‘My Daddy is in Heaven’ film inspired by Texas farm girl’s tragedy
LOS ANGELES (WordNews.org) Feb.1, 2018 — A new film inspired by the award-winning book My Daddy Is In Heaven With Jesus is set to be released on DVD on March 13. The movie tells Rebecca Crownover’s true story. After losing her husband to a tragic ATV accident, she wrote the book to help other children […]
Read More →Author asks, ‘How good are we?’
WINSTON-SALEM, NC (WordNews.org) Jan. 29 – In old black and white movies and comic books, the good guys were truly good and the bad guys were truly bad. But Wake Forest University Professor Christian B. Miller writes in his new book, “The Character Gap: How Good Are We?” that things may not be quite as […]
Read More →By the Book: ‘Unthinkable: Do the Unordinary to Experience the Extraordinary’
LAKE MARY, Fla. (WordNews.org) Jan. 19, 2018 – Author Mia K. Wright says there’s a pattern in the Bible that is unmistakable: People who do things out of the ordinary experienced the extraordinary. In her book “Unthinkable,” due out March 6, Wright challenges readers to push past the limitations placed on them by society, culture – […]
Read More →Pastor/author says ‘Pastors must overpower Hollywood’
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (WordNews.org) Jan. 12, 2018 – Robert Bakke has a litany of accomplishments under his black belt, including being a best-selling author, NASCAR driver and jet captain. He’s also a reverend, and he’s delivered a clarion call to his fellow pastors: Step up. Bakke says Hollywood has replaced the church in America and […]
Read More →Tyndale and Institute for Bible Reading team up … because ‘Bible reading is in trouble’
CAROL STREAM, Ill. (WordNews.org) Feb. 23, 2017 – Coming this fall: A major campaign from an alliance formed by Tyndale House Publishers and the Institute for Bible Reading to introduce new Bible reading practices to the church. The institute points to studies showing that in one generation, the number of occasional Bible readers fell by […]
Read More →What to pay the pastor? Take the survey
CAROL STREAM, Ill. (WordNews.org) Feb. 9, 2017 – It can be a sometimes thorny issue: What do you pay the pastor? Richard Hammer, author of the 2017 Church & Clergy Tax Guide, says compensation planning for ministers presents a number of unique tax issues that aren’t understood well by church leaders and their advisers. He […]
Read More →Book: ‘Love Your Work’
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WordNews.org) Jan. 31, 2017 – A new Gallup poll says 7 in 10 people either hate their jobs or feel totally unengaged with their work. Crown Financial Ministries president, Robert Dickie III, says he may have the answer to alter that statistic in his new book “Love Your Work: 4 Practical Ways You […]
Read More →Tim LaHaye honored at Wreaths Across America
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (WordNews.org) Dec. 20, 2016 — Tim LaHaye, co-author of the popular “Left Behind” series, received special recognition at the Wreaths Across America Day commemoration on Saturday at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego, Calif. LaHaye died in July at the age of 90. Col. Jason Woodworth, USMC, Commanding Officer, MCAS Miramar (pictured), […]
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