College students develop allegorical video game that goes beyond just entertainment
BY MEGAN DRISCOLL For Word News JACKSON. Miss. (WordNews.org) April 23, 2012 – Imagine a video game where the Christian worldview is a foundational aspect of the storyline. Imagine a game that not only entertains the player, but teaches biblical principles as well. Imagine a character whose life mirrors that of every human’s struggles, adventures […]
Read More →Saturdays with Sandi Patty: How God makes something new out of the broken pieces (Part 4 of 4)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (WordNews.org) April 21, 2012 – Legendary Christian singer Sandi Patty would have done some things differently if she knew then what she knows now. “I would have taken breaks early on” as her career gained “downhill momentum.” “I would have learned to say no to things so that I could have personal breaks […]
Read More →Max Lucado devotional app launched by Thomas Nelson
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WordNews.org) April 16, 2012 – Thomas Nelson is releasing its first comprehensive, author-specific app in the company’s history. The Max Lucado app represents a quarter century of Lucado’s publishing career and features content from more than 30 Lucado books. The Lucado app is free and available in the App Store for iPhone […]
Read More →Saturdays with Sandi Patty: Who’s the best? (Part 3 in a series)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (WordNews.org) April 14, 2012 – It’s a question music artists are asked all the time: Whom do they listen to? Sandi Patty, who’s received the most awards for a female recording artist, takes no time answering: Adele and Natalie Grant. “I just downloaded Adele’s project,” Sandi told WordNews.org. “I tend to really be […]
Read More →‘Black Hawk Down’ hero tells how God rescued him
By CRYSTAL GOODREMOTE For Word News CEDARVILLE, Ohio (WordNews.org) April 12, 2012 – God used the mission that became known as Black Hawk Down to change lives for Christ, says Jeff Struecker, one of the heroes on that mission. The mission, chronicled in a best-selling book and film, was almost a disaster. On Oct. […]
Read More →A Word News conversation with October Baby co-director Jon Erwin: Confronting indifference and apathy (Part 5 in a series)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) April 11, 2012 – Jon Erwin recalls a conversation he had with NPR a few days before the March 23 release of “October Baby,” that he co-directed with his brother Andy Erwin. The question centered on the timing of the film in the midst of a heated presidential contest in which contraception and […]
Read More →A review of “The Hunger Games”: It will keep you thinking
By JEFFREY GILBERT For Word News CEDARVILLE, Ohio (WordNews.org) April 9, 2012 — Teens and college students are filling theaters to see “The Hunger Games” and making it the hottest movie of 2012. First, they probably read the best-selling book by Suzanne Collins and love the characters, so naturally they want to see the movie. […]
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