Candace Cameron Bure Says Standing on Scripture Cost Her – But Obeying God Was Worth It
Michael Foust
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By Michael Foust, Crosswalk.com
Candace Cameron Bure said during the opening service of this week’s America Reads the Bible event that standing on God’s Word has come at a cost in both opportunities and relationships – but that she would choose the same path again and continue standing firm on Scripture.
Bure made the remarks Saturday as she helped launch the week-long Bible-reading marathon, where roughly 500 participants are scheduled to publicly read through Scripture from Genesis to Revelation at the Museum of the Bible. It runs daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern, with each hour also including about 10 minutes of musical worship. Great American Pure Flix is streaming it.
“We are people who hunger for it, whether we realize it or not,” she said of reading Scripture. “And this week, we are gathering together to say it out loud, all of the words of the Bible, all of the historic events that happened … because they are still very relevant today.”
Bure then reflected on the personal cost of choosing biblical convictions in a culture often at odds with them.
She is a former Hallmark Channel star who left the network in 2022 after more than a decade as one of its most recognizable faces. She now serves as chief creative officer at Great American Family.
“I have had many seasons in my life where I've chosen God's Word over what culture was offering me, and it has cost me things,” Bure said. “I am sure it has cost you something. It has cost opportunities and relationships, and there have been very real consequences.
“But what got me through those moments? I kept asking myself: Do those things matter more than my relationship with God? And the answer has always been, ‘no’ – I'm going to stand before God on Judgment Day, not anybody else. … I will choose Him every single time. I know that obedience is absolutely worth it.”
Bure was among several hundred notable Christian voices taking part in the nationwide week-long reading of Scripture. Others include Dallas Jenkins (The Chosen), Stephen Kendrick (War Room), Skillet’s John Cooper, and CCM singer Colton Dixon.
Last year, Bure said on an edition of The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast that the backlash surrounding her public stance on biblical values brought significant professional and personal fallout. In November 2022, Bure drew criticism in some circles after saying Great American Family would “keep traditional marriage at the core” and would not feature films centered on same-sex couples.
“It resulted in contract losses and partnerships that dissolved and went away, and friendships that just disappeared,” she said. “And it just felt like it was never-ending – or it wasn't going to end. I felt like I was on a witness stand for a year, and it felt awful.”
But God’s Word, she added, brought comfort.
“James 1 comes to mind, and it's ‘brothers and sisters, consider it great joy when you face trials of various kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance – or perseverance – and let that perseverance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.’ … I have read that verse, I have chewed on that verse. I have clung to that verse over and over. It's kind of been my anthem or my flagpole to just plant my feet on ‘consider it great joy when you face trials, because it produces endurance’ – also those trials produce the endurance of my character.”
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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