A small Canadian publisher, Baruch House of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, has published William Tyndale’s 1535 New Testament as it was contained in the Matthew Bible, including original commentaries, all gently updated by Ruth Magnusson Davis.

Two new high school courses released Wednesday by the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics (IFWE) seek to equip the next generation of young people to make an impact in the world for Christ through their work. Understanding God’s Calling and Biblical Foundations for the Economic Way of Thinking are courses designed for homeschool students but can be used in a variety of educational settings, including Christian schools, churches, and small groups.

Cleveland, TN–Dr. Nancy Hill, professor of education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education will address graduates and guests at Lee University’s spring commencement on Saturday, May 7, at 9:30 a.m. on the lawn of the Science and Math Complex (SMC).

Hill is a developmental psychologist and researcher, and her work identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomics status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children. She is the co-founder of the study group on Race, Culture, and Ethnicity and has published books such as “African American Family Life: Ecological and Cultural Diversity,” “Families, Schools, and the Adolescent: Connecting Research Policy and Practice.”

Graduation festivities at the Church of God’s flagship educational institution will begin with a hooding ceremony for students earning graduate degrees. This service will take place in the Lee University Chapel on Friday, May 6, at 4:30 p.m. After the hooding ceremony, all graduates will march in the commissioning service at 6:30 p.m. on the SMC lawn. During commissioning, six graduates will share stories of their Lee experiences, and all graduates will receive Bibles to commemorate this personal milestone.  Students earning the top three awards, as chosen by the faculty, will be recognized during the Friday service. They include the F.J. Lee Award, for the top overall student, Zeno C. Tharp Award for the student believed to make the greatest impact in the church, and the Charles Paul Conn Award, given to the student believed to have the greatest potential to academically succeed beyond the undergraduate level.

On Saturday, over 510 degrees are set to be conferred, about 50 of which are for graduate students. In addition to the awarding of degrees and the address by Nancy Hill, the three top faculty awards for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Advising, will be presented.

The spring commencement weekend is the largest of three graduation exercises held each year
All three ceremonies, including hooding, commissioning, and commencement will be available for live stream viewing at http://livestream.com/leeu.

For more information about commencement exercises, please contact the Academic Events Office at  academicevents@leeuniversity.edu, (423) 614-8117 or visit the website at www.leeuniversity.edu.

Many today are worried about the Zika virus. But I’m just as concerned about certain destructive doctrines that are spreading like an epidemic.

In a span of only 25 years, under the direction of Shirley Dobson, the National Day of Prayer has been observed at over 630,000 events with more than 33 million people praying for America. Today, a new chapter begins as Mrs. Dobson steps into the role of Chairman Emeritus and passes the mantle of leadership to Mrs. Anne Graham Lotz.

Timothy Paul Jones’ book, How We Got the Bible, won a prestigious award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

(NOTE: The following article reports on an on-going revival which was sparked at a local high school, and broke loose at the Regional Church of God in Delbarton, West Virginia. Reported by Ken Walker of PE News, the news source of the Assembly of God).

New film “God’s Compass” has won the award for best screenplay at the 2016 International Christian Film Festival. Starring Karen Abercrombie and TC Stallings from Fall 2015’s surprise box office number 1 hit “War Room,” “God’s Compass” releases on DVD May 3, 2016 and will also screen this week at the 2nd annual Bentonville Film Festival.

The scientist calls them “individuated units of consciousness,” but to author Stephen Hawley Martin, a Christian, “souls” is a more descriptive moniker. The physicist says they’re on earth and have bodies in order to evolve and thereby reduce their entropy. According to Martin, that’s another way of saying we humans are here to learn to do what Jesus said to do, which is to love one another.