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Gospel singer TobyMac scooped the big prize at the 2013 Dove Awards on Tuesday when he was named artist of the year for a second time.

Author Malcolm Gladwell may not be known for writing on religion. His New York Times best-selling books The Tipping Point, Outliers, Blink and What the Dog Saw deal with the unexpected twists in social science research. But his newest book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, also includes underlying faith-related themes, and not just in the title.

Hope is not an empty word for Darlene Zschech, an Australian worship leader who wrote a song for Billy Graham’s latest gospel-spreading effort called My Hope America.

Christian filmmaker Russ Doughten Jr., best known for the 1970s’ end-times thrillers A Thief in the Night and A Distant Thunder, died Monday at his home in Carlisle, Iowa, after a lengthy cardiac-related illness. He was 86.

Devotional material by one of the 20th century’s all-time best-selling authors, C. S. Lewis, is now available on Bible Gateway, the world’s largest Christian website (bg4.me/11Km8QK). Email subscription signup is at www.biblegateway.com/newsletters.

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