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The Christian Witness of John Dickerson, Host of “Face the Nation” and Political Director of CBS News

John Dickerson—host of the political affairs program Face the Nation, the political director of CBS News, and a political correspondent for Slate magazine—gave an eloquent expression of Christian faith during an interview last year with Marvin Olasky:

I believe in Jesus Christ.

I believe that Jesus Christ existed, and that He died for my sins.

And I believe that what He said in the Gospels is a model for the way I should try to lead my life, and that I will always fall short of that, and therefore need Him to redeem me.

You can watch the whole thing here:

An edited print version of their interview is behind World‘s paywall here.

In a profile for the Daily Beast, Dickerson provided the following reflections in his interview with them:

The most important connection I can see between my faith and my work is that in the progress of my day I try to be restrained and mindful of every person’s humanity and of the overwhelming challenge of pride.

That applies to work life and outside of work life. The other way in which faith helps is in reminding me that momentary disappointments and failures should be seen in the light of a far longer stretch of time.

In an age where ratings seem to trump both civility and fairness, it is refreshing to hear Mr. Dickerson’s perspective on journalism:

My hope is to stick to the news, help people understand it, ask the questions they want answered and press lawmakers enough that they will answer those questions in a way that informs people—which should also make news.”

You can read that whole piece here.

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