Tom Hanks hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ from home: The power of the risen Christ to proclaim the risen Christ
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🗓️ 13 April 2020
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Summary
Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were the first celebrities to make global headlines as coronavirus patients. Now fully recovered, Hanks hosted NBC’s Saturday Night Live from his home last weekend.
Andrea Bocelli is another celebrity using his platform to help in these difficult days. His “Music for Hope” concert from Milan’s historic Duomo cathedral is one of the most moving videos I have seen.
The renowned singer, who has been blind since the age of twelve, explained the purpose behind his concert: “I believe in the strength of praying together. I believe in the Christian Easter, a universal symbol of rebirth that everyone, whether they are believers or not, truly needs right now.”
His words speak to the hunger of the human heart for God, a theme that is being illustrated in many ways every day across this pandemic.
One of the perennial fears Christians face is that we will offend those with whom we seek to share our faith. Yet the good news of God’s love is especially urgent in these difficult days.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to a bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast, presented by the Denison |
| 0:07.8 | Forum and featuring Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:13.0 | Hi, I'm Jim Denison, a Denison forum, and this is the Daily Article Special Edition for |
| 0:17.2 | April 13, 2020. |
| 0:19.5 | Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were the first celebrities |
| 0:22.4 | to make global headlines as coronavirus patients. Now fully recovered, Hanks hosted NBC Saturday |
| 0:28.3 | night live from his home last weekend. Wearing a suit while standing in his kitchen, |
| 0:32.6 | Hank said, it's a strange time to try and be funny, but trying to be funny is SNL's whole thing, |
| 0:37.9 | so we thought, what the heck? He joked that since being diagnosed with coronavirus, |
| 0:42.0 | he has become more like America's dad than ever before, because no one wants to be around |
| 0:46.7 | him and he makes people uncomfortable. Tom Hanks is just one celebrity using his platform |
| 0:51.6 | to help in these difficult days. Andrea Bocelli is another. |
| 0:55.8 | His Music for Hope concert from Milan's historic Duomo Cathedral |
| 0:59.3 | is one of the most moving videos I've seen. |
| 1:02.4 | Often described as having the most beautiful voice in the world, |
| 1:05.4 | Bacheli sings Ave Maria and Saint-Maria in front of a single microphone |
| 1:09.6 | accompanied only by the cathedral's organist. |
| 1:12.1 | His concert closes with a rendition of amazing grace, I'll not forget. |
| 1:16.9 | The renowned singer who's been blind since the age of 12 explained the purpose behind his |
| 1:21.2 | concert in these words. |
| 1:22.6 | I believe in the strength of praying together. |
| 1:25.0 | I believe in the Christian Easter, a universal symbol of rebirth |
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