While writing The Next God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening, I traveled to many cities to witness pockets of revival breaking out.

A rally at the Texas Capitol on Thursday by Muslims seeking religious tolerance was repeatedly disrupted by a small group of protesters who said the state belonged to followers of Jesus Christ and that Muslims should go back to the Middle East.

Reunion/Beach Street Records artist Casting Crowns added another Recording Industry Association of America Platinum album to its list of accolades with “Until The Whole World Hears,” making it the band’s fifth studio recording to hit Platinum status. In addition, their latest release, “Thrive,” was named the best-selling record of 2014 according the Christian/Gospel Nielsen SoundScan chart.

Cleveland, TN—The Church of God International Executive Council concluded their regularly-scheduled session on Wednesday, January 28.

At a recent press junket, director Tim Chey discussed the differences between his upcoming ‘David and Goliath’ movie and the other two, ‘Noah’ and ‘Exodus.’

American Idol finalist, Christian recording artist and Lee University graduate Phil Stacey recently teamed up with Reach Beyond (www.reachbeyond.org) to record a powerful and compelling song — “Reach Beyond” (www.reachbeyond.org/media/single) — that serves as an anthem to remind Christians that Jesus reached beyond the glory of heaven to save broken humanity. The song also encourages believers in their efforts to tell others about Jesus.

Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) today praised eight Georgia Republican Congressmen for leading an effort to enact historic pro-life legislation in Washington.

The 21-day Virtual Prayer Meeting by Church of God congregations is in its final week. According to Prayer Coordinator Doug Small, more than 3,500 connections have been made into the virtual prayer meeting from every state and some fifty nations.

Did Roma Downey (The Bible), Darren Aronofsky (Noah) and Ridley Scott (Exodus: Gods and Kings) successfully reproduce the Bible “as written” in 2013/2014? That depends upon your biblical knowledge regarding angel ninjas fighting Sodomites (very “Kill Bill”), Daniel thrown into the Lions Den by Cyrus (it was Darius, oops!), Jesus holding a rock over the adulterous woman in a stoning stance and the kiss of life given to the dead Lazarus’ head by Jesus. Remember the exploding, ark-building rock monsters and magic Methuselah from “Noah?” What about Christian Bales “Exodus: Gods and Kings” when Moses was confronted by a child-God at the burning bush who asks Moses who he is (not all-knowing?) and later the insecure boy-deity asks Moses’ opinion of the Ten Commandments. Remember the Hebrews secret weapons factory in Egypt? What? The boat attacking JAWS-like crocodiles (the first plague) or Moses’ near drowning in the Red Sea via waterspouts after a shooting star, not God, lowered the Red Sea? Compelling adventures for sure but it’s not Bible, says Rick Dack of Defending the Bible International (www.defendingthebible.com).