Mars Hill megachurch starts record label
SEATTLE, Wash. (WordNews.org) June 25, 2012 – Megachurch Mars Hill Church is launching a record label, Mars Hill Music. The label will feature musicians and worship leaders who serve at the church’s 14 locations. Mars Hill described the label as being “defined by Christ and culture and corporate worship.” The label isn’t looking to enter […]
Read More →75,000 turn out for Palau festival
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WordNews.org) June 18, 2012 – With temperatures in the triple digits, more than 75,000 central Californians turned out for evangelist Luis Palau’s festival on the grounds of Cal Expo on June 16-17. Major Christian artists TobyMac, Skillet, Mandisa, Phil Wickham, and Lincoln Brewster performed at the event as well. “We were ecstatic with […]
Read More →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 →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 →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 →Video highlights persecution of religious minorities
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (WordNews.org) May 1, 2012 – Majed El Shafie, who once living under a death sentence for converting to Christianity while living in Egypt, is now working to highlight the lives of other persecuted Christians worldwide. Shafie, who escaped to Israel and now lives in Canada, is the subject of a just-released documentary, “Freedom […]
Read More →Saturdays with Kay Warren: “Choose Joy—Because Happiness Isn’t Enough” (Part 1)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (WordNews.org) April 28, 2012 – She’s an international speaker, a best-selling author and Bible teacher, and the wife of one of the most well-known pastors in the world. Yet Kay Warren says none of that is enough to bring joy. In her latest book, “Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn’t Enough,” Warren shares […]
Read More →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 […]
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