A Christian magician who gained popularity with tricks about family, hope and generosity won NBC’s America’s Got Talent and its $1 million prize Wednesday night following a final act in which he urged the audience to be more charitable.

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Dustin Tavella won the contest in what was the closest vote in the 16-year history of the variety talent show…

🚨 WINNER, WINNER 🚨

The next winner of America's Got Talent is the one and only… pic.twitter.com/nWNQAqiJMZ

— America’s Got Talent (@AGT) September 16, 2021

Each of Tavella’s tricks had a theme. In Tavella’s final trick of the season, he urged the audience to be generous and told them that a “small act of kindness can go a really long way.” In August, Tavella told the audience that good can come out of a messy life. In that trick, he incorporated his two young adopted sons…

.@dustintavella is reminding us to always give back to others! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/2TiWHCde5i

— America’s Got Talent (@AGT) September 15, 2021

“When I get to celebrate the principles of God, when I get to celebrate the things that God’s done in our lives, … that, to me, is the main thing that we want to do,” Tavella said…

Responding to Christians who may be skeptical of magic tricks, Tavella said, “I don’t have powers. This is just me trying to have fun and kind of create wonder for people.”…

In recent years he and his wife, Kari, have been involved in homeless ministry and a crisis pregnancy ministry.

“We just want to help empower people, and we want to be a bridge between the church and the not-church – to get the people not in church into the church, and to get the people in the church, outside of the walls,” he said…

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(Excerpt from Christian Headlines. Article by Michael Foust. Photo Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images).