Stories That Awaken a Nation: Sight & Sound’s Milestone Celebration

Host: Dr. Isaac Crockett

Guest: Joshua Enck

Note: This transcript is taken from a Stand in the Gap Today program aired on 6/5/26. To listen to the podcast, click HERE.

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Isaac Crockett:

Welcome to our Friday edition of Stand in the Gap Today where we stand firm on biblical truth and all the crazy things going on in our culture and all the challenges that brings. I’m your host today, Pastor Isaac Crockett. A few months ago we sat down with our guests that we’re interviewing today. The guest is Joshua Enck from Sight and Sound Theaters and we talked about what was then an upcoming film, A Great Awakening. Well, now it’s already been in the theaters. It’s hard to believe that it was several months ago that we sat down with Joshua, but it’s been in the theaters and it’s been rolling out strong on home entertainment platforms. I can say personally from anecdotal evidence, the response has been powerful. It’s been overwhelming over and over and over. My friend co-host Dave Kistler, evangelist Dave Kistler, he was preaching in Pennsylvania.

I got to meet up with him and he was talking about it at the week of meetings where he was at, how powerful this film is and how God designed it is to land right here as we celebrate 250 years as a nation. So today we are catching up with Joshua Enck, president and chief story officer of Sight and Sound Ministries to talk about this film and also this is a huge year for them. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sight and Sound. They’re continuing to create epic faith centered stories that point people to Christ that encourage the church and everything from their record breaking stage productions like Jesus and Noah. I hope you’ve been able to see those. They’re powerful. And then now they’re growing feature film work, a couple of just really awesome films that they’ve made. Joshua, thank you so much for being on our program.

Thanks for taking the time in a really busy schedule to be with us to talk about what’s going on at Sight and Sound.

Joshua Enck:

Well, Isaac, thank you so much. And it’s awesome to be here with you again on Stand in the Gap and to be the Capital C Church together, to work together, to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ and to inspire and uplift the church to really fulfill the mission of being the church.

Isaac Crockett:

Amen. Amen. That’s our mission. That’s what Jesus left us with. Well, Joshua, this is such an exciting time so much going on at Sight and Sound. I mean, every time I turn around, there’s some major project going on. Of course, the feature film was huge, but lots of other really big news going on and I want to hear fresh updates on the film and the impact that a Great Awakening had because I know in my family, in my church and community, it’s been massive, but we also want to talk about what God is doing through many other ministries at Sight and Sound right now and how all of this connects to us as Americans in the 250th anniversary in our country. So Josh, it’s just great to have you back on the program. Let’s start with the anniversary that you’re having this 50th anniversary there at Sight and Sound.

How does this anniversary feel personally to you? Because you don’t seem old enough for this to be the case, but you’ve been there for quite a few years, decades even. Having started as a stagehand in 1995, what does it feel like to look at sight and sound being 50 years old?

Joshua Enck:

Oh man, it’s actually incredible to reflect back on the ministry of sight and sound that started in 1976. This year, 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of bringing the Bible to life on stage now also on screen. And it’s a big year all the way around because I also just turned 50 years old and the nation is turning 250 years old. So this is a year of Jubilee for sure. And part of the Jubilee experience as Christians is to look back, look up and look ahead, to look back and reflect on all the good things that the Lord has done and then to look up and give him thanks and get your direction for your future so that you can look ahead. And this is a really exciting year of reflection and also mission advancement. We are so excited about our mission expansion into cinema. We also have a conservatory program that’s been here around for a very long time, over 12 years, where we take 10 students on every for a two year curriculum and they get to be on the stage with our professional actors and participate in the show.

So what we say here is sight and sound brings the Bible to life on stage, screen and classroom. And so it just continues to mature as a ministry and we are looking forward to the next 50.

Isaac Crockett:

The way you talk about that, if you’re listening and you’ve never been to Lancaster or Branson to watch one of their live shows, my dad was a pastor and before he was a pastor, he was involved in drama. He was a very dramatic person. He taught drama at a university and he would tell people, I can’t even tell you what sight and sound is like. I can try to describe it, but you just have to go and experience is what he used to say and I can attest to that, but it does. You come away from it uplifted and encouraged, but also your faith is strengthened, deepened. You’ve been taught and you’ve rejoiced and you’ve it’s not just going for entertainment and you’ve meet people. Some of them people you already know, you meet new Christians that are around you. It is an incredible experience to see people, the church from all over coming into this massive facility to see a God honoring Christ-centered production that is high quality and all that you guys are doing is that way.

And I think of the legacy that comes from, we don’t have a lot of time in our first segment here, but could you talk a little bit about the legacy, that over 50 year legacy then really from the founders and how that feels relevant for such a time as this in 2026?

Joshua Enck:

Yeah. No, like I said, the mission has never changed for sight and sound and that is to be wise stewards of our God-given talents and resources to move people’s hearts towards truth through the power of story. The core of who we are as a ministry that was created by our founder, Glen and Shirley Escheman in 1976 still rings true. The methods and the tools that we use have changed and grown. I mean theatrically speaking, what we can do today with theatrical effects on our 300 foot wraparound stage and actually what we can do with being resourceful for films and being able to make what the Hollywood would consider a low budget film look like a large scale full out Hollywood production is really an incredible responsibility and opportunity we have. And so as we look ahead, the core of who we are, serving the Lord with our gifts and talents will never change, but as he expands our mission, the way in which we do it is going to continue to grow.

Isaac Crockett:

We have about 30 seconds left. Anything else to add about that, maybe about projects that are going on or coming up?

Joshua Enck:

Yeah. So we have two theaters, one in Lancaster and one in Branson, and so we’re always bringing fresh content to those stages. I have one foot in the show stage production door and another foot in the film door. And so we have already chosen our 2030 premier show for stage. I can’t share that just yet. And we’re already a year into our third feature film, which will be being shot next spring. So we are busy, we’re moving, definitely moving and shaking, but we’re doing it at God’s pace and not our pace. And so because of that, his grace is upon us. We have the strength and the resources and capacity to do it and not just do it, but to do it well and to do it in a godly way that the ministry isn’t just on the final product on the stage and screen, but in the process as well.

Isaac Crockett:

Well, that is so exciting. It’s so amazing to hear how all these details work. This is Joshua Enck, president of Sight and Sound and we’re going to be talking more with him. We’re going to actually dive into the journey of the feature film that just was released. We have so much more to talk about. So please stay tuned. Right after we listen to our partners, we’re going to come back and talk about more. Welcome back to the program. If you’re just tuning in, I’m Pastor Isaac Crockett and the guest today on this Friday edition of Stand in the Gap Today is a return guest, one that most of you have probably heard either on our regular Stand in the Gap Today program or on the Stand in the Gap weekend, or maybe you’ve just listened to our archives. I’ve had so much good response from the last time he was on and that’s Joshua Enck.

He’s the president of Sight and Sound and he’s the one who has written and directed and produced these amazing feature films coming out of Sight and Sound as well as years and decades of experience with the live shows that they do. And so Joshua, it’s just such a privilege to talk to you about what has happened and is going on as we look at these feature films and so many things. One of the things when you were talking about the films and the live shows and the different things you have going on, I was talking about how you come away from encouraged and praising the Lord. Well, one of the things I left out is I always feel convicted. The message is so strong there’s an invitation to accept Christ as Savior at the end of these live shows. And when I go to those shows, whether it’s the town of Jericho a thousand years before Jesus Christ or whether it’s our own Washington DC or the town I live in, I see that nothing is new under the sun and that human nature and sinfulness is the same and that God is at work in us today just as he was in Bible times.

It’s so exciting that the Lord has worked through sight and sound now in their 50th anniversary and something also that stands out to me is this high quality, the high level of doing things at sight and sound and there’s just constant innovation. Every time I go, there’s something newer and better and it’s just so applicable to what’s going on. It just helps grab you. And every project that you’re working on, Josh, which just gets better and better and better, I think there’s no way it could get any better. And then something new happens. It’s this, I guess you could call it a culture of innovation and has really marked the ministry of sight and sound from the early, early days, even with Eschelmans using just slide projectors. That was creative back then and these world-class live productions, they reach over a million people a year now.

I mean, God’s hand is clearly at work through your ministry. His grace, his sovereign control has constantly grown for five decades. I guess I’m getting to the question now, Joshua, sorry for the long introduction. I just get excited looking at what God has done, but how has the same culture of innovation and dependence on God’s leading that has led to what most of us think of as sight and sound with the live productions, how has it also shaped your decision to really dive into this feature films part?

Joshua Enck:

Yeah. Well, again, Isaac, thank you for having me on your show and thank you for your ministry and for all those who are listening, thank you for listening. And if you’ve gone to a sight and sound stage production in Lancaster or Branson, thank you. If you’ve gone to the movie theaters and seen one or both of our last two films, I heard The Bells in 2022 and then a Great Awakening just in April 3rd premiered and still remains in some movie theaters nationwide. I thank you for all your support. First and foremost, Isaac, our heart is to move people’s hearts towards Christ through the power of story. We really are aware of the pitfalls and traps that ministries may find themselves sliding into to chase what’s culturally acceptable or popular or chasing art for art’s sake, try to impress ourselves or impress others and we try to lay that down as much as we possibly can.

It is not about impressing people or ego, which I always say EGO stands for Edging God Out. We want to serve the Lord with our gifts and our talents so that others can experience Him in a really powerful way. And for us, innovation is just simply one of the things, one of the tools that really woos people towards the heart of Jesus. When he sat on that hillside and gave a sermon on the mount, he told stories. He shared parables. He went from the head to the heart because if people really have a life changing experience, it’s usually not an intellectual one, it’s usually a heartfelt one. And so with the power of story and the innovation and the opportunities that are out there technically to make those stories come to life, whether it’s on stage or screen, we get excited about that. And that’s been in our DNA since the very, very beginning with Glen and Shirley Escherman back in 76 when it first started.

Craftsmanship also takes time. We allow ourselves adequate preparation and production time that we can really bake in the most important ingredients to our stories and that is the story itself because story is still king with regards to what we do here and we want the author and the perfecter of our faith, the king of kings to be in the middle of that story process. I have one quick little story I’ll share. Back in the 70s, actually the 60s and 70s, when Glen Eshman was starting off with slide projectors, he would take pictures and then he would have these multiple slide projectors lined up and he would project them on a big screen, set the inspirational music with a narration with scripture verses and things. And he believes, and I agree, he believes that him and his father-in-law, Rufus, created the very first dissolve unit that would allow slides, pictures to dissolve right before the eyes instead of just clicking to the next one.

Of course, there’s no way of proving that, but it’s just proof that innovation was in our DNA from the very beginning.

Isaac Crockett:

Just so fascinating to hear those stories behind the scenes speaking of behind the scenes, so you wear so many hats and as I’m talking to you right now, I’m realizing basically all of your adult life, most of your life, you’ve been a part of sight and sound and I’m wondering what is it like as the chief story officer and wear of many, many different hats at sight and sound to get into writing and directing and leading this still kind of new film division with all of the past of the live production because there’s such different animals, these two things, what is that like?

Joshua Enck:

Yeah, so I do wear many different hats, but what we all do here at Sight and Sound. When we walk across the parking lot, if we see a piece of trash, we’re janitors. If we have an inspired idea during our prayer time in the morning or in the evening and we are responsible for it, we bring it to our circles of influence, whether it’s the executive team that I serve on or smaller departments. But because we don’t have this territorial mindset as leaders and creatives, it really does allow for a non-competitive and very imaginative and creative atmosphere. We have over 900 employees now at sight and sound if you include both campuses and we have a very structured leadership style, but we’re open to other people’s ideas. For me, when we branched out into films, first of all, it was an interest of mine for many, many years, but the things that are the same with stage and screen are we want to capture truthful moments.

We live in a society where people consume so much media and they’re actually experts at reading authenticity. I mean, they know when an actor’s not good. They didn’t have to go to film school at New York City or Hollywood for four years to see a phony performance. People are smart and they’re looking for truthful moments and authenticity and we want to deliver that on both stage and screen. And so there’s a lot of things that are the same when it comes to creating story for both, but there’s absolutely differences. We had a big learning curve when we did, I heard the Bells, we realized, oh yeah, stage wigs don’t work for film. And then we grew from that. And then in our second film, we learned things. So we were in a posture of continually learning and growing, never feeling complacent or satisfied. At the same time, we believe in having contentment with godliness, which is great gain and we don’t just strive for striving’s sake.

We want to hear the Lord and say yes to God ideas and say no to the many, many good ideas that come across our desks.

Isaac Crockett:

Well, I’m so thankful for that and the good idea of the great awakening and how God led you to it, which you shared some of that with us before, how God said, “Hey, you’ve got the right idea, but the wrong George.” George Whitfield is the one, but just could you walk us through, because the last time you were on, it actually hadn’t been released yet. Now it’s been released in the theaters. Now people can even stream it from home. You can go to the sight and sound streaming platform or you can go to whatever streaming platform you are comfortable that you use and you can find a great awakening, but could you maybe just kind of walk us through, only have about a minute and a half left until our next break, but kind of walking us through how that happened and what maybe big surprises you had to deal with along the way.

Joshua Enck:

Yeah. We have been blown away with the response to this film. I mean, it’s our 250th anniversary as a nation. People are thinking about liberty. They’re thinking about this nation and the founding fathers and there’s a lot of programs that are starting to pop up the closer we get to July, but the film, A Great Awakening is really a prophetic film and a prophetic voice gets out above the noise of culture. It goes and it precedes an event, it forecasts, it leaves a foundation and I’d like to think it’s a bell that rings out. And so this film came out in Easter, April 3rd and climbed to number six in the box office, again, some really stiff competition. Some massive films came out that dominated movie screens out there, but we got into 1500 movie theaters, climbed to number six and still in movie theaters right now and Lionsgate is who we’re working with for streaming and they said it’s outpacing their projections.

And so we’ve had a tremendous response for what Hollywood would call a low budget faith based film and people continually request it and watch it time and time again. It’s hitting church leaders so that they can use it as a banner, as an anthem for their congregations. Political leaders are using it to remind us of the power of prayer and the meaning of some of the words beyond Franklin’s famous speech. And so the wind is still at our back with this film and I just found out that we’re going to have an international deal with a major distributor because of its success. And so we’re really, really thrilled with how it has been received.

Isaac Crockett:

Praise the Lord for how he is working. Praise the Lord for that and all of you who have seen it. I know you’ve enjoyed it. We’re going to take a break and pick up with this where we left off looking at how this film is awakening our nation. Welcome back. As they say, time flies when you’re having fun. It’s hard to believe we’re already in our third segment halfway through the program, Pastor Isaac Crockett. I’m interviewing Joshua Ink from Sight and Sound. He’s the president and chief story officer. There’s so many things going on at Sight and Sound. But before we dive back into the big screen with their feature film, A Great Awakening and some of the things we started to talk about in our last segment, I want to tell you a little bit about our TV program. Some of you listen to us regularly on podcasts or archive or maybe you’re on one of the radio stations that carries this broadcast.

If you’ve never watched our TV program, Stand in the Gap TV, let me encourage you to watch that. You can see what Sam and I look like instead of just hearing our voices. You might be very disappointed when you see us, but I would encourage you to watch a program. You can find us through our app, Stand in the Gap app. It’s in your app store and also find us on our YouTube channel, Stand in the Gap TV, or you could go to Lighthouse TV. That’s the studio where everything is produced and then it gets syndicated from there. It plays on Lighthouse TV and then it goes all over the nation and actually all over the world and you could go to our YouTube Stand in the Gap TV or you could find it on Roku, Amazon Fire, almost anywhere where you can stream, you can find Lighthouse TV and you could watch it there.

Just look up Stand in the Gap TV and there’s a lot going on. Right now, Sam and I are in the middle of a series on the Be Attitudes and the Sermon on the Mount as well as interviewing some special guests some weeks in between and there’s a huge expansion going on with Lighthouse TV where we do our studio. So you’re going to see some big changes this year, a lot going on there at their Allentown facility. And so we’ll talk about that sometime. You can look at our Facebook for some updates on that, but just a lot of exciting things that God is doing. Well, Joshua, let’s turn back to the impact we’re seeing from a great awakening. One of the questions I had, and I love seeing some of the behind the scene things that you guys are putting out on Facebook and other social media places.

I’m just curious if you want to share anything from behind the scenes, maybe even about the actors when they’re putting themselves into character for such strong, powerful scripts like this that are so biblically powerful but historically correct. I was so impressed with the way you did that and just wove it in so naturally. Are there any stories about the actors or production team with how it might have impacted them in a powerful way with all that they were doing on that side of the screen?

Joshua Enck:

Yeah, absolutely. And thanks again for having me on the show. John Adams has a quote and that’s very famous. He says, “Facts are stubborn things.” And I love that because people think that as a creative, as a filmmaker, as a producer, director, that we live to embellish the truth in order to like really woo people toward an idea that we want them to believe. But facts are the most inspiring ingredient of a sight and sound production, whether it’s on the stage or on the screen. And for a great awakening, it was a feast of facts. And so when we learned that there was actually this rich relationship between arguably the most powerful preacher of all time, George Whitfield and this most celebrated deist, quote unquote Ben FrEncklin, it just lit up the script and specifically John Blair who played George Whitfield, he took the sermons of Whitfield to the script.

I asked him to, I gave him the topic and the thing that I wanted to communicate with this part of the story and he went and dug up all of the sermons of Whitfield to find the right and most relevant one. And in the process of doing that is when he really found the voice of Whitfield, the heart and the literal voice. And so oftentimes a year before shooting, I’d see John Blair with his headphones on walking our back lot where we built Market Street and he would just walk back there and just listen to these sermons and memorize and memorize and memorize and to the point where when it came time for shooting, when John Blair got into character and stepped onto that set and we said action, he went and memorized the entire sermons of Whitfield and that allowed us as creatives to just do big long takes, which really kept the pacing and the heart of that moment.

But the first time that he did that was at the Coalfields and it was just like you could hear a pin drop. I mean, we weren’t making a movie in that moment. We were listening to a sermon. It was like going back in time and I walked up to John afterwards and I said, “Do you know what just happened?” He said, “I have no idea.” I said, “Look around.” I said,

“Thank you for your preparation.” Both men, John Snead is Ben FrEncklin, John Blair as George Woodfield, prepared and prepared and prepared. And that’s one of the reasons I love working with theater actors is because there’s no cut on the stage. I mean, you have to memorize huge monologues and it has to get into your muscle memory and when they bring that skillset to the film set, it really is efficient, saves time, but it’s also incredibly creative from a filmmaking standpoint because we can just take big long takes. I will say this yet, when we shot Ben Franklin’s big speech at the end, that was all one take. He memorized the entire speech and

Isaac Crockett:

That was

Joshua Enck:

All one take and we did that on November 4th, which was election day and we didn’t try that. And so if you would have spun the camera around to the crew, we were all wearing eye voted stickers. So for Ben Franklin to deliver that speech for us to film that scene in Constitution Center or Independence Hall on election day, it was just remarkable. In a sound stage where the flooring that we ordered for that sound stage of Independence Hall came to 1,776 square feet of flooring, something else that we didn’t plan or try. God’s hand was in this project from the beginning and continues through.

Isaac Crockett:

Those are just amazing little insights and so many more that if we had time, you could go for hours sharing. For our family, it was very impactful. For those listening right now who have seen it, they get it. What we were watching as Jonathan Blair was preaching as George Whitfield was just raw reactions of people. They weren’t acting. They were actually just reacting to those sermons, which is just so powerful because it’s so truthful. Well, since that release all the way at the beginning of April, what are you seeing? What kind of audience reactions are encouraging you right now as the writer, director, producer of this? What are some of the encouraging things you’re hearing?

Joshua Enck:

Well, I mean, if you look at a stage production, on a premier show year, we would get about 805,000 people to come and see a premier stage production in 10 months time. For this film, we’ve had 800,000 people see a sight and sound show film in two months. And so as far as missional outreach goes pound for pound, this film is actually exceeding and doing more than our stage productions. And like I said, Lionsgate said it’s outpacing projections for streaming and the testimonies are coming in from all over the nation. From big time pastors like Pastor Greg Laurie, who really got behind the film all the way to our local churches, get testimonies all the time. One most recent was a ministry that brings women. It’s like a transitional housing ministry that brings women from troubled pasts into a safe environment to get their feet underneath them again and it’s a Christian ministry and they took them to see the movie A Great Awakening and it was during Whitfield’s sermon in the church, his first one at the Anglican church and this one woman who was a non-believer leaned over to one of the counselors and said, “I want that.

How do I get saved?” And it was in the middle of that film that she actually accepted Christ into her heart and on the way home the busload of these women, this transitional ministry, they said, “We want to start the next great awakening.” How about that? 12 women from a difficult past just saw a movie A Great Awakening and on the way back to their place that they’re staying as a ministry, they said, “We want to start the next great awakening.” It’s just incredible.

Isaac Crockett:

That’s so incredible and encouraging. It would be worth it. If that was the only feedback you got, that would be worth it all, but to multiply that just thousands and millions of times as it spreads. Well, there’s so many questions I want to ask you. We just don’t have enough time, but for today’s context, we’re in the 250th anniversary of America. How is this film sparking conversations about what true liberty really means? I mean, you actually kind of already went there with that story of salvation, but what kind of conversations are there developing because of this historic film?

Joshua Enck:

Oh, it’s been incredible. We’ve had wall builders, the team from Wall Builders get behind this film and have me on their show and talk about the true definition of liberty, which is freedom from sin because of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. That is true liberty and that’s the liberty that was branded on our liberty bell from the verse from Leviticus. So that’s ringing out and it’s resonating with people. This week I was just a keynote speaker for the Pennsylvania prayer breakfast, which has state representatives and judges and personnel from the military that were there and they want to know more about the message of this film and spread it around. So people are truly using this film as a banner and as an anthem. And that’s what I would really like to say to those listeners right now, whether you’re in a ministry or you’re leading your home, which is the greatest ministry, use this film as a banner, use it as an anthem to inspire and educate the people that are in your sphere of influence.

Because like I said, this film is all based on facts. These things really happened and without these events, I’m not sure if we would have had that first great awakening. And so that’s my heart and hope and desire is that the church, Capital C Church, can use this film to forward their mission for their congregations and for their homes and areas of business or whatever it might be. Sight and sound ministries exists to inspire the church to become the church. What we do is to inspire and grow the ministries that the guests all represent.

Isaac Crockett:

Inspiring the church to be the church. That’s what we need to be about. Our father’s mission. We need to be about the mission that Jesus has called us to. We’re going to take another quick break to hear from our partners when we come back after that timeout. We want to look at just that. What is the national conversation around this film on our 250th anniversary of our nation? Stay with us. Don’t turn the dial on the radio. We’ll be right back. Well, welcome back again as we wrap things up in this segment on Pastor Isaac Crockett. We’ve been talking about stories that awaken a nation, sight and sound that we’re looking at their feature film, A Great Awakening and just their milestone celebration, 50th anniversary. In all of this, we’re talking and picking the brain of Joshua Enck. He’s the president and he’s the one writing these scripts for the film and involved with the live broadcast and a little bit of everything that he does there at Sight and Sound.

So we were just talking as we finished out the last segment about liberty and the conversations about liberty that go with this historic film coming at this historic time in our nation’s history and sticking to the truth so closely of what this relationship between George Whitfield and Benjamin FrEncklin. Joshua, with the 250th anniversary going on of our nation, the 50th anniversary of sight and sound, what are you seeing how a great awakening maybe serves as a foundation for more conversations going on around the nation? I know right now we’re seeing a lot of young people, especially young men that seem more interested in the Bible than they have in years, more interested in going to church. I’m curious, even through your film, has it helped push people to see the Bible live so to speak on stage? Has it, I don’t know, maybe other feedback that you’re getting.

What are you seeing as president of sight and sound with the way this is hitting our nation for such a time as this?

Joshua Enck:

Yeah. Well, just like when we get into the Easter season or the Christmas season, even non-believers are softened to the idea of the foundation of those stories, the birth of Christ, the resurrection of Christ, the death and resurrection of Christ. So in the same way right now, this nation is softened to the idea of liberty and it’s something that everybody wants, but everybody has different definitions of it. For some liberty means to be who you want, say what you want, ultimate freedom, but ultimate freedom leads to ultimate bondage. The liberty that we’re talking about and the liberty that’s proclaimed in this film, A Great Awakening is the liberty that can only be found in the death and resurrection and belief in Jesus Christ. And so we don’t shy away from that in this film. The gospel’s presented very clearly, not because we feel like we have to, but because the story demands it.

The story itself, George Whitfield was probably the most powerful preacher that ever set foot on American soil. And Ben FrEncklin’s printing press was the iPhone of the day. So the Lord providentially put those two men together to propel the message of Jesus Christ from 1739 to 1770. And the Lord, I believe, is doing it again. It’s not the printing press, but it’s radio programs like this. It’s the silver screen, it’s the TV screen. And we’re finding a lot of favor with getting this message of true liberty out to the masses and we’re very thankful for that. I would also say too that this is an opportunity for the church to participate in proclaiming the true definition of what liberty is and what liberty isn’t and not to waste the opportunity. We have this year where the nation is looking for truth in that regard and it’s not just about patriotism and it’s deeper than that.

It goes beyond patriotism. It goes to our very foundation of a saved and born again people and wanting to get that message into the hearts of others. So it’s a perfect season for this film. We knew it was, that’s why the Lord put it on our hearts. We were obedient to what he called us to do and now we’re able to see the fruit of it and that’s just so overwhelming. Well,

Isaac Crockett:

That is so true what you’re saying, so encouraging. It’s great encouragement that we should be using this time. How can somebody listening right now, how can they engage with sight and sound even right now? I mean, whether a live show on the screen or at home, what are some ways that they can find out more or engage with sight and sound?

Joshua Enck:

Yeah. Well, they can go to sight-sound.com, sight-sound.com and you’ll find sight and sound TV on there, which is a subscription that people can become members of and then have access to all of our stage productions that we’ve filmed. We have two live stage shows going on right now, one in Branson, Missouri. That’s the story of David and then here in Lancaster, the premier year for Joshua on the Lancaster stage and then the movie A Great Awakening. It’s in a handful of theaters still two months later, which is really great, but it’s now in streaming and if you go to your favorite streaming source and type in A Great Awakening, you’ll probably find it. DVDs are also now for sale of the film, A Great Awakening, which you can get on our website at site-sound.com. And so again, for us, it’s to equip and inspire the church to be the church.

And so please use these resources as an anthem, as a banner, allow them to help you to create your curriculum for your small group or your church and continue to spread the word of God through the arts.

Isaac Crockett:

Well, I would encourage all of you, just go to that sight and sound to that website, look at it. If you have the opportunity to go to one of their live shows, so immersive because the stage, it just wraps around. There’s so many actors and something about both of the programs going on right now, just it’s fascinating the way, and I’m not going to do a spoiler, but the giants, whether it’s the giants in Jericho or David and Goliath, giants are a big part of it. And at the Sight and Sound Live program, it is literally a big part of the stage and it’s just incredible how it all comes in and you just feel like you’re watching biblical history unfold. So very good. Josh, we’re coming to the end of our program, but you’ve been with Sight and Sound basically all of your adult life.

They’re celebrating 50 years. They’ve been around basically almost as long as you’ve been alive. As president, with all the things you’re doing, what is your vision, Lord willing for the next 50 years?

Joshua Enck:

Yeah, ma, thank you for that. I feel a responsibility to carry the mantle of my old boss, Glen Escherman, who retired back in 2011 to keep a posture of humility, a posture toward the Lord, staying innovative, staying creative, imaginative for all the reasons that I shared earlier, which is not about our ego, but about growing the awareness of the gospel and the creative ways. And so for me, I feel extremely called and excited to expand our mission. I don’t know exactly what that means all the time. We don’t know what the Lord will put on our heart, but a responsibility to discern all of the good ideas that come across our desk from the God ideas. The God ideas are a lot fewer, but they take a lot more time to develop so we can have that craftsmanship and experience that you talked about. And so for me, I’m at the tip of that spear of discerning the good ideas and getting rid of those and bringing the God ideas to the forefront and caring for our flock and taking care of our employees so that they can have as good of an experience working here as our guests have watching our shows or films.

Isaac Crockett:

Well, Joshua Ink, I enjoy these conversations we’ve had and I’ve really enjoyed today’s interview. Let’s go ahead and close on prayer. Father, I just pray that you would encourage Joshua and the whole team at Sight and Sound, that you would give him the insights he needs and the discernment he needs, the creativity. I pray for those listening, that they would be able to take these resources that are there through sight and sound and even through American Pastors Network and Stand The Gut Media and use these to be sharpened to grow. And I pray that all of these things would be done for the glory of Christ, for the kingdom of God, for your glory and for our good. We just thank you. We pray your spirit would work in us and through us and the ministries we have, everyone listening, everyone behind the scenes here with me, that this would just be powerful and Lord, we present it to you.

It’s in Jesus’ precious and powerful name. We pray these things. We thank you, Father. Amen. Well, Joshua Enck from Sight and Sound, thank you very much for taking the time out to be with us again. Thank you for the work you’re doing and for you listening. Thanks for listening. We would not have a radio program without you listening. We’re so thankful for those who have given to us and for those behind the scenes working hard all the time, but for you listening and sharing it, please listen to this, share it with others. You could use our app or other ways to share it with others. And until next time, I pray that you will stand in the gap for truth wherever you are today. If