Worship Leader Brings Simon Cowell, Other Judges to Tears on 'America's Got Talent' - CBN News Steve Warren

Worship Leader Brings Simon Cowell, Other Judges to Tears on 'America's Got Talent'

09-04-2018

CBN News Steve Warren

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Michael Ketterer in a scene from the film "I Am Second." Image courtesy:
White Chair Films/Youtube.

In show business, the first rule is – you always leave the audience wanting more. When 

Influence Church Worship Pastor Michael Ketterer hit the stage Tuesday night for the live quarterfinal 

competition on NBC's "America's Got Talent", he left the judges and the audience in tears – literally.

Ketterer, a former member of the Christian group United Pursuit, brought judge Simon Cowell to tears 

with his rendition of James Bay's Us.

Cowell, who's normally one of the gruffest people in reality television, seemed very moved by 

Ketterer's performance even telling host Tyra Banks that the singer was "an amazing human being."


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Ketterer and his wife Ivy, are the parents of six children, five of which were adopted through foster care. Cowell choked back tears when telling Ketterer what an inspiration he is to everyone on the show.

"Michael, as a dad I can't imagine what you've done. And the fact that you're on this show and you 

really need this — I don't know, you're a really special guy. I don't know, there's something about you," 

Cowell said.

The other judges agreed with Cowell.

"We just need more men like you," said judge Heidi Klum.

The following day, after his performance, the couple released a video to Youtube titled "I Am Second," 

sharing the Ketterers story of how they came to adopt five children.

In the film produced by White Chair Productions, Ketterer also explains how extremely special it was 

to get to perform a song to his children in front of the world – and he how he got to tell them how 

much he loved them.

Ketterer also admits that he wasn't ready to be a father as he was extremely immature.

Ketterer, along with Melody Noel, Whitney Medina and Matt Gilman (also three musical artists from 

the Influence Church's ministry) are members of the Christian group Influence Music, a record label 

and artist collective under the church's oversight.

The group released its debut album, Touching Heaven, in May, according to the church's website. 

Their debut album is a compilation of songs written last year during a writing camp in which worship 

artists and LA-based pop writers participated.

Liberals Go Crazy After Simon Cowell Donates $150,000+ to the Israeli Military

Simon Cowell

Liberals Go Crazy After Simon Cowell Donates $150,000+ to the Israeli Military

Conservative Tribune

Small government, free markets, and traditional values.

They say that difficult times bring out the best in people. That appears to be true among some of the Hollywood elite during this most recent period of bloody conflict between the Israel Defense Forces and the radical Islamic terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Celebrities like Joan Rivers and Howard Stern–neither known for their history of insightful political commentary–have recently weighed in on the Israeli side of the conflict, condemning the pro-Palestinian bias of the liberal international media. John Voight also spoke recently at a pro-Israel rally.

Now comes news from ynetnews of a generous gift from reality television producer and star Simon Cowell. Cowell, a pop culture figure best known for mocking contestants of questionable talent on television programs of questionable value likeAmerican Idol and Britain’s Got Talent, reportedly gave over $150,000 to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces at a fundraiser.

The left, of course, is going ballistic in its usual classy way. Cowell’s Twitter account has been flooded with anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian comments, as if what Cowell does with his money is anyone’s business but his.

Comments claiming that Cowell now has “blood on his hands” for supporting Israel, or that he gave the impressive sum “to the IDF to impress his Jewish girlfriend” are typical of the tweets he has received.

Cowell himself is Christian, although one of his grandparents was Jewish, according to the report. This is apparently enough for one terrorist supporter to accuse Cowell of following his “masters in Tel Aviv.”

Cowell joins the ranks of a surprising number of Hollywood celebrities–including Scarlett Johansson, Jay Leno, and even Robert De Niro–in expressing support for Israel in the face of leftist criticism.

Perhaps Cowell should create a new program on which he brings his trademark scalding commentary to bear on the ridiculously biased coverage of the Gaza conflict–and, for that matter, basically any other important issue making headlines today.

We’d tune in for that.

Please share this article on Facebook and Twitter if you support Simon Cowell’s generous donation to the Israeli people and his right to give to whatever causes and organizations he chooses.

Source: Conservative Tribune