For those who have been unconvinced by the hailed turnaround of professional football player Michael Vick and his self-professed return to Christ since his involvement in an illegal dogfighting operation was brought to light, the upcoming BET reality series that he’ll be starring in should lay doubts to rest. Or it might fuel them. We’ll... Continue Reading

Grammy award-winning artist and best-selling author Rebecca St. James has kept busy since her teenage breakout as a major artist in the Christian music industry. Now in her 30s, she is adding a new credential to her already expansive resume: film. St. James visited Regent University’s School of Communication & the Arts to talk with... Continue Reading

Dr. Charles deWitt has been named the Dean of Faculty at Belhaven University-Memphis. Dr. deWitt comes to Belhaven University with many years of teaching and administrative experience in higher education. He has been an administrator at the University of Memphis since 1993. Dr. deWitt first served as Assistant Dean for Paralegal Studies and more recently... Continue Reading

Ten Americans were detained by Haitian police on Saturday as they tried to bus 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republic, allegedly without proper documents. The Baptist church members from Idaho called it a “Haitian Orphan Rescue Mission,” meant to save abandoned children from the chaos following Haiti’s earthquake. Their plan was to... Continue Reading

“My house will be called a house of prayer.” Jesus’ words from the New Testament is painted in gold letters on the new white sanctuary wall of Peace Church in northern Durham (NC). There are three more Scripture verses painted directly on the sanctuary walls at the newly constructed church, the first permanent home for... Continue Reading

Tim Rice, M.D., a Saint Louis University associate professor of pediatrics and internal medicine, heard Haiti calling and had to answer. For each of the last four years Rice has spent two weeks on a medical mission trip in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is leading a team of St. Louis area health professionals... Continue Reading

Matt Chandler doesn’t feel anything when the radiation penetrates his brain. It could start to burn later in treatment. But it hasn’t been bad, this time lying on the slab. Not yet, anyway. Chandler’s lanky 6-foot-5-inch frame rests on a table at Baylor University Medical Center. He wears the same kind of jeans he wears... Continue Reading

Outspoken Christian Quarterback Kurt Warner announced his retirement from the National Football League on Friday, thanking God for the opportunities he received both on and off the field. “As always, as it started in 1999 when I was up on the podium holding up a trophy, the first thing I want to do is give... Continue Reading

12647912018503 A Wichita jury found 51-year old Scott Roeder guilty of first-degree murder Friday for his admitted shooting of late-term abortionist George Tiller last May. Although Roeder’s attorneys had requested consideration of a lighter sentencing for Roeder, at the end of testimony on Thursday, Sedgwick County Judge Warren Wilbert ruled that only premeditated, first-degree murder... Continue Reading

Dr. James Schaap, a professor of English at Dordt College, is Covenant College’s 2010 Nick Barker Writer-in-Residence. An award-winning novelist and essayist, Schaap has authored many books, including Sixty at Sixty: A Boomer Reflects on the Psalms, Romey’s Place, and Touches the Sky. Stories and articles he has written have been published in journals such... Continue Reading