Gospel reggae veterans Christafari are working on a new worship album. The album, which will be the band’s first worship album in 20 years, will be funded in part by fans. Since the beginning of March fans have been pledging funds on Kickstarter to help with the production of the album. Some of the things [...]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) For years, nonbelievers rejoiced at the publication of a new book by New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman, relishing the professor’s pugnacious attacks on the cherished beliefs of evangelical Christians. M00o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Bart Ehrman, Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

(RNS) “The Hunger Games” has sold 26 million copies and is the first young-adult book to sell a million copies on Kindle. When it was released in theaters on March 23, the film version broke box office records for a new non-sequel release

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) For nearly a century, the stained glass portrait of St.

Movie: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Starring: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked and Kristin Scott Thomas Director: Lasse Hallstrom Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama Rating: PG-13 With all the hoopla over the excitement of “The Hunger Games” coming out this weekend, very little attention has been given to another film also just arriving in theaters: “Salmon Fishing [...]

Quarterback Tim Tebow addresses the media during his debut with the New Jersey Jets in Florham Park, N.J., on March 26, 2012.

Movie: Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians Director: Bryan Storkel Genre: Documentary Rating: None Life is so much easier if you only see things in black and white. Take gambling for instance. Many Christians would agree that gambling, as a whole, is not a good thing. Casinos are designed to have the [...]

WILMINGTON, N.C.(RNS) All this talk of beer was making the former seminarian thirsty. “Cheers,” said assistant brewer Christopher McGarvey, taking a sip from his pint of golden ale. Then he continued his lecture on the history of beer in ancient Samaria to a crowd of about 90 on the third floor of this city’s Front Street Brewery.

Movie: October Baby Starring: Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, John Schneider and Jasmine Guy Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin Genre: Drama Rating: PG-13 You wouldn’t expect “October Baby,” a film that deals with the subject of abortion, to be very enjoyable, but this little film has some big surprises. First, while abortion is the basis for [...]

(RNS) A new movie confronts a controversial topic by highlighting two words that don’t typically go together: “abortion” and “survivor.” “We didn’t know there was such a thing,” said Jon Erwin, who wrote and co-directed “October Baby” with his brother, Andrew. The Erwin Brothers, Jon (left) and Andrew, produced and directed their feature film debut, “October Baby.” RNS photo by Chris Jones. The film, the latest in a recent string of Christian-themed movies, opens Friday (March 23) and has broken into Hollywood despite rejection at first by many studios.