New Jesus games hit Facebook
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. WordNews.org) May 15, 2012 – It’s being billed as the first video game based on Jesus and it was launched today by Lightside Games. Journey of Jesus: The Calling was launched the same day as Diablo III, the latest installment of a game built on demonic battles with the tagline “All hell […]
Read More →Minister calls on Osteen, Graham, Roberts, Falwell, Land to step down
SAN JOSE, Calif. (WordNews.org) — The head of USA Christian Ministries is calling on Christianity’s most well-known pastors and ministry leaders to step down. In Pastor Steven Andrew’s list are: Joel Osteen, Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell Jr., Richard Land and Pat Robertson. The reason? “These preachers have ignored God’s Word. They have led people astray […]
Read More →MLK Jr.’s niece says NAACP’s support of gay rights appalling
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) May 22, 2012 — The great-granddaughter of an NAACP founder says the civil rights organization is off the mark with the most important problems facing the black community and instead are embracing the homosexual agenda. Dr. Alveda C. King’s comments come just days after the NAACP voiced support for same-sex marriage. “Neither […]
Read More →Saturdays with Kay Warren: Can’t have enough (books on) joy (Part 3)

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (WordNews.org) May 11, 2012 – Kay Warren didn’t set out to write a book about joy. “It started out for myself,” Warren told WordNews.org. “Then I taught a retreat on it.” Warren, who is the wife of Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, said 15 years ago she first taught a retreat on […]
Read More →Homeschooled speech and debate students learn to defend their faith
By MEGAN DRISCOLL For Word News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WordNews.org) May 7, 2012 – Hundreds of homeschooled students gather in a church gym. A competitor’s parent steps onto a platform and leans into the mic. He welcomes the students gathered around him and then bows his head in prayer, asking God’s blessing over the next few […]
Read More →Saturdays with Kay Warren: ‘Everything I knew was wrong’ (Part 2)

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (WordNews.org) May 5, 2012 – Authors are the experts, it would seem. But Kay Warren said she was the learner while researching and writing her latest book, ‘Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn’t Enough.” “I started from a place of ignorance, so I learned a lot,” Warren told WordNews.org. Warren is the wife […]
Read More →A new product for the Lord’s table?
By AARON CHARLES For Word News OLYMPIA, Wash. (WordNews.org) May 5, 2012 — On any given Sunday, one can walk into a local church service and partake in communion. It is a sacred tradition in the church. But one company is giving it a facelift. Celebrate Communion, a subsidiary of CCI Solutions, opened for business […]
Read More →Chen left U.S. Embassy fearing for backlash against wife
BEIJING (WordNews.org) May 2, 2012 — ChinaAid said there’s more to the story regarding Christian human rights activist Chen Guangcheng’s decision to leave the U.S. Embassy’s diplomatic protection today on “his own volition.” ChinaAid has received reports from reliable sources that Chen’s decision to leave the U.S. Embassy was done reluctantly because “serious threats to […]
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