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It is always tragic to hear about people who abandoned religion because they had a terrible experience with a specific congregation, rabbi, preacher or mosque. That, however, is what almost happened to popular Christian singer Austin French. French’s father was a minister, and their family’s life looked perfect from the outside. Behind closed doors, however,…

After 10 years, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” is struggling to pull in the ratings it needs. The 15th season of the reality TV show debuted with just over 1.36 million viewers. This may seem like a perfectly respectable showing for a TV show that follows one family’s drama, but “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”…

The royal family is about to get even bigger! On Monday, October 15, 2018, Kensington Palace announced that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their first child. The baby is expected to be born in the spring of 2019. The news comes less than five months after the…

After only a month of marriage, sources close to Justin Bieber are concerned that the star might be falling back into old habits. Prior to joining Hillsong Church in 2017, Bieber had gotten himself into an enormous amount of trouble. He visited a brothel in Rio de Janeiro, was sued for assault and emotional distress…

The Christian Broadcasting Network is joining the crowded marketplace of 24 hour news broadcasting. The Christian Broadcasting Network’s news channel is set to air on local television in 15 cities. The network’s CEO, Gordon Robertson, has said that he hopes the channel will bring people together despite the increasingly fractured and biased media landscape. The…

In some situations, there is just no winning. That certainly seemed to be the case for the oxymoronic genre of Christian Rock. Secular audiences mocked and scorned it while many Christians disdained it. Martin Luther King, Jr. described Christianity as being “totally incompatible” with rock or rock ‘n’ roll as such music “so often plunges…

Faith in Focus has a new audio CD out, and it is made for Christians who are trapped in cycles of negative thoughts or actions. “The subconscious mind is our storehouse of all past experiences, values, attitudes, and beliefs,” said Archie Royce, the creator and producer of the new CD. “Old, painful emotions get stored…

Case Keenum plays for more than just the love of the sport. Keenum plays for Jesus. Keenum has traveled a wild journey to get to where he is now with the NFL. He was only recruited by one college, and his career almost never got off the group when he tore his right ACL during…

Grammy award winner Chris Tomlin has announced his 2018 Christmas tour, “Chris Tomlin Christmas: Christmas Songs of Worship.” The tour is schedules to run from November 30, 2018, to December 16, 2018, and cover 12 cities. The tour will offer lucky audiences up-close and personal concert experiences that are staged as an “intimate ‘evening with’…

The world’s favorite nanny is coming back to the big screen! After nearly 50 years, the umbrella wielding mistress of magic is returning. Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” takes place 20 years after the conclusion of the 1964 classic and will follow Mary Poppins as she guides the now grown up Banks siblings and their children…

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