{"id":8329,"date":"2024-02-04T23:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/comedian-rob-schneider-discovers-jesus-forgiveness-i-needed-to-be-home\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T23:44:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T18:14:02","slug":"comedian-rob-schneider-discovers-jesus-forgiveness-i-needed-to-be-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/comedian-rob-schneider-discovers-jesus-forgiveness-i-needed-to-be-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Rob Schneider Discovers Jesus, Forgiveness: &#8216;I Needed&#8230; to Be Home&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-cbn-component-name=\"wysiwyg_editor\">\n<p>Comedian Rob Schneider is increasingly speaking about his faith, heralding the importance of forming a foundation on God and forgiving others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to them on the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"482\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?p=CCBNC3640195386\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus only lets you stray so much,\u201d Schneider recently told CBN News of his decision to re-embrace the faith he once found as a teenager. \u201cAt a certain point, He grabbed me again and hugged me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum, who stars in a new Bentkey cartoon, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bentkey.com\/?modal=showchip\">Chip Chilla<\/a>,\u201d went on to describe what he sees as an inherent beauty in Christianity \u2014 a faith he believes is predicated upon true goodness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are other religions out there that say, \u2018Well, kill your enemy; hate your enemy,&#8217;\u201d Schneider said. \u201cAnd we have a religion that says, \u2018Love your enemy, love thy neighbor as thyself \u2026 love others.\u2019 What a beautiful way to go through life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Comedian Rob Schneider Discovers Jesus, Forgiveness: &quot;I Needed...to Be Home&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pU9jWG-DZ28?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The actor reflected on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobSchneider\/status\/1719464240082461070?s=20\">a now-viral X post<\/a>\u00a0from November in which he apologized for past unforgiveness, particularly surrounding COVID-19 and his anger over how fellow performers handled the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were people that very angered me,\u201d Schneider said, citing examples of celebrities\u2019 staunch views on vaccinations and other related issues. \u201cI had to dig underneath what\u2019s that anger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on how some progressive celebrities handled COVID-19, Schneider said he had to question where the forgiveness was in his own heart, explaining he now knows he can\u2019t always \u201cinterpret what other people are feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">I want thank ALL of the lovely people for their kind birthday wishes for me today on my 60th birthday.<br \/>I am the luckiest man in the world.<br \/>I have a wonderful partner in life, my beautiful wife Patricia and three lovely daughters; Elle, Miranda and Madeline.<br \/>Today, I am reminded\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DcNq5dZBwu\">pic.twitter.com\/DcNq5dZBwu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobSchneider\/status\/1719464240082461070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Considering fear drove so much of the reaction to COVID, he now has a lighter tone in expressing his critiques of fellow celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I am going to lead my life and be an example, as Christ compels us to do, then I have to do it,\u201d Schneider continued. \u201cEven if it hurts, even if it stretches how I used to feel \u2026 and, once you forgive, the beautiful thing about forgiveness is \u2026 you end up feeling better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Animal\u201d star\u2019s return to faith is notable, as he recalled being so devoted to Christianity as a teenager that he \u201cwould have dreams of Jesus Christ.\u201d Over time, though, he drifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did \u2014 like many Christians do \u2014 stray,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cBut there was a continuing pull back, knowing where I needed to be and to be home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAnd then [a] very, very strange confluence of things. I married a Catholic, and she was very patient with me, and she\u2019s been the greatest thing that\u2019s ever happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This factor, mixed with a project about the Shroud of Turin, among other happenings, started pushing Schneider to think deeply about his faith roots. In the end, he said he could no longer ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Jesus does, He\u2019s a little nudge, a little nudge, a little nudge,\u201d he said, explaining how he believes God wants every human being to come to Him inevitably. \u201cGod could put His hand down and make everybody [love Him], but God wants us to come to Him of our own volition. That is the greatest gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Schneider\u2019s new show \u201cChip Chilla\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bentkey.com\/?modal=showchip\">here<\/a>\u00a0and watch the video above for more on his faith journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/entertainment\/2024\/february\/comedian-rob-schneider-discovers-jesus-forgiveness-i-needed-to-be-home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Rob Schneider is increasingly speaking about his faith, heralding the importance of forming a foundation on God and forgiving others. Listen to them on the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d\u00a0 \u201cJesus only lets you stray so much,\u201d Schneider recently told CBN News of his decision to re-embrace the faith he once found as a teenager. \u201cAt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}