{"id":41181,"date":"2016-02-27T20:04:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T04:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=41181"},"modified":"2016-02-27T20:04:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T04:04:35","slug":"watch-faith-leaders-endorse-the-young-messiah-in-a-new-tv-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/02\/watch-faith-leaders-endorse-the-young-messiah-in-a-new-tv-spot.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Faith leaders endorse <i>The Young Messiah<\/i> in a new TV spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/02\/youngmessiah-faithleaders.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41193\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/02\/youngmessiah-faithleaders-1024x266.png\" alt=\"youngmessiah-faithleaders\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41193\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2019Tis the season for endorsements.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/resurrection-aiello\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Risen<\/a><\/i>, now in its second week in theatres, is still running a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/risenmovie\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">memes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/risenmovie\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">videos<\/a> touting the fact that it has been endorsed by a variety of high-profile Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Now <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/young-messiah\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Young Messiah<\/a><\/i> is getting in on the act, two weeks before the film comes out. Here is a new TV spot, which name-checks numerous \u201cfaith leaders\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"\/TheYoungMessiahMovieCanada\/videos\/vb.1689577467922283\/1716527041893992\/?type=3\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheYoungMessiahMovieCanada\/videos\/1716527041893992\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheYoungMessiahMovieCanada\/videos\/1716527041893992\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">THE YOUNG MESSIAH \u2013 In theatres March 11!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Faith leaders everywhere are calling THE YOUNG MESSIAH \u201can exhilarating family experience\u201d! Witness the story of the son of God like never before. In theatres March 11.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheYoungMessiahMovieCanada\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Young Messiah<\/a> on Saturday, February 27, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>More endorsements are visible on the film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheYoungMessiahMovieCanada\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youngmessiahMOV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p>Check out earlier trailers and other videos here:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/09\/watch-our-first-look-at-the-young-messiah-based-on-anne-rices-christ-the-lord-out-of-egypt.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Extended Look\u2019 featurette<\/a> (September 15, 2015)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/09\/watch-sean-bean-and-his-roman-soldiers-go-looking-for-jesus-in-the-first-trailer-for-the-young-messiah.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The first trailer<\/a> (September 18, 2015)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/12\/video-round-up-new-ads-for-gods-of-egypt-and-hail-caesar-new-interviews-about-the-bible-and-the-young-messiah.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Cyrus Nowrasteh interview with Raymond Arroyo<\/a> (December 18, 2015)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/12\/watch-six-clips-including-three-with-a-nativity-theme-and-other-promotional-videos-for-the-young-messiah.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Nativity\u2019 clip and the \u2018How to Make Your Own Christmas Ornament!\u2019 and \u2018Make a Birthday Cake for Jesus!\u2019 videos<\/a> (December 23, 2015)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/02\/watch-an-artist-discusses-ash-wednesday-and-how-it-informs-a-work-of-art-that-he-made-for-the-young-messiah.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018The Young Messiah Celebrates Ash Wednesday\u2019 featurette<\/a> (February 10, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/02\/watch-jesus-deals-with-bullies-relatives-an-escaped-slave-and-a-centurion-in-five-new-clips-from-the-young-messiah.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018The Fight\u2019, \u2018Joining the Family\u2019, \u2018The Question of a Child\u2019, \u2018The Decision\u2019 and \u2018The Story\u2019 clips<\/a> (February 13, 2016)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film comes out March 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3106],"class_list":["post-41181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-young-messiah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch: Faith leaders endorse The Young Messiah in a new TV spot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The film comes out March 11.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/02\/watch-faith-leaders-endorse-the-young-messiah-in-a-new-tv-spot.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch: Faith leaders endorse The Young Messiah in a new TV spot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The film comes out March 11.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/02\/watch-faith-leaders-endorse-the-young-messiah-in-a-new-tv-spot.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-28T04:04:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/files\/2016\/02\/youngmessiah-faithleaders-1024x266.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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