Posted on 08/24/2004 9:12:27 AM PDT by TheDoctorNoh
Other celebrities scheduled to attend the GOP convention are singer Wayne Newton (news), actor Stephen Baldwin (news) and actress Bo Derek (news).
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Perhaps, now, his dumb@ss brother Alec will no longer suggest stoning Republicans to death (i.e. Newt Gingrich)
It would seem that history does not agree with you.
I saw Stephen Baldwin in a recent interview. He really impressed me........I was taken back, considering his brothers' shenannigans.
From CBN.com (aka 700 Club):
GUEST BIO
Stephen Baldwin: Extreme Sports Evangelist
The 700 Club
June 30, 2004
The youngest of the Baldwin brothers talks about his testimony of faith and his extreme sports DVD, Living It.
CBN.com – Worldy Life vs. Christian Life
Stephen has been acting in films since the 1980s. He comes from a family of four actor brothers (his older brother is Alec Baldwin). While he was working on the TV show Young Riders (1989-1992), Stephen and his wife, Kennya, needed help around the house with their two daughters. They hired an older housekeeper from Brazil who was a Christian. Stephen says that her love for Jesus shined through her and impacted him greatly.
After the TV series ended, Stephen and his family moved to New York where Kennya started attending a Brazilian church. She became deeply involved in a Bible study and gave her life to the Lord. Kennya began intensely praying for her husband.
Stephen says he gave his life to the Lord at that time, but his interest in Christianity didn't become strong until after the terrorist attacks on September 11th. In March 2002, Stephen was baptized at church.
He realized that there was not a lot of Christian content in the secular marketplace and looked at starting a company that offered quality Christian media to young people. After attending a festival in Syracuse, New York, put on by the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association, Stephen, 37 at the time, was inspired. "I've been to MTV and all of that worldly stuff," he says. "It's death. It's meaningless. All of this is Christian - modern - edgy."
Extreme For Jesus
The term "extreme sports" was coined in 1995 during the Extreme Games (now the X Games) on ESPN. Since that time, many extreme athletes have adopted an alternative style, known as punk and later as grunge. In general, extreme sports contain an element of danger, epitomized by daredevil acrobatic stunts performed while traveling at high speed. Many of these sports are new versions of older sports. For example, BMX racing and mountain biking are both based on cycling; in-line skating is a form of roller skating. Extreme sports have become absorbed into the mainstream mainly because of the competitions.
Kevin Palau, son of evangelist Luis Palau, realized that extreme sports greatly influence the youth culture. For four decades, Luis Palau has reached thousands of young people for Christ using traditional evangelistic methods, but their methods are changing in order to reach more young people. The Luis Palau Evangelistic Association holds six music-evangelism festivals each year. They incorporate BMX riding and skateboarding demonstrations into the festivals and have catapulted the ministry into a fresh, edgy outreach to today's youth. At each festival, 10,000 square foot skate parks are built so that professional skaters and BMX riders can demonstrate their skills while sharing their testimonies.
Kevin and Stephen thought capturing this type of outreach on film was inevitable. They co-produced Livin It, a 40-minute documentary that includes extraordinary sports action and compelling face-to-face, street-style evangelism. Bonus material also includes testimonies from 11 top Christian BMX and skateboard athletes, a gospel message, outtakes, and footage from a festival from a recent spring break.
He even has his own Christian Ministry with Extreme Sports, namely skate boarders and speaks regularly at Christian Festivals for Luis Palau, evangalist out of Portland, OR.
In fact, many of the Christiann groups that perform at the Luis Palau Festivals, i.e. Jacki Valasquez, will also be performing at the G.O.P Convention.
You may learn more about Luis Palau and Stephen's ministry at http://www.LPEA.org
Actually, it seems to have inflamed Alec. See freeper thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1181233/posts
I'm in the business and I know the Baldwins, some better than others. I hope that Stephen is sincere in his conversion but the stories of hookers for him and his crew persist. And, he has signed on to a Snoop Dogg movie where he plays a crooked cop to Snoop's g-sta hero.
Adam Baldwin...My Body Guard with Casey Syzmencho. Set in Chicago. A decent film.
LOL! And no surprise that Alecs brothers faith inflamed him either. That boy's running as fast as his legs will carry him, or his mouth!
Do you know Alec? I've "met" him and he can be sweet and funny.........untill you pi$$ him off then he's, he's.......indescribable!
I had no use for the dope smoking brain dead moron celebrities the democrats trotted out, so I have no use for them at our convention. Celebrities make me want to puke.
Yes. I know Daniel the best. He's a sweet guy but politically he's got his head up his ass. I've golfed with Billy but can't really say I know much about him.
I've worked with Stephen in Montreal. This was a couple of years ago and the production had to pay for the "girls" that he and his crew went through. I heard he's slowed down a bit but St. Stephen is going a bit too far, and the Snoop movie is real, I've seen the paperwork.
I smell a rat. A Baldwin at the GOP Convention? He's probably only going to steal the silver.
In all things spiritual, I have to constantly remind myself to maintain humility in my thoughts and deeds. Your comment sounds very similar to something I might say in a flippant mood.
While my convictions are strong, I have to always remind myself to be strong without being condescending or overbearing. IOW, praises to Stephen and William Baldwin. Prayers for Alec.
I hope that I expressed myself well here. I have had more than one occasion in this election season to check my ego while arguing my convictions. Including a very strong exchange over the last couple of days.
Flippant?
No.
It'll be entertaining to see Alec squirm while God talks to him.
Especially after his recent behavior.
I hope and pray Billy and Stephen all the help they can get in that endeavor.
I don't think anyone said ST. Stephen.
That's interesting. Because not only is Alec Baldwin rabidly left, when I saw him on O'Reilly he struck me as angry, bitter and totally shallow.
He really is convinced Bush is a stupid idiot. He just knows this. His mind is so closed you couldn't hammer it open.
His brother must find it very difficult to even talk to him.
What do you think of Stephen's signing on to play a dirty cop to Snoop's gsta hero?
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