Mike Huckabee has role in new 'God's Not Dead' film, reveals why people of faith can support Trump

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee calls the newest installment of the "God's Not Dead" movie series, "In God We Trust," a communicative made for this infinitesimal successful history. 

He says the caller movie is simply a small similar "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" — the Jimmy Stewart classical — updated to this modern property erstwhile religion successful God is not arsenic publically proclaimed and religious freedom totters successful the aftermath of woke governmental agendas.  

The movie invokes Ronald Reagan successful his code much than 40 years agone earlier the Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast successful Dallas, Texas. 

FAITH LEADER SAYS PARENTS ‘SHOULD NOT TRUST THE WORLD TO TEACH THEIR KIDS ABOUT GOD’

At that event, helium said, "Without God, determination is nary virtue, due to the fact that there's nary prompting of the conscience."  

And "without God, ideology volition not and cannot agelong endure."

The movie stars David A. R. White, Ray Wise, Dean Cain, Charlene Tilton, Scott Baio and others. Huckabee plays himself successful the film. The pb quality is simply a impermanent connected his speech show.  

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee has a relation successful the newest installment of the "God's Not Dead" movie series, "In God We Trust." It is simply a almighty film, helium told Fox News, that "couldn't beryllium much timely."  (Pinnacle Peak Pictures)

On a caller occurrence of the "Lighthouse Faith" podcast, helium joked astir getting his Oscar code ready. 

Said Huckabee, "I'm, you know, the champion supporting histrion for a relation that cipher volition remember!"

But successful each seriousness, helium said it is simply a almighty movie that "couldn't beryllium much timely."  

Huckabee said Christians are being maligned and chastised for not keeping their religion a backstage affair. 

It's astir a legislature run betwixt a vocation person and a Christian curate who's abruptly thrust into a governmental conflict erstwhile he's called upon to beryllium the opposing campaigner successful a peculiar predetermination conscionable 4 weeks away.  

It takes head-on the issues of religion successful the nationalist square, spiritual state and accusations of Christian nationalism. They are contiguous the substance of vitriolic debates and taste clashes.

JESUS SHARES IMPORTANT LESSON DURING MEETING WITH MARTHA AND MARY: 'CHILLAX,' SAYS SOUTH CAROLINA PRIEST

Huckabee said Christians are being maligned and chastised for not keeping their religion a backstage affair, and they're accused of wanting to enforce their values connected the remainder of the country. 

But, said Huckabee, "When a idiosyncratic says these radical privation to enforce their values, I privation to say: Doesn't the near privation to enforce their values? Yes."

Former Gov. Huckabee has a relation "In God We Trust," the newest installment of the "God's Not Dead" series.  (Pinnacle Peak Pictures)

He added, "Politics is yet astir winning an predetermination truthful that your policies, those things that you clasp dear, volition go a portion of the civilization and a portion of government. But I don't deliberation it's a religion component. It is simply a motivation constituent that a batch of Christians would similar — truthful that a kid who's 8 years aged is not [put near] pornography astatine his school."

Bestselling Christian writer Lisa Bevere knows of what Huckabee speaks. A fewer years ago, she fought against her 14-year-old son's school aft the English teacher assigned required speechmaking that she said was not appropriate.   

The movie is meant to bash much than embolden Christians to get progressive successful their communities.

Bevere shared connected an occurrence of "Lighthouse Faith" podcast that successful the book, "They were talking astir pornography and masturbation. And I was like, what successful the — ? What does this person to bash with English literature?"

MISSOURI JESUIT SAYS JESUS REVEALS THE 'BIG PICTURE' WHEN IT COMES TO FOLLOWING GOD'S LAW

Bevere posted immoderate passages from the publication connected her societal media leafage and stirred up hundreds of parents, who demanded the publication beryllium dropped from the school's program — which it did.

The film, though, is meant to bash much than embolden Christians to get involved successful their communities.

It's besides a clarion telephone to animate the millions who sat retired the past election, to marque their voices heard not conscionable astatine the container bureau but astatine the ballot container connected Nov. 5.  

The newest "God's Not Dead" movie, "In God We Trust," stars David A. R. White, Ray Wise, Dean Cain, Charlene Tilton, Scott Baio and others. (Pinnacle Peak Pictures)

Said Huckabee, "It is simply a reminder that 40 cardinal Christians successful America did not ballot successful the past statesmanlike election. Forty cardinal ... But a batch of those radical deliberation it doesn't truly matter. 'My vote's unimportant.' Well, that's not true."

Huckabee, besides a Fox News Channel contributor, is simply a staunch Donald Trump supporter. Why? 

"I similar his transparency. In him, determination is nary guile."  

And now, aft the 2nd assassination effort connected Trump's life, Huckabee is taking purpose astatine the left's rhetoric.

NEW ‘GOD’S NOT DEAD' FILM INSPIRES CHRISTIANS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD AT BALLOT BOX

He told Fox News, "One would deliberation that Democrats would halt calling him a 'threat to democracy,' which lone incites convulsive and threatening behavior. But instead, determination is nary shame successful the continued speech from media hosts each the mode to the White House successful continuing to fundamentally blasted Trump for his ain near-assassinations."   

"He doesn't privation to person the authorities telling america what we tin think, what we tin preach, what we tin say, what we tin pray."

He added, "This is beyond outrageous."

An ordained minister, Huckabee knows that helium and different evangelicals person taken a batch of vigor for backing Trump. Eighty percent of White evangelicals voted for Trump successful 2016.  

It was Huckabee who gathered astir 1,200 pastors unneurotic earlier the statesmanlike predetermination for a meet-and-greet with Trump to person them to enactment him. 

What helium said past is inactive existent today, helium asserted.

Huckabee and erstwhile President Trump shingle hands during the rally for veterans astatine Drake University connected Jan. 28, 2016, successful Des Moines, Iowa.  (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Said Huckabee, "I don't unreal that Trump is 1 of america arsenic an evangelical. I don't … And my instauration [to the pastors] was this: 'Look, Donald Trump isn't 1 of us. He's astir apt not going to beryllium sitting successful the beforehand enactment of your religion this Sunday … So let's not kid ourselves.'"

But Huckabee said the Trump positives outweigh the negatives. 

CHiP'S STAR ERIK ESTRADA ON HOW FAITH BUOYS HIS LIFE AND CAREER 

"He has respect for america [evangelicals], and helium doesn't privation to person the authorities telling america what we tin think, what we tin preach, what we tin say, what we tin pray. That's each I privation retired of government."

Huckabee besides said Trump is the astir pro-life statesmanlike candidate. 

However, successful this run cycle, Trump is being criticized by immoderate pro-life leaders for shifting connected the contented and adjacent accusing him of abandoning the pro-life cause.  

The caller movie successful the "God's Not Dead" series, "In God We Trust," is present out.  (Pinnacle Peak Pictures)

At this year's Republican National Convention, the level committee voted to region a right-to-life plank, prompting Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, to contented a number study pushing backmost against the RNC platform. 

Other leaders, specified arsenic retired U.S. Navy officer Quinn Skinner, who present works for a gestation assistance organization, lamented successful an op-ed that "there is nary nationalist governmental enactment that champions the sanctity of life."

Still, said Huckabee, Trump's beingness connected the planetary signifier is what America needs now.

Huckabee's enactment of Israel is portion biblical and portion political.  

"His presumption connected Israel has been the astir singular of immoderate American president. Period. So for issues that are non-negotiable for me, it's casual to beryllium supportive."

JEWISH SOLDIER, WOUNDED IN WAR, MEMORIALIZES YOUNG HOLOCAUST HERO BY PLAYING HIS VIOLIN

Huckabee had plans to question to Israel this month. Since 1973, he's visited the Jewish state astir 100 times, sometimes connected his own, astatine different times taking groups with him. He was determination not agelong aft Oct. 7 past year, aft the Hamas attack, helium said.

"I was having luncheon successful a edifice successful Tel Aviv, and the sirens went off. So, we had to spell to the weaponry shelter. And arsenic we got there, you could perceive the Iron Dome intercept a rocket close supra our heads."

Huckabee's enactment of Israel is portion biblical and portion political.  

ISRAELI SOLDIER GRAVELY INJURED IN OCT. 7 TERROR ATTACK FINDS NEW FAITH, OFFERS HOPE TO OTHERS 

As a geopolitical example, helium imagined a script person to home, saying, "If idiosyncratic came crossed the borderline successful Buffalo, New York, oregon El Paso, Texas, and slaughtered 1,200 people, including putting babies successful ovens, slicing the womb of a large pistillate successful beforehand of her children, violently raping women successful beforehand of their families — bash you deliberation Americans would say, ‘I conscionable anticipation we tin get a ceasefire?’"

Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Mike Huckabee told Fox News he's done with moving for higher office. "I did it twice. I loved it, had a large time." Today, he's contented to beryllium the begetter of a person — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Rogers — helium told Fox News.  (Getty Images)

Instead, said Huckabee, "We'd beryllium wanting to perfectly annihilate immoderate the unit was down that. So Israel has been acold much restrained than I deliberation America would person been successful a akin circumstance."

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

There is the biblical crushed for backing Israel, however. 

Huckabee said, "I look astatine Genesis 12: 'Those who bless Israel volition beryllium blessed. Those who curse Israel volition beryllium cursed.' Look, I'm a elemental guy. When I work it that way, I accidental I'd alternatively beryllium blessed than cursed. I'm going to basal with Israel."

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER

Huckabee, who has mounted 2 statesmanlike campaigns, is adamant that he's done with moving for higher office. "I did it twice. I loved it, had a large time."

Now contented to beryllium the begetter of a person — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Rogers — Huckabee said, "You know, determination comes a moment. You say, I gave it my champion shot. Other radical present volition instrumentality up the mantle, and I volition assistance them."

For much Lifestyle articles, sojourn www.foxnews/lifestyle

Audiences tin spot "God's Not Dead: In God We Trust" successful theaters this weekend, oregon they tin ain oregon rent the movie opening Oct. 4. Anyone tin spell to www.GodsNotDead.com to pre-order it.