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I have 1,001 reasons to love the Jeremy Lin story. First, the obvious: I’m human and, like anyone with a pulse, love a good ol’ fashioned underdog story. Few things can top the tale of a Harvard walk-on-turned-All-Ivy-Leaguer who goes undrafted, bounces around a few NBA teams and the NBA’s Development League, and then gets a Hail Mary chance with a team in the world’s biggest media market. Fast-forward all of two weeks since the New York Knicks point guard was inserted into a game because of teammates’ injuries, and we’re all swept up in Linsanity.

For nearly five decades, religion has been consistently pushed out of the public schools in one way, shape or form. Now, some Christians are starting to push back.

What was thought to be a regular annual church revival planned for January 15 – 20, 2012 with Evangelist Ron Barnes of Stafford, Virginia, exploded into a countywide crusade at the Saddletree Church of God, in Lumberton, North Carolina.

Exploring the role of Christianity through visual arts, the exhibition “Twentieth Century British Art from the Ahmanson Collection” will be displayed for the first time in Southern California.

Recently a federal court in North Carolina ruled that a minister met the definition of a “responsible person” under section 6672 of the tax code, and therefore the IRS could assess a penalty against the pastor in the amount of 100 percent of the payroll taxes that were not withheld or paid over to the government by the church.

Dr. Grant McClung and Bridge-Logos Publishing have announced the revised edition of McClung’s Azusa Street and Beyond: Missional Commentary on the Global
Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement (March 2012).

Church of God missionaries Dan and Teresa Susong report on their efforts working with children rescued from child labor.