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Jermaine Paul is a surprise winner on The Voice, but it’s no surpass to God

Tearful winner of The Voice, Jermaine Paul, hugs his wife and says, “God bless ya’ll, man, Nobody but Jesus, man, nobody.”

AMTC grad Sharon Mathai made it to #12 on Season 2 of The Voice

Austin Crute, AMTC teen singer, dancer, and actor, on the finals of the new show, Majors and Minors

Brandon Michael, AMTC quadruple threat, was also a finalist on Majors and Minors

Tim Urban, AMTC singer songwriter made it to #7 out of 100,000 on Season 9 of American Idol. God is lifting His stars.

AMTC was heavily vested in Season 2 of NBC’s hit show, The Voice. Two AMTC grads made it to national television: Eric Macek and Sharon Mathai. Sharon made it all the way to #12. We are thankful for both amazing singers. But this article is not focusing as much on them or even Jermaine, but God!

Here’s the good news for Christian performers: God is lifting His people. Three top shows in the last two years (American Idol, The Voice, and the new Majors and Minors) have been won by Christians who are vocal about their faith! AMTC grads made the finals of all of them!

We are also thankful for the 2012 surprise winner of The Voice, Jermaine Paul. Jermaine beat out some vocal heavyweights, including a front-running rock star.

Jermaine’s first words in front of over 10,000,000 people?

“God bless ya’ll, man, Nobody but Jesus, man, nobody.”

Actors, models and talent for Christ are experiencing supernatural favor in the entertainment industry.

Why? The world needs role models. The world needs truth. God’s stars are standing in for The King.

Check out the following articles:

Christian Post on Jermaine Paul

New York Times on Jermaine Paul

AMTC’s Sharon Mathai on The Voice

I believe President Carter is a man of God. He led this nation through turbulent years, and he is famous for seeking peace worldwide. He is a vocal Christian who never tried to be politically correct about his faith.

President Carter expresses liberal views on hot topics of debate among Christians, but I am not political. So, I reign in my words back to my main area of disagreement:

“The basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible.”

(President Carter in an interview with Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, senior religion editor of The Huffington Post).

I believe in the Word of God is infallible.

I believe The Lord God can control who writes in His Book and what they say. I believe the Bible in its entirety. Every scripture. Every Word. Every lesson. To believe otherwise is dangerous.

I don’t understand every word—nor do I believe we can this side of Heaven. God says, ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts’ (Isaiah 55:9).

Here’s another thing: If we understood everything as well as God, wouldn’t that make us equal to God? And wasn’t the desire to be equal to God Satan’s downfall?

Plus, if we understood everything, we wouldn’t need faith.

But God does give us revelation: ‘That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him’ (Ephesians 1:17). I believe personal revelations of God’s Word come on a need to know basis: little by little, glory by glory.

The Holy Spirit is our Teacher. His Book is our never-fail Guide.

In conclusion: Shall we pick and choose scripture? Shall each man decide which scripture he believes? To me, that spells confusion. And our ‘God is not the author of confusion but of peace’ (1 Corinthians 14:33).

Therefore, I respectfully but firmly disagree with President Carter.

Tebow More Marketable Than Everyone but Oprah, Adele, and Princess Kate

From The Christian Post by Jeff Shapiro

Tim Tebow was recently announced as a backup quarterback for the New York Jets football team. But when it comes to being a spokesperson for a product, he is a first-stringer.

According to the findings of a new marketing index, the outspoken Christian quarterback’s endorsement is one of the most marketable among today’s celebrities.

Sports Illustrated asked The Marketing Arm to update their Davie-Brown Index (DBI) – a marketing formula which measures 3,000 celebrities in eight different categories – and found that the only celebrities better suited to promote a product are Oprah Winfrey, Adele and Kate Middleton, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.

When scoring the celebrities, the DBI takes into account factors such as trust, aspiration, appeal, influence, approachability, sincerity and experience. Tebow scored 180 points on the index while, in comparison, New York Jets starting quarterback Mark Sanchez scored just 12 points.

While he was still with the Denver Broncos, Tebow’s popularity translated into big-time jersey sales. His was the second best-selling NFL jersey of 2011, according to CNBC, and was only outdone by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

The Jets organization is located in the largest sports and media market in the U.S., which is part of the reason for the Tebow-mania that has caught fire even during the NFL’s off-season. While the media frenzy over Tebow’s trade from Denver to New York has somewhat settled, the latest drama is the battle between two of the world’s biggest sports apparel brands over the right to sell Jets products bearing Tebow’s name.

Note to Actors, Models & Talent for Christ from Carey Lewis

For the first time in almost 50 years, it’s cool to be a Christian in the entertainment industry. The public loves Tim Tebow because he has a mission, because he is bold, and because is trustworthy. The Truth of Jesus Christ has become ‘marketable’ through Tim Tebow.

I encourage God’s performers to follow Tim Tebow, Kylie Bisutti, and Kirk Cameron. Because bad is bold in entertainment, good must be bolder. The limelight has not glowed brighter since Jesus was here in the flesh.

One Victoria’s Secret angel might be turning her back on lingerie modeling but she’s not giving up her modeling wings.

Model Kylie Bisutti, 21, has decided to leave Victoria’s Secret because it clashes with her Christian beliefs.

“I just became so convicted of honoring the Lord and my body and wanting to be a role model for other women out there who look up to me,” Bisutti said today on “Good Morning America.”

The California native beat out 10,000 hopefuls in 2009 to win the Victoria’s Secret Model Search. She was 19 and recently married at the time.

But wearing the coveted angel wings and walking the runway with Adriana Lima and Miranda Kerr wasn’t quite what Bisutti had hoped for.

“I was growing in my relationship with the Lord and my faith. I’m a strong believing Christian,” Bisutti told “GMA” of how her thoughts on the job she has described as her “absolutely biggest goal in life” began to change.

“It was more of just a heart issue for me,” she said.

Though Bisutti has cited her husband and her desire to keep their marriage special as factors in her decision to leave her lingerie modeling days behind, she said the decision was hers alone.

“He was so, so supportive of me and I’m so thankful that he let me grow and let me come to this decision on my own,” she said of her husband.

Bisutti’s decision to leave the lingerie company was also spurred on by an encounter with her 8-year-old cousin.

“I was doing my makeup in the mirror one day and she was watching me,” Bisutti said. “She looked at me and was like, ‘You know, I think I want to stop eating so I can look like you.’”

“It just broke my heart because she looks up to me and I didn’t want to be that type of person that she thought she had to do that to be beautiful,” she said. “Thousands of girls that think that being beautiful is an outer issue and really it’s a heart issue.”

On Dec. 1, one day after the nationally televised Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, in which Bisutti didn’t appear, aired, the model posted to her Twitter page, “For all of you that were looking for me in the Victorias Secret runway show this year, I wasn’t in it. I have decided not to model lingerie Because I personally feel that I am not honoring God or my husband by doing it. My marriage is very important & with divorce rates rising I want to do everything I can to protect my marriage and be respectful to my husband. God graciously gave me this marriage and this life and my desire is to live a Godly faithful life, I don’t however judge others for what they do. Everyone is convicted on different levels.”

Bisutti says her headline-making decision does not mean she is giving up her modeling career altogether.

“I’m definitely going to pursue modeling,” she said on “GMA.” “I just want to be more wholesome about it and the jobs that I am going to choose are always going to be honoring the Lord.”

AMTC Comment

We applaud Kylie’s commitment to honor God and her marriage. We believe more and more actors, models and talent for Christ will stand up and be counted.

ABC News Story Link

AMTC applauds God in Tyler Perry. We commend Mr. Perry for giving God the credit for his success and for giving Godly advice to dreamers everywhere.