How CBS Sports Broadcaster James Brown Uses His Influence for God

Published: December 4, 2023

How CBS Sports Broadcaster James Brown Uses His Influence for God

By Movieguide® Contributor

With 30 years of sports broadcasting and three Emmy Awards, CBS host James Brown recently shared the wisdom he learned as a believer working in a secular environment.

“James Brown is the current host of THE NFL TODAY on CBS and INSIDE THE NFL on Showtime. A three-time Emmy Award-winning network broadcaster, Brown, who was elected into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in August 2020, has hosted the Super Bowl a record setting ten times including Super Bowl 55 on CBS. In 2010, SI.com named Brown the Best Studio Host of the Decade. Brown is a Special Correspondent for CBS News and contributes to programs such as 60 MINUTES, CBS THIS MORNING, CBS EVENING NEWS and 48 HOURS. He is also a founding partner of Major League Baseball’s 2019 World Series Champion Washington Nationals,” Brown’s website reported.

The broadcaster joined the “Sports Spectrum” podcast, and host Jason Romano asked Brown if he ever struggled with his identity.

“You know what, Jason? It is probable that maybe in the early walk of my life I might have,” Brown replied. “But you know what? The overwhelming majority of people that God has called are working in secular society. And you’ve heard the expression that some in Christendom, that there are seven mountains of influences in society.”

“You and I happen to be on the mountain of media and arts, so I’m called to model Christ in what I do in society. I understand I am engaged in an environment, a culture that may not embrace Christ in culture, but that is who I am. No, I don’t struggle with it, but I try to model it,” he explained.

He continued, “People say, ‘There are often many who would rather see a good sermon before they hear a good sermon.’ So, that’s the good works. It is by faith that we are saved, but we’re saved unto good works. It is not faith or works. It is a faith that works. So I try to model that in what I do.”

Brown uses his work and his social media to spread the Gospel.

In an Instagram photo, Brown shared his gratitude for another year. He wrote, “Just truly thankful and blessed to see another year in this game of life. To God be the Glory!”