{"id":7363,"date":"2012-07-17T11:46:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=7363"},"modified":"2012-07-17T11:46:29","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T16:46:29","slug":"jeff-foxworthy-presents-the-american-bible-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2012\/07\/jeff-foxworthy-presents-the-american-bible-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Foxworthy Presents: “The American Bible Challenge”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I can\u2019t lie.<\/p>\n

I wanna be on this show.<\/p>\n

\u2018American Bible Challenge\u2019: Where Jesus meets Jeff Foxworthy<\/h2>\n

By Patrick Kevin Day, LA Times<\/em><\/p>\n

Is America ready to get their Bible lessons from\u00a0Jeff Foxworthy<\/a>, king of the redneck joke? It\u2019s about to become reality as\u00a0Game Show Network<\/a>\u00a0has released the first look at its original\u00a0game show<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe American Bible Challege.\u201d<\/p>\n

Game shows have tackled everything from the private lives of newlyweds to deepest fears of average Americans, so offering up the Good Book as the basis for frantic competition and fabulous cash prizes seems like the next logical step. They have rock bands and coffee bars in churches now, so it\u2019s not as outlandish as it may seem at first.<\/p>\n

Foxworthy plays host to two teams as they use their knowledge of Bible trivia to win money for a charity or ministry. As Foxworthy says in the promo, \u201cIt\u2019s just cool seeing people come and, within the course of an hour, win money to change somebody else\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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