com/aearhardt</a></li>
<li>📖 Book: <a href="https://www.zondervan.com/p/america-so-glad/">America, I'm So Glad You Were Born</a></li>
<li>📖 Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=i%27m+so+glad+you+were+born&amp;adgrpid=192069100011&amp;hvadid=779681735201&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvexpln=0&amp;hvlocphy=9008392&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvocijid=8087295292301345339--&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=8087295292301345339&amp;hvtargid=kwd-1731425392995&amp;hydadcr=26862_11815708_2301747&amp;mcid=c71a3cc4484f31719f2bf208bc9e9d58&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;ref=pd_sl_6x9c76l9fe_e">I'm So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating Who You Are</a></li>
<li>📺 <a href="https://nation.foxnews.com/ainsleys-bible-study/?org=NAT::ag=MediaStorm::mc=paidsearch::src=google&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22541564578&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAC6O2IgoI4cAGGwgsbPE_xWwGzxKJ&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwh-HPBhCIARIsAC0p3cf9kzgT4l5dC5qlvVA5fqyJt0-v_EUNqQtAhGVxpM26eC5SxYGHX94aArcNEALw_wcB">Ainsley's Bible Study: Fox Nation</a></li>
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How We Can Raise Our Children To Love Faith, Freedom, And Our Country

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Brian Bird, producer of The Story of Everything and co-creator of When Calls the Heart, has spent his career telling stories that point people toward hope. His latest project, a documentary six years in the making, takes a different kind of swing — not with Scripture, but with science itself, making the case that when you follow the evidence honestly, it leads unmistakably to design. He opens up about why he felt urgency to make this film, what his own kids experienced being pushed through secular university classrooms, and why he believes this is exactly the movie young people need right now.

Scientific materialism, the anything-but-God syndrome, and the science that keeps pointing back to a designer: Brian walks through why the film has no narrator and lets 22 scientists and scholars tell the story themselves, how following the evidence rather than an agenda shaped every creative decision, and why even the multiverse and simulation theory ultimately just kick the designer further down the road without getting rid of him. He also reflects on what making this film did to his own faith, why When Calls the Heart is still the top-rated scripted show on Sunday nights on cable after 13 seasons, and why he believes content that carries no cynicism will always find a hungry audience.

Highlights
Why Brian and his team felt urgency to make this film after seeing young people indoctrinated into scientific materialism at college
How Stephen Meyer's book Return of the God Hypothesis became the backbone and creative blueprint for the documentary
How the multiverse, quantum physics, and simulation theory all still require a designer, and why that matters
What making this film did to Brian's own faith after navigating doubts during his secular journalism school years
The six-year journey to get the science right, make it accessible, and keep it bulletproof to skeptics
How When Calls the Heart accidentally birthed the Hearties, a grassroots fan movement of nearly 2 million people

Resources / Links / CTA
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brbird
🎬 The Story of Everything: https://www.thestoryofeverything.film
📺 When Calls the Heart: https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/when-calls-the-heart
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Brian Bird, producer of The Story of Everything and co-creator of When Calls the Heart, has spent his career telling stories that point people toward hope. His latest project, a documentary six years in the making, takes a different kind of swing &mdash; not with Scripture, but with science itself, making the case that when you follow the evidence honestly, it leads unmistakably to design. He opens up about why he felt urgency to make this film, what his own kids experienced being pushed through secular university classrooms, and why he believes this is exactly the movie young people need right now.
Scientific materialism, the anything-but-God syndrome, and the science that keeps pointing back to a designer: Brian walks through why the film has no narrator and lets 22 scientists and scholars tell the story themselves, how following the evidence rather than an agenda shaped every creative decision, and why even the multiverse and simulation theory ultimately just kick the designer further down the road without getting rid of him. He also reflects on what making this film did to his own faith, why When Calls the Heart is still the top-rated scripted show on Sunday nights on cable after 13 seasons, and why he believes content that carries no cynicism will always find a hungry audience.
Highlights
<ul>
<li>Why Brian and his team felt urgency to make this film after seeing young people indoctrinated into scientific materialism at college</li>
<li>How Stephen Meyer's book Return of the God Hypothesis became the backbone and creative blueprint for the documentary</li>
<li>How the multiverse, quantum physics, and simulation theory all still require a designer, and why that matters</li>
<li>What making this film did to Brian's own faith after navigating doubts during his secular journalism school years</li>
<li>The six-year journey to get the science right, make it accessible, and keep it bulletproof to skeptics</li>
<li>How When Calls the Heart accidentally birthed the Hearties, a grassroots fan movement of nearly 2 million people</li>
</ul>
Resources / Links / CTA
<ul>
<li>📱 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brbird/">https://www.instagram.com/brbird</a></li>
<li>🎬 The Story of Everything: <a href="https://www.thestoryofeverything.film/">https://www.thestoryofeverything.film</a></li>
<li>📺 When Calls the Heart: <a href="https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/when-calls-the-heart">https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/when-calls-the-heart</a></li>
<li>🌐 Follow, share, and explore more of <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/crosswalk-talk-celebrity-christian-interviews/">Crosswalk Talk</a></li>
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What If the Science Points to God? Brian Bird on The Story of Everything

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Kyle Idleman on The Missing Messiah and the Jesus We've Redefined

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