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James Dobson resigned on Friday as board chairman of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. The announcement was made on Focus on the Family’s radio broadcast, which Dobson will continue to host. Dobson told fellow board members on Wednesday and informed the 950 Focus employees Friday morning at a staff worship service, the […]

In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, a veteran group home counselor says she was suspended for exposing teenagers to Christian music. A veteran group home counselor is suing a California children’s home that suspended her for exposing four teenagers to Christian music. In the lawsuit filed on Feb. 13, Maureen Loya accused Orangewood Children’s

Worship artist Chris Tomlin leads this year’s list of Dove Award nominees with seven nods, including ones for Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year for “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone).” Natalie Grant and newcomer Francesca Battistelli followed with five nominations each, including for Female Vocalist of

A California evangelist is challenging an advertising campaign offering ” praises” to evolutionist Charles Darwin by countering with a publicity effort of his own. In honor of Darwin’s 200th birthday on Thursday, Ray Comfort–author of the forthcoming book You can Lead an Atheist to Evidence but You Can’t Make Him Think–posted a billboard near the

The inspirational story of how a failing student overcame personal odds to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon hits the small screen on Saturday. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story premiers on TNT at 8 p.m. Saturday, and stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carson and Kimberly Elise as his mother, Sonya. Based on Carson’s best-selling autobiography by

The pastor of Ted Haggard’s former church says he’s heartbroken over a former male volunteer’s alleged experiences with Haggard. Brady Boyd, senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said a young man announced his alleged inappropriate relationship with Haggard shortly after Haggard’s sex and drug scandal in 2006. Boyd said the 25-year-old

A film about a man’s attempt to save his marriage has scored big at the box office and spawned a marriage-enrichment movement that is spreading nationwide. Released on DVD today, Fireproof-produced by pastor-filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick and the members of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga.-opened at No. 4 the weekend of Sept. 26

Texas megachurch pastor and popular author T.D. Jakes is already garnering critical acclaim from secular media for his latest film project. Jakes said Not Easily Broken, which opened in theaters nationwide on Friday, is a realistic depiction of marital strife, while also offering Christ as the solution. With divorce rates in the U.S. at record

Stephen Sawyer’s provocative portraits of Jesus get people talking. Images of Christ sporting a “Father” heart tattoo and in the boxing ring have made secular media headlines and prompted debate for the way they overturn many traditional representations of the Savior. Sawyer’s Art for God work is popular with a growing body of Christians who

The scarred intersection on Chicago’s north side was the battleground for a dozen rival street gangs. At the corner of Sheridan Road and Sunnyside Avenue, memorials marked the spot where slain gang members had fallen. But in the space of a few weeks, the violence subsided and the trade from the drug houses disappeared. What

The year’s most popular Christian novel is also one of the most controversial. Critics of The Shack have lambasted its theological underpinnings as it makes its mark on Christian publishing. Although The Message author Eugene Peterson compares it to Pilgrim’s Progress, Prison Fellowship founder Charles Colson claims The Shack has a “low view of Scripture.”

A recent video that features Hollywood actors mocking Christians for their support of Proposition 8 has sparked outrage. [12.09.08] A Christian group is demanding an apology after prominent Hollywood actors released a viral video spoofing Christians who voted for California’s Proposition 8—a state amendment passed last month defining marriage between a man and a woman.