{"id":7289,"date":"2024-01-28T22:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T17:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/28\/pastor-greg-laurie-to-release-first-episode-of-entertaining-and-evangelistic-cartoon-series\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T22:58:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T17:28:28","slug":"pastor-greg-laurie-to-release-first-episode-of-entertaining-and-evangelistic-cartoon-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/28\/pastor-greg-laurie-to-release-first-episode-of-entertaining-and-evangelistic-cartoon-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Greg Laurie to Release First Episode of &#8216;Entertaining and Evangelistic&#8217; Cartoon Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.swncdn.com\/via\/images\/2023\/04\/03\/30124\/30124-family-watching-tv-gettyimages-skynesher_source_file.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>California pastor and Harvest Crusades founder Greg Laurie plans to release a new cartoon series in which he described as both \u201centertaining and evangelistic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On social media, Laurie announced that he will release the first episode of his new series, entitled <em>The Adventures of Ben Born Again &amp; Yellow Dog<\/em> soon in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greglaurie\/status\/1749850893548392882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1749850893548392882%7Ctwgr%5Ebcd3c35e3fdc4aa3f794a804d8dd5340df095770%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fchurchleaders.com%2Fnews%2F466909-greg-laurie-entertaining-evangelistic-cartoon.html\">video post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI am excited to announce that my cartoon character, Ben Born Again and his buddy, Yellow Dog, are now animated and our first cartoon is coming very soon!\u201d Laurie wrote on X on Tuesday. \u201cThe first one is titled, \u2018The Bridge Is Out.\u2019 These cartoons will be both entertaining and evangelistic. I think you are going to like them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Church Leaders, the post included a sneak peek of the series, which showed the main characters Ben Born Again talking to his friend, Yellow Dog, near a beachfront. Ben Born Again, who is holding a skateboard, tells Yellow Dog that he has been born again, as described in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/john\/3.html\">John 3<\/a>, but Yellow Dog has no idea what that means. In response, Ben Born Again tells viewers that Yellow Dog will have to \u201cwait for our next adventure\u201d to find out, concluding the video.<\/p>\n<p>Laurie, who leads Harvest Fellowship Church in Riverside, first announced the series in July last year on the Harvest website.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><strong><em>RELATED PODCAST: Exclusive Interview with Greg Laurie:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe data-fb-ia-attrs=\"width=320;height=320\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:320px;border:0;border-radius:10px;\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeaudio.com\/embed\/7670?showId=96&amp;episodeSlug=greg-laurie-the-rapture-of-the-church-signs-of-the-times-bible-prophecy-45\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if you know my story or not, but my mother was married and divorced seven times. She was a raging alcoholic, so I was really lonely as a kid. Drawing and art played a huge role in my development\u2014it was a place for me to escape to!,\u201d he shared at the time. \u201cIt helped me get away from the crazy life that was happening around me and to connect with something bigger than myself and my circumstances. That\u2019s why I\u2019m excited to announce a new project that\u2019s really close to my heart. It\u2019s an animated program called <em>The Adventures of Ben Born Again &amp; Yellow Dog<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Ben Born Again was originally made from a faith-cartoon strip he made called \u201cLiving Water,\u201d adding that the character is \u201cprobably a caricature of me\u201d and wanted to \u201ctell my stories through him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pastor hopes that his cartoon series that people \u201cof all ages,\u201d not just children, will like it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to tell these little stories, but they have a heavenly meaning. I want to reach people with humor, but then have something bigger to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough <em>The Adventures of Ben Born Again &amp; Yellow Dog<\/em>, we feel like we can take animation and sort of turn it on its head with something not seen before: an animated cartoon that has a wholesome, good, family oriented message\u2014but even more, the message of the gospel,\u201d Laurie concluded.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">Photo Credit: \u00a9Getty Images\/Skynesher<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributing writer for Christian Headlines and the host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast devoted to sound doctrine and biblical truth. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">LISTEN: The Chosen&#8217;s Nick Shakoour Opens Up about His Faith Journey<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Nick Shakoour, who portrays Zebedee, said that the series has had a significant impact on his life. His character is the father of James and John.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"The Chosen's Nick Shakoour Converts to Christianity: 'I Felt Like I Was Given a Brand New Body'\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/crosswalk-talk-celebrity-christian-interviews\/the-chosens-nick-shakoour-converts-to-christianity\/embed\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"isPasted\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Salem Web Network and Salem Media Group.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">WATCH the Video Interview<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Chosen&#039;s Nick Shakoour has Spiritual Awakening\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q0Vinw6ZTnw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Read the Companion Article:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/headlines\/michael-foust\/popular-actor-in-the-chosen-converts-to-christianity-i-cant-help-but-talk-about-it.html\">Popular Actor in <em>The Chosen<\/em> Converts to Christianity: &#8216;I Can&#8217;t Help but Talk about It&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n        setTimeout(function () {\n            !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function () {\n                    n.callMethod ?\n                        n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                }; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0;\n                t.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n            }(window,\n                document, 'script', '\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('dataProcessingOptions', ['LDU'], 0, 0);\n            fbq('init', '228399734010278');\n            fbq('track', \"PageView\");\n            fbq('track', 'ViewContent');\n        }, 3000);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianheadlines.com\/contributors\/milton-quintanilla\/pastor-greg-laurie-to-release-first-episode-of-entertaining-and-evangelistic-cartoon-series.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California pastor and Harvest Crusades founder Greg Laurie plans to release a new cartoon series in which he described as both \u201centertaining and evangelistic.&#8221; On social media, Laurie announced that he will release the first episode of his new series, entitled The Adventures of Ben Born Again &amp; Yellow Dog soon in a video post. 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