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January 2012 Archives

Djokovic Has That Unbeatable Feeling

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Novak Djokovic has that unbeatable feeling.
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When 22-year-old Jefferson Bethke created "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus," the now-viral video about Jesus and religion, he had no idea the response would be so fervent.

Nicole C. Mullen's "Holy Captivated" Hits No. 3 at Radio

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Mullen Plans Tour Dates In United States And Overseas In 2012

Rachel Chan's Go Takes Pop in a Positive Direction

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Artist: Rachel Chan
Title: Go
Label: in:ciite Media

Rachel Chan is a teenager, and her debut album is pop, but there's nothing about it to suggest comparisons with other good-time teen pop acts on the charts today.

At PSU, Tension Over Ouster, Then Grief for JoePa

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Candles on the steps of Old Main on the Penn State University campus spell out "Joe" in remembrance of former football coach Joe Paterno during a memorial service on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in State College, Pa. Paterno died Sunday at the age of 85 after battling lung cancer. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Anguished by an unthinkable scandal that shook a university and tarnished the proud football program, many in the Penn State community rallied around a common cause.

ReachLife Call Men to "Man Up" With New Conference

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THE PROBLEM
There's an ongoing war within urban culture.
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Breakout Urban sensation and Dove Award winning Group 1 Crew re-launches their third album, Outta Space Love: Bigger Love Edition on January 24. 

Fewer Teens Desperate to Drive

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Waubonsie Valley High School sophomore Manual Quay turns 16 in July, and -- surely -- all the Aurora teen can think about is getting his driver's license, sliding behind the steering wheel and driving as far away from his parents as possible.

Things That Must be Believed (Part 4)

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SUNDAY EVENING EVANGELISTIC MESSAGE
WITH DANIEL WHYTE III

FaithJohn 14:3 says, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."  

Philippians 3:20-21: "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."  

Believing In Tim Tebow

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Tim Tebow with Jacob Rainey, one of the many people dealing with health problems Tebow hosted at Broncos games this season.

I've come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.
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In a trend away from their straitlaced past, young Christians are finding new ways of expressing their faith
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Everything's going digital these days -- including cheating.

Why Young Adults Leave the Church

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Many say they find the church judgmental, unwelcoming or irrelevant.
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Justin Bieber recently got the face of Christ tattooed on the back of his calf and thanked his savior during his VMAs speech last August.
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Patrick Sinner, 2nd left, convinced his friends, Julian, Jan-Eric, Lukas, Dustin and Christian, to help him build the world's largest domino spiral. The boys spent many hours practicing before setting out on their four-day domino-building adventure.

Creation measured 26-feet and used around 30,000 multi-colored tiles

Joyful Noise

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OscarĀ® nominees Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton star in "Joyful Noise," a funny and inspirational story of music, hope, love and renewal.

College Kids Vow to End Slavery

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For the better part of an hour, 42,000 college students stood in the frigid Atlanta night, patiently waiting for a statue illustrating the fight against human trafficking to be illuminated.

Digital Resolutions

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So this is the time of year that everyone sets their resolutions for the new year. And in about two weeks, we all forget them and move on. 

Selena Gomez Is a Tech Investor, Social Media Maven

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Teen sensation Selena Gomez has a lot of friends: a whopping 9 million who follow her on Twitter, and 25 million who "Like" her on Facebook.

Tebow's Passing Yards Bring Up Biblical Number

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Tim Tebow celebrates as he walks off the field after his Florida Gators won the BCS National Championship game on January 8, 2009. In the black below Tebow's eyes, John 3:16.

Early Monday morning, the top item on Google Trends hot searches is John 3 16, the passage from the bible that reads:

Will You Follow the Crowd or Will You Follow Christ?

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following-crowd.jpgPeople said that Christopher Columbus would sail off the edge of the earth, but in 1492 he discovered America.

People laughed at the Wright brothers' attempts to create a flying machine, but in 1903 they flew the first airplane.

John GrishamHe is a New York Times bestselling author many times over. He is also an attorney. He is best known for his popular legal thrillers such as "A Time to Kill". He began writing in 1984, and had his first novel "A Time To Kill" published in June 1989. 

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Black Christian News: www.BCNN1.com / Black Christian Book Company: www.BlackCBC.com (Based upon Amazon.com rankings, BarnesandNoble.com rankings, and BlackCBC.com rankings.)
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A Texas teenager whose YouTube videos inspired viewers worldwide during his shortened life has been remembered at his funeral in Austin as someone who loved life -- and God.

Joyful Noise: Faith In Gospel

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Queen Latifah (left) plays choir director Vi Rose Hill, and Keke Palmer is Olivia, her daughter with the big voice. "Praise music . . . has a thing about it," says Latifah, who as a child spent summers singing in a choir directed by her aunt.

It's easy to roll your eyes at Joyful Noise, a broad-stroke dramedy about a small-town gospel choir struggling for greatness. Easy, that is, until the song "Man in the Mirror" kicks in.

Passion 2012 to Kick Off With 42,000 Students

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Nearly 10,000 university-aged students gathered at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, from April 1-3, 2011, for the Passion conference.

Over 42,000 university students from around the world will fill the Georgia Dome stadium in Atlanta Monday for the opening of the four-day Passion 2012 conference, whose speakers include Francis Chan, John Piper, Beth Moore and Louie Giglio.

Start Your New Year Off Right by Getting to Know God

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New yearMay I wish you a Happy New Year! Today, I want to encourage you to start the new year off right by getting to know God for yourself.
 
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