Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in ‘Justice League.’ (Warner Bros/YouTube)
Here is the list of nominees for Movieguide®’s 26th Annual Faith& Values Awards Gala, to be held Friday, Feb. 2, at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, in alphabetical order:
Best Movies for Families
The Boss Baby (DreamWorks/20th Century Fox)
Cars 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)
The Case for Christ (PureFlix Films)
Despicable Me 3 (Illumination/Universal Studios)
The Emoji Movie (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Ent.)
Christian Student Group Sues University of Iowa in Religious Freedom Case
A Christian group is suing the University of Iowa for shutting them down after they refused to allow a gay student to hold a position of leadership within the organization.
FoxNews.com reports that the group, called the Business Leaders in Christ, meets weekly for Bible study and focuses its efforts on service projects. Its goal is to teach students “how to continually keep Christ first in the fast-paced business world.”
The conflict first began when a now-former member of the group, Marcus Miller, who identifies as gay, was rejected when he applied to serve as the group’s vice president. Although the group allows anyone to attend, it reserves positions of leadership for those willing to affirm its statement of belief, which says that they “embrace, not reject, their God-given sex,” and that “Every other sexual relationship beyond this is outside of God’s design and is not in keeping with God’s original plan for humanity.”
Because the group would not allow him to be in a position of leadership, Miller filed a complaint with University of Iowa faculty, which spiraled into the current lawsuit between Business Leaders in Christ and the University.
The Christian group’s attorney, Eric Baxter from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, stated, “Every organization to exist has to be able to select leaders who embrace its mission. You would never ask an…
(Screencap: Facebook/Nick Vujicic)Nick Vujicic in a Facebook video posted on January 12, 2018.
Nick Vujicic, known as the “limbless evangelist,” has said that one of the reasons why he’s not an atheist is because he has seen things that science can’t explain, such as 10-foot-tall demons in his hotel room.
Vujicic, who was born with no arms and no legs and has been inspiring millions throughout the world with his story of overcoming the odds, answered a few questions about his faith in a Facebook video on Friday.
In one of the questions he was asked, “How can we know God’s love is real, and how do you know it?”
To which he responded, “I can’t show you God, I can’t show you an angel, but one of the reasons I am not an atheist, and one of the reasons why I don’t believe science explains everything, is because I have seen miracles, and I have seen demons.”
Vujicic continued, “I’ve seen 10-foot-tall demons, 5-foot wide walk in through my San Francisco hotel room. And I felt the demon’s presence, the demonic presence, before the demon actually walked through the wall.”
He suggested that the existence of things like voodoo and witchcraft, which he said are real, also show that science can’t explain everything.
“There is a spiritual realm,” the evangelist insisted.
According to the Diocese of Bristol, the team at St Nicholas Church will be led by Rev Toby Flint, who is currently the lead pastor at Holy Trinity Brompton in London.
The church will focus on younger generations, as 60 per cent of the people in the city centre are between the ages of 15 and 29.
St Nicholas will partner with other churches and organisations as it gets involved in social action, including looking at ways to tackle homelessness, food poverty and youth unemployment.
Rt Rev Dr Lee Rayfield, acting Diocesan Bishop, said: “As Bristol becomes younger and more diverse, we want to make an impact on the city.
“We are excited about how St Nicholas will grow the Church and bring about social transformation.
“This is one way in which we will be developing our commitment to making more disciples, engaging younger generations and connecting with our communities in our changing city.”
St Nicholas closed as a church following bomb damage during the Second World War. It was leased to Bristol City Council and was rebuilt as a museum telling the story of Bristol and making reference to the church setting.
A central feature of the church is a large altar picture piece by William Hogarth originally commissioned for St Mary Redcliffe and subsequently passed on to the city.
Since the museum closed, the Council has used the space for firstly the Tourist Information Centre and…
In this It’s Supernatural! Classic episode from 1999: In Mount Shasta, there are some 26 major cults. There’s witchcraft there. But although the devil has power, inside Bethel Church is an explosion of God’s power. And I want to introduce you to someone that actually went into the church, and witches came into the church and pulled her out for satanic ritual abuse.
Mark Taylor is not your normal prophet. He’s never been to Bible School or seminary. Instead, he’s a third-generation firefighter who retired several years ago.
Then in 2011, he felt the Lord told him that Donald Trump would be a future U.S. president. You’ve probably heard about him or read about him in my new book, God and Donald Trump. We also have written about him and his incredible story previously online as well as in print.
(Screenshot: YouTube/Wochit Entertainment)Pioneering Gospel musician Edwin Hawkins (1943-2018), who arranged the hit song “Oh Happy Day.”
Edwin Hawkins, the multi-time Grammy Award-winning Gospel music mind behind such famous songs as “Oh, Happy Day,” has died. He was 74 years old.
Bill Carpenter, Hawkins’ publicist, reported to media that Hawkins died at his home on Monday in Pleasanton, California, the cause being pancreatic cancer.
A native of Oakland, Hawkins was raised with a musical background, having performed with family and church groups throughout his life.
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(Photo: The Recording Academy / Ilya Dreyvitser / WireImage.com)Neil Portnow, The Winans, Sandi Patti, Edwin Hawkins, and Walter Hawkins pose at the Grammy Salute to Gospel Music event at the historic Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC., on Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
The website AllMusic called Hawkins a “trailblazing force behind the evolution of the contemporary gospel sound.”
Along with Betty Watson, Hawkins founded the Northern California State Youth Choir, which in 1968 recorded the influential album “Let Us Go into the House of the Lord,” which included the hit song “Oh Happy Day.”
“Among the highlights of Let Us Go into the House of the Lord was the track “Oh Happy Day,” which…
Christian volunteers ministering to pop-up communities in Calais say vicars and pastors need repeat reminders to take the issue seriously.
The faith-based charity Seeking Sanctuary estimates that 800 migrants are currently living in the port town, 15 months since a make-shift settlement dubbed the Jungle was cleared.
Co-director Ben Bano, told Premier: “This issue is getting a little stale for some people.
“It’s difficult to get the kind of interest that was around last year, or certainly the year before, because people have almost got used to the situation; there’s a degree of donor fatigue.”
Tensions between French and British authorities have been rising since the Mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart demanded that the UK accept more migrants.
The French president visited a migrant centre near Calais on Tuesday, as he prepared to urge Britain to do more to help cope with people converging on the area.
During his first official visit to the UK, Emmanuel Macron will discuss with Prime Minister Theresa May a proposal that would effectively put the British border in Calais.
Seeking Sanctuary also praised plans by the Church of England’s Diocese of Canterbury to have a chaplain based in Calais.
Ben Bano added: “Clearly, there are exceptions; there are some churches which really do their bit… but we do have to keep reminding…
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