As a teenager, @StephenLawhead's The Pendragon Cycle reshaped my understanding of faith, courage, and purpose. It rejected the shallow, “nice” Christianity of my youth and revealed a kind of Christian whose faith was forged in blood and sacrifice -- a world where the battle for king and country was inseparable from the battle for Christ and His Kingdom. That story changed me, and I’ve spent years bringing it to life for the screen. This is The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin -- a new scripted series from @realDailyWire and Bonfire Legend, adapted from Lawhead’s extraordinary novels. The cast and crew bled to make it. It is, without question, the largest and most ambitious production ever undertaken by a conservative new media company. It is also the most masculine, muscular work of Christian art since Braveheart. And it begins with a sword…