{"id":1348,"date":"2017-11-07T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T16:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/reelfaith\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2017-11-07T17:33:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T21:33:55","slug":"audio-denzel-washington-unashamed-unafraid-share-christian-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/reelfaith\/2017\/11\/audio-denzel-washington-unashamed-unafraid-share-christian-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO: Denzel Washington ‘Unashamed, Unafraid’ to Share Christian Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

During a press junket for his Nov. 22 film, Roman J. Israel, Esq.<\/em>, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington boldly shared his Christian faith to a roundtable of faith-based media, including Reel Faith\u2019s<\/em> DeWayne Hamby. The actor, joined by writer-director Dan Gilroy, also a believer, discussed lessons from the life of the fictional title character. Washington also shared some life-changing words his mother spoke to him in recent years:<\/p>\n

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Dan Gilroy, director, and Denzel Washington, star, of \u2018Roman J. Israel, Esq.\u2019 releasing Nov. 22 through Sony Pictures. Image by Eric Charbonneau courtesy of Sony Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was prophesied that I would travel the world and preach to millions, it was prophesied when I was 20,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought it was through my work and it has been. My mother said to me when I was 59, she said, \u2018Denzel, you do a lot of good. You have to do good the right way and you know what I\u2019m talking about.\u2019 I don\u2019t drink anymore. I don\u2019t do any of those things. I\u2019m all about it the message to the degree that I know and I\u2019m I unashamed and unafraid to share it. So you have to be unashamed and unafraid to share it in the way that your millennial generation knows how.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington called Gilroy his \u201cprayer partner\u201d through the film and mentioned that the director would send a \u201cWord of the Day\u201d Scripture to the cast and crew every morning, a habit that\u2019s being\u00a0repeated on the set of Washington\u2019s new film, the sequel to The Equalizer<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Targeting the concept of \u2018information overload\u2019 specifically, the actor mentioned how the Spirit is constantly warring against the ideas and principalities of the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is so difficult to believe that Jesus died for our sins, because the mind never shuts off, especially in this world where you\u2019re given so much information,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat did he say on the boat? \u2018Go to bed.\u2019 Then it said, \u2018But the wind began to\u2026\u2019 We know, but we forget, moment by moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two-time Oscar winner also spoke about conversations he had with his father on \u201cThe End Times\u201d and how the generations today have a part to play in God\u2019s program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a reason, you may not like what\u2019s going on but the boss has a reason,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More information about Roman J. Israel, Esq<\/em>., including conversations with Gilroy and co-star Carmen Ejogo, will be available on this column in the coming days.<\/p>\n

For the full audio interview, listen to the podcast below:<\/p>\n