Colton Dixon’s New Faith-Filled Projects Encourage Fans to Not Let ‘Fear Overshadow Faith’
By Movieguide® Staff
Colton Dixon, known for his run on Season 11 of AMERICAN IDOL, continues to champion faith in God as his cornerstone in life and career.
The 30-year-old singer recently sat down with Movieguide® to discuss recent music and a surprise role with PureFlix in their new comedy TV show, LIVE+LOCAL.
“It’s kind of like a bird’s eye view of what Christian radio looks like behind the scenes,” Dixon told Movieguide®. “So picture if you will, THE OFFICE meets a Christian radio station. So I think it’s gonna be really funny.”
A portion of Movieguide®’s review reads:
LIVE+LOCAL is a six-episode TV sitcom on the Pure Flix streaming outlet. LIVE+LOCAL is a fun and funny, faith-filled sitcom that’s filmed like a mockumentary. As the heart of the program, Coulier and Pendergast work well together. The series builds to a heartwarming, satisfying climax in the last two episodes. The episodes are aided by great, inspiring interviews with two Christians, veteran stand-up comic Jeff Allen and THE CHOSEN creator Dallas Jenkins. Besides promoting faith and family, LIVE+LOCAL extols forgiveness and compassionate capitalism.
Despite his part in the series, Dixon revealed that he didn’t realize that his interview would be a part of the show.
“I was asked to be a guest on the show as myself, in this Christian radio atmosphere, talking about career and family and things like that. So that was really cool. But the hilarious part of the story is I had zero idea that I was a part of the TV show until a couple of weeks after the fact,” Dixon explained. “It felt like a video interview like I would normally do on the road. So I was backstage at a show and I logged in and started interviewing.”
“The only catch was Uncle Joey from FULL HOUSE is one of the characters on this show called LIVE+LOCAL. So he was interviewing me which I thought was really cool. But I thought, Oh, cool, so Dave is just trying his hand at radio. Cool. Love it. So if you think I’m a good actor, it’s because I wasn’t acting it was real,” he laughed.
Dixon also recently released a new song called, ‘Build a Boat,’ which he hopes encourages people to stand firm in their faith.
The song, which Dixon released in April 2022, takes a unique look at the flood story in the Bible, showing Noah’s faith from Noah’s perspective.
“What I think Hollywood can get wrong sometimes about the Noah story is that there was a big struggle back and forth between Noah and God,” he said. “There’s this whole complex of Noah or Evan Almighty if you will, not wanting to do this thing that God’s asked us to do. But the way the Bible tells the story is that God asked Noah to build an ark. And Noah was obedient. That’s it. It’s so simple, so beautiful. Doesn’t mean it was easy, but Noah was obedient.”
“That challenged me in my own faith walk, going, ‘Yeah, you know what, I want to be known as someone who when God asks me to do something big, my response is yes.’ So that was one aspect of the story,” he continued. “Two, Noah and his family are in the middle of this drought. Right. So it would have seemed absolutely crazy. He would have been labeled as insane for building this huge ship. He just made me think of again, the time that we’re in right now, even these last couple years, like it may feel like you’re in a dry season, but you know the promises of God—maybe He is showing you something that’s to come, and it makes zero sense and you have no idea how you’re going to get there.”
However, Dixon challenged listeners to stand firm in their faith and not let fear overcome them in their current season of life.
“I think it’s so important for you to rise up to the occasion to put fear aside and to have faith anyway. Because I think faith is what pleases God. And faith is almost like that key that unlocks God’s ability to get whatever that thing is to you,” he said. “I think there’s like this reward waiting on the other side of crazy faith. Faith is what precedes the miracle. So don’t be afraid to step out. Even if you’re in the middle of a desert and God has asked you to build a boat. It’s like ‘Alright, I’m gonna build a boat, and when that water does come, we’re gonna ride it out together, because you’re with me.'”
“I would just want to encourage anybody, no matter what that season looks like, if you’re in that dry season, to step out and to have faith anyway, because he’s a good God. And whatever He’s promised you it will come to pass. Just don’t give up,” he added.
Dixon also said that people often misinterpret miracles and their reality. For Dixon, he experienced miracles after times of loss and potential fear—but his faith in God overcame his circumstances.
“I think so many people talk about wanting to witness a miracle and of course, they think of these huge spectacles right, like, ‘Man, I would love to witness a miracle.’ But what they maybe don’t think about is, you have to be at a place to need a miracle, which, that is uncomfortable,” he said. “If you’re dependent on a miracle to happen, for you to live or for you to continue on with your job or for your family to stay together, whatever, that’s an uncomfortable place. But again, that’s where faith kicks in.”
“For me in my own life, I mean, I was building a boat when I got dropped on my label, and my wife and I were building a boat in the operating room when one of our twins came out from a C-section, not breathing, not having a pulse,” he added. “So we were believing that God was going to do what He does best, but we were coming with faith and we were expecting Him to do it. We weren’t letting fear overshadow faith. I think that’s the key. I think that pleases God. It makes Him happy that his kids are latching on to what He’s telling us.”
Don’t miss the 6-episode family-friendly comedy LIVE+LOCAL, which is available on Pure Flix streaming July 7th with new episodes releasing weekly.
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What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.
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