Speaking to the Christian Post, “Duck Dynasty” star and Duck Commander executive Willie Robertson spoke out about how a single conversation his father Phil had, a conversation that led to Phil becoming a Christian and changing his alcoholic ways, becoming a much better father and man in the process and reversing what would have been a horrible path forward.
Speaking about that to the Christian Post in the context of the recently released movie “The Blind,” which charts Phil’s faith journey, Willie said, “After we came out with ‘The Blind’ last year about Phil and Kay’s life, I thought, ‘What if that hadn’t happened? What if that guy didn’t go up there and preach the Gospel out of fear?”
Continuing, he noted what would have happened had the man not spoken about the Gospel to Phil, saying, “Dad had not become a Christian. He’d already kicked us out, so we knew where it was headed. It was heading towards divorce for sure, split up family. When you take that out of the mix, there would have been no Duck Commander, there would have been no company, there would have been no ‘Duck Dynasty.’ I don’t even know if I would be a believer today.”
He then explained how pretty much all the good that the Robertson family has done over the past decades has happened because of that, saying, “Every day of my life, someone has been impacted by what happened 50 years ago. Because of what was able to come out of that, when you start thinking about the television show that reached hundreds of millions of people, still does every day … all the books, the movies, the podcast, all the things that have pointed people in some way to the Gospel, to the light, I can trace all that back.”
Willie also spoke about the Christian church generally and revival, saying, “I think real revival and impact will happen when the Church actually is sharing their faith, not necessarily just a pastor.” He continued, “I think the call is for everyone. It’s not just for smart people or the disciples and apostles and pastors, and everybody else is exempt from talking about that.”
Continuing, Robertson explained why America seems to be headed in the wrong direction, saying, “We’ve become real self-centered. We look at our own stuff. The nature of Christianity, what Jesus was trying to teach was, it’s all about sharing with other people. Jesus was like, ‘I came to seek and save what was lost.’ Jesus wasn’t here for Himself. He was here for other people; the message he was saying was, ‘This is for other people.’”
Further, he spoke about starting a conversation about faith, saying, “Jesus taught a masterclass on starting a conversation.” He continued, “There’s definitely going to be some uncomfortableness there,” Robertson added. “But if someone says, ‘Hey, you know, that ain’t for me, and I appreciate you,’ at least, if nothing else, they know that I cared about them. I wanted nothing from them. I didn’t need anything from them. I was just sharing this because it’s worked great for our lives, and it gives us hope.”
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