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| Entertainment | | CS Lewis biopic becomes surprise blockbuster | | In an interview with The Christian Post, Max McLean, who stars as C.S. Lewis in the biopic "The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis," shares how the late author assisted in his own conversion to Christianity. The film, which was originally released for one night only, will run nationwide following more than $1.2 million in box office sales on its Nov. 3 debut. |
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| Church & Ministries | | Study: Churches open, but congregants slow in returning | | Approximately 98% of Protestant churches are now open for in-person services but foot traffic has been slow to return to their pews particularly for black churches, a new survey from Lifeway Research shows. "Worship attendance is improving, but there is still a large gap between today’s in-person attendance and pre-COVID levels," Life Research's Scott McConnell explained. |
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| U.S. | | Liberty University files restraining order against 'whistleblower' suing for wrongful firing | | Liberty University is asking a federal court to stop a former employee from disclosing confidential information and documents amid a legal battle over claims that the evangelical Christian school wrongfully fired him for speaking out about how it handled sexual assault allegations. “Although many of these materials were likely protected trade secrets, privileged communications or attorney work product protected information, Lamb has admitted that he disclosed them to the media, general public and commercial enemies of Liberty without privilege or prior permission as contractually required,” a memorandum of law filed in support of the motion reads. |
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| Entertainment | | Pratt gives ‘all glory to God’ after social media backlash | | Actor Chris Pratt glorified God after being accused of insulting his ex-wife, Anna Faris, and their son in an Instagram post in which he praised his current wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt. The actor advised anyone else feeling down to connect with God through worship music or the Bible. |
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| Voice | | Op-ed: 5 certainties of Heaven | | Canon J. John writes about five certainties of Heaven we can draw from the Bible. From experiencing joy to maintaining our identity, John uses scripture to highlight biblical insights on Heaven but also explains, "Given our limited data, the safest answer to most questions to do with Heaven is simply 'we don’t know.'" |
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| | Promise Keepers Virtual Fatherhood Summit is a fast-paced, free event with practical talk from top teachers. We’ll discuss the real issues impacting your family and kids.
But we know that fatherhood topics can't all be addressed in a one-time online event. So, the Fatherhood Summit kicks off a 14-day challenge that will place you side by side virtually with other men as you build up your fathering skills in concrete ways. The program and follow up resources are beneficial whether you are father to kids in the home, a grandfather, or you mentor or coach kids. The interactive community provides opportunities to speak into the lives of other dads and young fathers - we need you in this challenge as iron sharpens iron.
Our goal is to equip, connect, and activate you in an interactive brotherhood community known as the Promise Keepers App.
We'll walk you through it every step of the way! Just register today. | | | // SPEAKERS // Dr. Tony Evans and son Anthony Evans • A.R. Bernard and his son Jamaal Bernard •David and Jason Benham• Greg Stier (Dare2Share) • Mark Hancock (Trail Life USA) • Jerrad Lopes (DadTired) • Zane Black • Promise Keepers Conference Messages from Dennis Rainey and Josh McDowell •Ken Harrison • and moreThe program kicks off on November 10th with the live online event. Watch from home via Facebook or YouTube (register and we'll send you the link early) or gather a group of dads to watch via a Watch Party, or use this free resource at your church. If you can't join us live, you can register for the link to watch anytime after. Don't delay too long as we'll start the 14-day Fatherhood Challenge in the PK App the next day but you can start the challenge anytime you want. It's easy - just register today and we'll send you all the resources.
Topics include: Tough topics in today's culture facing our kidsRaising gospel-advancing kidsWhat every good father providesSpeaking blessings into our sons and daughtersConnecting with our kidsPractical parenting and perspective from dads and grandfathersTips to achieve balance and pressures facing dadsGrandparenting, single dads, stepfathers"Best of" Highlights for Dads from Promise Keepers Conferences Encouragement and Community for Dads | | This event is free, but please consider making a donation to help us
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