The Jesus Christ Show on WGST

[almaniac27]

The persona of Jesus is Neil Saavedra, who is also the Marketing Director at KFI-AM in Los Angeles. (where Bill Handel is the morning man.) His show is quite evangelical in terms of theology. But he comes across in a loving, caring way.

The first incarnation of the “The Jesus Christ Show” was on KFI’s “The Bill Handel Show.” Saavedra, who worked in Christian radio before joining KFI in 1994 as an intern on Handel’s show, was invited to join his friend for an Easter program. The condition: He had to play the role of Jesus, and he had to do it without kitsch or irony.

“There was no question he could not answer. Out of that evolved what I consider to be the most unique show in radio,” said Hande

l, who is Jewish. “It’s sort of like Dr. Dean Edell meets Dr. Laura meets Jesus on the cross.” “Elijah was suicidal; Isaiah preached naked. These are not perfect people. Job went bankrupt; John the Baptist ate bugs. It wasn’t about perfection. It wasn’t about them not having any flaws. It was about God using them, seeing in them the passion and intensity for the word of God,” KFI Jesus told his audience.

In 2006, KFI was the most-listened to talk radio station in the United States. I have not seen their ratings in a while, but in the final quarter of 2009 they were the #1 station in L.A.

Not to nitpick, but didn't Job go bankrupt because God was messing with him to prove something to Satan?

 

[DToTheJ]

Knock "Jesus" all you want - but he made this year's "Heavy Hundred" list... all the way at the bottom, but still, he has risen!
http://www.talkers.com/2011hhindex.html

 

[secondchoice]

The persona of Jesus is Neil Saavedra, who is also the Marketing Director at KFI-AM in Los Angeles. (where Bill Handel is the morning man.) His show is quite evangelical in terms of theology. But he comes across in a loving, caring way.

The first incarnation of the “The Jesus Christ Show” was on KFI’s “The Bill Handel Show.” Saavedra, who worked in Christian radio before joining KFI in 1994 as an intern on Handel’s show, was invited to join his friend for an Easter program. The condition: He had to play the role of Jesus, and he had to do it without kitsch or irony.

“There was no question he could not answer. Out of that evolved what I consider to be the most unique show in radio,” said Hande

l, who is Jewish. “It’s sort of like Dr. Dean Edell meets Dr. Laura meets Jesus on the cross.” “Elijah was suicidal; Isaiah preached naked. These are not perfect people. Job went bankrupt; John the Baptist ate bugs. It wasn’t about perfection. It wasn’t about them not having any flaws. It was about God using them, seeing in them the passion and intensity for the word of God,” KFI Jesus told his audience.

In 2006, KFI was the most-listened to talk radio station in the United States. I have not seen their ratings in a while, but in the final quarter of 2009 they were the #1 station in L.A.

Not to nitpick, but didn't Job go bankrupt because God was messing with him to prove something to Satan?

Job was “BC” in the Old Testament. IIRC God “allowed” Satin to “test” Job as long as Satin did not kill Job, and Job was not to curse God. So Satin killed Job’s family and generally made Job’s life “hell on Earth”. Job passed the test; I do not think I could have. I personally feel that this book is about loyalty to God and never “giving up”. It is a hard book to understand.

Thankfully it is “Old Testament” and we have The New Testament, and a much easier way to Heaven: Jesus!

BTW I am not knocking other religions. I just know what works for me.

 

[DToTheJ]

Jesus Christ now has 50 disciples:
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowl...avedra-jesus-christ-show-50-affiliates_b23770