René Echevarria, award-winning television writer and producer known for his work on Star Trek and CSI, spent years wanting to make something he could share with his church. The Faithful: Women of the Bible is that project, a series premiering on Fox that tells the stories of Sarah, Hagar, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel through their own eyes, and what it looks like to experience the call of God not from Abraham's perspective, but from the woman who woke up and found him gone.

Bible storytelling, creative license, and a faith that came home through grief: René opens up about how the success of The Chosen and House of David cracked open the door for serious Scripture-based television on mainstream networks, how a Jewish rabbi and a Christian theologian kept the creative license honest, and what the ancient tradition of Midrash taught him about reading between the lines of Scripture. He also shares how losing his mother drew him back to church after years away, and why when his kids were born, he and his wife were baptized in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Malibu.

Highlights

• How co-creator Carol Mendelson, head writer of the CSI franchise, shaped the women-first lens of the show
• What Midrash is and why a Jewish rabbi told René he was doing something with a 1000-year tradition behind it
• How The Chosen and House of David together created the Venn diagram moment that opened doors for faith content
• Why streaming and long-form storytelling let Scripture breathe in a way that two-hour Bible epics never could
• Losing his mother young, finding himself drawn back to church, and getting baptized in the Pacific Ocean off Malibu
• Why he is hosting a private premiere for his church family the night before the show airs

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• 🎬 The Faithful: Women of the Bible
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Jay Lowder, evangelist and founder of Jay Lowder Harvest Ministries, has spent over 20 years doing one thing — full time evangelism. Recently he headlined a campus wide event at Stephen F. Austin University in Texas where more than 500 students made public decisions for Christ, so many that those not responding to the invitation were quietly asked to leave because there was not enough room to walk everyone through the follow up process. It was only the second time in two decades of ministry that has ever happened.

College campuses, a generation hungry for something real, and a move of God that is unlike anything seen in a generation: Jay breaks down the difference between revival and awakening, why he believes what is happening right now on college campuses across America is unprecedented, and what it felt like to sense the presence of God so strongly in that room at SFA before a single student stood up. He also opens up about his own suicide attempt at 21, the evangelistic event that changed everything, and why the moment he saw students come to Christ he turned to his roommate and said that is what I will do with the rest of my life.

Highlights

• Over 500 students made public decisions for Christ at Stephen F. Austin University
• The key difference between revival among believers and a true awakening among the lost
• Why college students are the most hungry demographic Jay has encountered in over two decades of evangelism
• How the pandemic, social media, and cultural emptiness are driving students toward Jesus
• What Jay was preaching from Matthew 7 and why Jesus saying "I never knew you" set the tone for the entire event
• His personal story, a suicide attempt at 21 and the night an evangelist's message about Jesus changed everything
• Why he believes God is strategically pouring out His Spirit on young people at this moment in history

Resources / Links / CTA

• 🌐 Jay Lowder website: https://www.jaylowder.com
• 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jay_lowder
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Tim Timmons was given five years to live 25 years ago. Diagnosed with stage four incurable cancer, with tumors still on his liver today, he woke up again this morning. Featured in the new I Am Second film and at the heart of I Can Only Imagine 2, Tim shares what it has looked like to hold onto Jesus through decades of uncertainty, and why the hardest seasons of his life became the greatest gifts.

Deconstruction, radical gratitude, and the practice of waking up with Jesus: Tim opens up about walking away from full-time ministry after 15 years, what he learned about the real church while hanging out at a rundown motel with homeless families and prostitutes, and why he quit working for God to simply be with Him. He also talks about how a chance friendship with Bart Millard became the heart of a major motion picture, what he writes on his wrist every single morning with a Sharpie, and why he believes if Jesus people actually practiced the heart of Jesus, the world would never be the same.

Highlights

• Diagnosed with stage four incurable cancer 25 years ago and still waking up every day
• What deconstruction and reconstruction really looked like in his own faith journey
• Leaving a massive Orange County church to hang out with homeless families at a rundown motel
• Why he quit working for God and chose to simply live with Him instead
• How a casual friendship with Bart Millard became the story behind I Can Only Imagine 2
• What Milo Ventimiglia brought to the role and why he acts more like Jesus than most Christians Tim knows
• What 10,000 Minutes is and why he believes Christians are fat on content but anemic on practice

Resources / Links / CTA

• 🌐 Tim Timmons website: https://www.timtimmonsmusic.com
• 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timmonsmusic
• 🎬 I Can Only Imagine 2
• 🎬 I Am Second Films
• 📖 Waking Up Again: A Journey of Grief & Gratitude
• 🎙️ Ministry and Podcast: https://www.10000minutes.com
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