Best-selling author and apologist Josh McDowell, author of “More Than a Carpenter,” and fellow apologist Dave Sterrett of Probe Ministries believe that as many people leave churches and give up on organized religion, they’re turning to Oprah as their spiritual leader. Their new novel “‘O’ God: A dialogue on truth and Oprah’s spirituality” will release nationally on Oct. 6. Whether voiced aloud, only thought about or hidden down deep as a nagging suspicion, the truth about Oprah’s splintered beliefs and the advice of the colorful teachers she promotes is among today’s most relevant issues. “The danger is that while appearing […]

How one woman held on to her faith after her husband’s tragic death In “Holding Fast for Purpose,” Karen James tells the story of losing her man to a mountain. Kelly James was a man’s man; a follower of Jesus; a lover of life; a godly dad and hopeless romantic. He was a 25-year veteran mountaineer who had straddled the world’s most famous summits. But the final peak swallowed him whole and refused to give him back. In her book, Karen shares her desperation as a rescue operation is mounted to find her husband and climbing partners Brian Hall and […]

Two teenagers and an unborn baby were killed Aug. 8 when a car collided with a tour bus carrying the band MercyMe at an intersection in Fort Wayne, Ind. MercyMe had wrapped up a concert in Fort Wayne, and around 1:15 a.m. their bus was traveling through a green light when a car in an oncoming lane attempted a left turn in front of the bus.The driver, 18-year-old Kara Klinker, was nine months pregnant at the time, and her child was pronounced stillborn at a local hospital. The mother remains hospitalized in critical condition.Two of the car’s passengers, Dario Boutte, […]

In a censorship that appears politically motivated, the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube has blocked a video critical of Planned Parenthood made by the student-led nonprofit Live Action. The video shows a Planned Parenthood clinic in Birmingham offering to “bend the rules” of Alabama’s parental consent and mandatory reporting laws in order to cover up statutory rape with a secret abortion, and has opened an investigation by the state Attorney General’s Office into the nation’s largest abortion provider. YouTube offered no prior warning or specific explanation for removing the video, which contains no apparent violations of YouTube’s “community guidelines.” After […]

The Family Guide to Movies and Culture has asked the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to drop its “failed” ratings system and return to “standards-based” guidelines, announced Dr. Ted Baehr, Movieguide’s founder and publisher. Movieguide is also asking Americans to sign a petition urging the MPAA to end the ratings system and adopt a Code of Decency. “The MPAA’s ratings system never worked really well, but it has gotten much worse since it added the ambiguous PG-13 rating,” Baehr said. “Parents, especially mothers, can no longer trust the ratings for movies, especially in light of the PG-13 ratings for […]