For KING + COUNTRY, one of the most popular Christian and inspirational bands around, is gearing up for the Christmas season in a big way.

Just months after singers Joel and Luke Smallbone brought their family’s story to the big screen in biopic “Unsung Hero,” the duo are heading back to theaters with a new project, “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live.“

The cinematic experience, which will run from Dec. 5-9, will make For KING + COUNTRY’s popular Christmas show accessible to people across the nation.

And the brothers promise to deliver a “sonic journey that blends the sights and sounds of the season with the musical mastery, heartwarming storytelling, and dazzling production.” Joel Smallbone told CBN News he’s elated to bring the show to audiences:

“One of the things that we love is Christmas tours,” he told CBN News. “And we’ve done one almost every year since the beginning of the band.”

But with the Christmas season so short, he said they came up with another option: bringing the Christmas show to movie theaters so even more people can see it. The band performed a show at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, rallied 12,000 fans — and created “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live.”

“It’s really beautiful,” Smallbone said. “This year, more than ever, I feel like we desperately just need to kind of keep the main thing the main thing, and these great hallmarks of humanity that are love, and joy, and peace, patience, kindness, goodness — let’s put them back in the driver’s seat this Christmas.”

Ultimately, Smallbone said “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live” is all about honoring the true meaning of Christmas.

“This is singing about baby Jesus, and this is singing about the redemption of humanity, and this is singing about BC to AD,” he said.

As for upcoming plans after the theatrical experience, Smallbone said For KING + COUNTRY is, for the first time since the beginning of the band, spending a year away from touring.

“We’re … going away to write and record … and we’re also going away to work on our next feature film that is going to production next fall,” he said, explaining that the band will come back to perform after these upcoming projects.

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A documentary filmmaker is on a mission to explore the authenticity of ancient Bible prophecies.

Tim Mahoney, whose new film, “Patterns Of Evidence: The Israel Dilemma – Ancient Prophecies,” hits theaters Nov. 13, 14, and 17, told CBN News the events unfolding in the Middle East today are intricately tied to what we see happening in the Old and New Testaments.

Mahoney said the roots of his new movie were set in 2007 when he was working on another project surrounding the Israelites’ fleeing Egypt to head for the Promised Land.

As he navigated that story, he realized a great deal about God’s promises to Abraham had been misunderstood or had gone unknown to some.

“When we look at what happened last October with the attack in Israel, and then, shockingly, what happened with the campuses around the United States with the anti-Semitism, I realized that a lot of people don’t have any understanding of biblical prophecy,” Mahoney said. “The land of Israel was promised to Abraham’s descendants, and, so, that’s what this film is about — what are these ancient prophecies and how should we understand them?”

He said “Patterns Of Evidence: The Israel Dilemma – Ancient Prophecies” explores God’s covenant with Abraham and its establishment at Mount Sinai. Mahoney said he looks in the film for evidence of what’s discussed throughout the Old Testament.

“[Moses] wrote that in the future, these people would have a kingdom,” he said. “So, I’m looking for the kingdom. And secondly, he says that, if you have this kingdom … you need to obey God. And that’s part of the prerequisite — you’ve got to obey God. He says, if you obey God, there’s blessings, and, if you disobey God, there’s curses.”

Mahoney said the Bible also discusses what happens if God is disobeyed — that the people will be scattered and persecuted. And that’s not all.

“Then it says, ‘But God will be merciful to a small group of you, and you will return to the land,’” he said. “So, we’re looking for those five events.”

Ultimately, Mahoney said he wants people to understand the impact and importance of prophecy.

“What I want people to realize is that there are words that have been written down in the past, and, as time has gone on, these events that were foretold are happening,” he said. “And what I want people to see is that God is true to His word, and these prophecies that were given.”
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ചെന്നൈ: പ്രശസ്ത തെന്നിന്ത്യന്‍ നടന്‍ ഡല്‍ഹി ഗണേഷ് അന്തരിച്ചു. 80 വയസായിരുന്നു. വാര്‍ധക്യസഹജമായ അസുഖങ്ങളെത്തുടര്‍ന്ന് ചികിത്സയിലായിരുന്നു. രാത്രി 11.30 ഓടെയായിരുന്നു അന്ത്യം സംഭവിച്ചത്. സംസ്‌കാരം ഇന്ന് ചെന്നൈയില്‍ നടക്കും.

തമിഴ്, മലയാളം, തെലുഗു ഭാഷകളിലായി 400ലേറെ സിനിമകളില്‍ ഡല്‍ഹി ഗണേഷ് അഭിനയിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. 1976ല്‍ കെ ബാലചന്ദറിന്റെ പട്ടണപ്രവേശം എന്ന ചലച്ചിത്രത്തിലൂടെയാണ് സിനിമാ അഭിനയത്തിന് തുടക്കം കുറിക്കുന്നത്. നാടകങ്ങളിലൂടെയായിരുന്നു തുടക്കം.

സിന്ധുഭൈരവി, നായകന്‍, അപൂര്‍വ സഹോദരങ്ങള്‍, അവ്വൈ ഷൺമുഖി, മൈക്കിള്‍ മദനകാമരാജന്‍ തുടങ്ങിയവ ഡല്‍ഹി ഗണേഷ് അഭിനയിച്ച ശ്രദ്ധേയ സിനിമകളാണ്. മലയാളത്തില്‍ കാലാപാനി, ധ്രുവം, കൊച്ചിരാജാവ് തുടങ്ങിയ സിനിമകളിലും വേഷമിട്ടു. ഇന്ത്യന്‍-2 ആണ് അവസാന ചിത്രം.

കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളിലും വില്ലൻ വേഷങ്ങളിലും മികച്ച പ്രകടനം കാഴ്ച്ചവെച്ച് ആരാധകർക്കിടയിൽ തൻ്റേതായ ഒരു പ്രത്യേക ഇടം ഡൽഹി ഗണേഷ് നേടിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. ക്യാരക്ടർ റോളിൽ മാത്രമല്ല ഹാസ്യ വേഷങ്ങളിലും ഡൽഹി ഗണേഷ് തൻ്റേതായ വ്യക്തിമുദ്ര പതിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.

അവ്വൈ ഷൺമുഖി ഉൾപ്പെടെയുള്ള ചിത്രങ്ങളിലെ ഡൽഹി ഗണേഷിൻ്റെയും കമൽഹാസൻ്റെയും രംഗങ്ങൾ ആരാധകർക്കിടയിൽ പ്രിയങ്കരമാണ്.
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