Chris Pratt and the Cost of Faith in Jesus in Hollywood
The actor said his priority as a father is to leave his children a relationship with God.
Chris Pratt has spoken again about his faith in Jesus in Hollywood, La Corriente reported. It came in an interview ahead of the premiere of the second season of The Terminal List, on Prime Video.
He starts and ends the day with his faith
Pratt described his faith as the frame of his routine: it's how he starts every day and how he closes it. He said there is no greater inheritance he could leave his children.
On fatherhood, he spoke of blessing and hard work in the same breath. He said he wants to repeat what his father did well and correct what he did wrong, knowing he will get something wrong from both lists.
«Much of our anxiety comes from asking things for what only the Creator can give.»
There's no success formula there. There's a man who recognizes his limits. And in an industry that sells perfect images, that is already a rarity.
A void with a specific shape
Earlier this year, on the Not Dead Yet podcast, he explained that his way of seeing the world rests on what he understands about God and on reading the Bible.
He then paraphrased Christine Caine: he needs God because a comfortable house, a great car and free time to go fishing don't satisfy him. He joked that he could buy the entire Bass Pro Shops catalog and still feel that something is missing. The hole, he said, has a very specific shape, and only God fills it.
Much of our anxiety comes from asking things for what only the Creator can give. Jesus said it: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (Matthew 6:21, ESV).
His Instagram bio sums it up in two words: God first. He also takes part in Pétros Ení, a documentary that explores the tomb of the apostle Peter, supposedly beneath St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
What it costs to say yes
Pratt acknowledged that talking about religion in the entertainment world is divisive and can be costly. In remarks to The Christian Post, he said he doesn't care about politics enough to take sides at the expense of his career, but that he does care enough about Jesus to defend him.
And he finished with a line that explains the rest: "I want to raise them knowing that their father was not ashamed of his faith in Jesus."
He also made clear that the people close to him already know where he stands, and that he finds it striking that others are surprised, because it's not common to hear it among entertainment figures.
A word of caution is in order: a public figure talking about his faith doesn't make him a teacher or an automatic role model. Scripture draws the line, not the box office. What he said can be celebrated and, at the same time, examined with an open Bible, without easy applause and without mockery.
Paul wrote something of the same weight: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes" (Romans 1:16, ESV).
One concrete step for today: write down on your phone one reason you believe and keep it handy for when someone asks you. You don't need a microphone; faith is sustained in the small and repeated things, in the room where no one sees you.
