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Josh - who has written 71 posts on The Underground.

Josh is the oldest son of senior pastor Stan Givens of Northside Bible Church in Mobile, AL where he serves in worship ministry. He is a senior studying Broadcast Journalism & English at the University of South Alabama and plans to enter a career in Christian journalism. Read his articles here.

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Gerard Butler to don the role of “Machine Gun Preacher”

Posted on 30 June 2010

Hollywood action superstar Gerard Butler, whose recent high-octane roles include King Leonidas in “300” (2006) and Clyde Shelton in “Law Abiding Citizen” (2009), will soon be playing the role of real-life AK-47-toting Pastor Sam Childers in 2012’s “Machine Gun Preacher,” according to the Internet Movie Database. A former bike gang member and drug dealer, Childers [...]

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“Out in the Silence” confronts small town view on homosexuality

Posted on 23 June 2010

A 57-minute documentary which recently premiered at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York is taking a look at one small Pennsylvania town’s views on homosexuality, according to the film’s official web site. Based on the true events surrounding the film’s Producer and Writer Joe Wilson and Director of Photography Dean Hamer, Out [...]

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“Like Dandelion Dust,” First Kingsbury Novel-Based Film to Debut this Fall

Posted on 27 May 2010

This September, New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, one of America’s leading Christian and inspirational fiction writers, will see the release of the first feature film based on one of her bestselling novels: “Like Dandelion Dust.” Finished in 2009, the movie has already made rounds in several national and international film festivals, garnering over [...]

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Comedy Central’s “JC” to Depict Cartoon Jesus

Posted on 10 May 2010

A new animated series currently under development for Comedy Central’s 2010-2011 production slate will feature the adventures of a cartoon Jesus Christ as he tries to escape the shadow of his “powerful but apathetic father,” according to “The Washington Post.” After stirring controversy earlier this year with their depiction of the prophet Muhammad, Comedy Central [...]

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Christians: You are Iron Man, time to suit up

Posted on 07 May 2010

Have you ever considered yourself the warrior type? Odds are, as a Christian, you proabably haven’t given too much thought to battle tactics, ground strategy or how to overtake a stronghold. But we see this type of action in movies all the time. And speaking of movies… The wait is finally over — Iron Man [...]

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GodTube is Back with a Bang

Posted on 02 May 2010

Move over YouTube. Step aside Break.com. GodTube, the world’s largest and most popular Christian video-sharing and social networking platform on the Web, has risen from the ashes and is back with a whole new look. After the site’s original launch back in 2007, over 2.7 million users have flocked to GodTube every month to upload, [...]

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“Sex + Money” Filmmakers to Release Full Length Documentary

Posted on 29 April 2010

Human trafficking: it’s not a fictional plot device created by talented scriptwriters for Hollywood action flicks like Taken and TV dramas like 24. It is a real, modern-day form of slavery in which individuals (women and young girls in particular) are taken hostage and forced and coerced into performing sexual acts for commercial profit, according [...]

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Haitian judge says charges against missionaries still in effect

Posted on 22 April 2010

On Monday, the Haitian judge involved in the case of the 10 American Baptist missionaries who attempted to transport orphaned children out of the country declared that all charges still stand, according to several international news reports. Although rumors had been circulating that the volunteers would soon be exonerated, Judge Bernard Saint-Vil denied ever suggesting [...]

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Atheist Group Urges Obama to Replace National Day of Prayer with National Day of Reason

Posted on 20 April 2010

The American Humanist Association (AHA) is at it again. The group recently embarked on a mission to replace the word “God” in the national motto “In God We Trust” with “Good” (see The Underground’s article Humanist Group Unveils “In Good We Trust” Billboards). Now they have set their sights on the National Day of Prayer, [...]

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Humanist Group Unveils “In Good We Trust” Billboards

Posted on 15 April 2010

The American Humanist Association (AHA) has unveiled a new series of billboards that replace the word “God” in the national motto, inscribed on the surface of a U.S. quarter, with the word “Good,” according to their official web site. The revised phrase now reads “In Good We Trust.” The first billboards, which also feature the [...]

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