However, dear friends, Imus didn't have to humble himself and appear on that genuine faux preacher Rev. Al Sharpton's radio program and say that his comments were wrong, seeking forgiveness.  read more »

A Dutch politician known for his views against Islam plans to air a film he produced that is critical of the Koran, which he likens to Adolf Hitler's hateful writings.  read more »

I have never, and I mean never, seen a documentary that so deliberately and consistently uses circular reasoning, ad hominem attacks, unfounded assertions, straw-man arguments, and general poor reasoning.  read more »

Back on January 12th, the pressofatlanticcity.com reported on the aftermath of an event sponsored by ESPN morning talkers “Mike & Mike” in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  read more »

Let’s just say the pumpkin that Paoli’s Mike Parks carved for this Halloween season was a bit out  read more »

Johnny Weir is set to take the ice on Saturday night at the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships with a long program free skate routine set to "Child of Nazareth" by Maxime Rodriguez, in which the flamboyant skater will tell the story of Jesus

The film takes a different approach to the gays-in-the-church debate.  read more »

Sean Tracey first realized that Carl J.  read more »

A former glamour model and soap star sits on top of a bus shelter, squeezed into a silver catsuit. A pregnant teenager stands below, nearby is an abandoned shopping trolley.  read more »

Whitaker is the voice of Moses in "Inspired By ... The Bible Experience: Old Testament," officials said Tuesday. The audio Bible, to be released in November on 72 CDs and on iTunes, features an all-black cast of more than 200 actors, singers and clergy, officials said Tuesday. The dramatic performances are set to an original musical score performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra.  read more »

A gay Jesus and a black female Christ are among the startling images that will go on display at the National Festival of Progressive Spiritual Art in Taos, NM on May 11-12.

The new advertising campaign, designed to gain new club subscribers, features images of Jesus being crucified - albeit with the caption, "If you are going to sacrifice yourself, do it  read more »

Drew Heriot, director of the popular New Age-ish documentary The Secret, has found Jesus.  read more »

Christmas carols make spirits bright, and they can also give some pointers about the economy and personal finance. Let's do some investing the Christmas carol way.

ORLANDO, Fla. – What exactly makes a Christian film?

An Italian politician has sparked a furore by urging state broadcaster Rai to block the transmission of a controversial BBC documentary.

"The Passion of the Christ" star Jim Caviezel will reprise his role as Jesus in the forthcoming "The Word of Promise: New Testament Audio Bible." The 20-CD set will be released in October by Thomas Nelson Inc.

It'll be a bit different than the current film, says Gregiore. "We will reorder the events and make more of a story and a dramatic film out of it. But, we're still using God&#  read more »

FOR more than six divine minutes, a mysterious ghostly voice repeatedly told Seven Network viewers: "Jesus Christ one of the Navarines" during a documentary on a train disaster screened last night.  read more »

Zach Johnson wasn't more than a couple dozen words into his post-round interview when he started talking about his faith, giving credit to Jesus for winning the Masters.

A 13th-place opening weekend doesn't sound good to most studios, but for 20th Century Fox's new Christian division, FoxFaith, it has to sound great. The Ultimate Gift made over $1 million on only 814 screens, which should be encouraging for others in Hollywood still interested in cashing in on success of The Passion of the Christ.  read more »

Ron Howard's Oscar-winning producing partner Brian Grazer will make a contemporary romantic comedy in which Jesus works as a carpenter in Ikea.

Several prominent scholars who were interviewed in a bitterly contested documentary that suggests that Jesus and his family members were buried in a nondescript ancient Jerusalem burial cave have now revised their conclusions, including the statistician who claimed that the odds were 600:1 in favor of the tomb being the family burial cave of Jesus of Nazareth, a new study on the fallout from the popular documentary shows.

Sermonspice.com has posted several spoof ads depicting Jesus vs. Santa set to a simple melody designed to mimic Apple's 'Get a Mac' TV commercials....

Large posters depicting Jesus Christ washing the feet of world leaders and terrorist Osama bin Laden have generated numerous complaints at the Oregon malls where the banners briefly hung.

At least two billboard signs that seek to get people to re-examine homosexuality by using biblical references have been vandalized in Indianapolis.

Saints were psychotic and advances in modern medicine have essentially wiped them off the planet.  read more »

"A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award.  read more »

"Church Boy" will depict how Franklin overcame an absentee mother and teenage years filled with sex and drugs to become a highly-successful gospel singer and founder of Fo Yo Soul Entertainment.

The United Church of Christ is celebrating a landmark decision by the Federal Communications Commission, which has ruled in favor of the church's filed complaint that Univision, the nation's largest Hispanic television network, is not serving the educational programming needs of children.

It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real.  read more »

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is sending out a reminder that it’s doing God’s work on earth.The church recently launched national television advertising spots with the tag  read more »

A newspaper catering to Malaysia's ethnic Indians published a front-page apology Thursday after causing an outrage by printing an image of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette.

A melee broke out last week in Jonkoping, Sweden, after a group of fundamentalist Christian young people set a fire outside a celebrated photomural exhibit that portrays Jesus as gay.  read more »

The student, Chandramohan who is from Hyderabad had put up the exhibition as part of his academic acitivity. But his unpleasant paintings depicting goddess Durga and Vishnu in semi nude positions evoked anger.  read more »

That would be Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., which, in addition to building a media empire on the chests of topless models and edgy, pushing-the-envelope Fox TV network shows, recently began building a stable of hard-core porn channels for its BSkyB subsidiary.

MGM has obtained the North American theatrical distribution rights to Myriam, Mother of the Christ, the biblical story of Mary.

A life-size chocolate sculpture of a naked Jesus will finally be displayed in New York starting in late October, seven months after an outcry by Roman Catholics forced a different gallery  read more »

New book by Robert Korczynski, "Buddha's Big Foot," presents the well-documented evidence that a Jewish man was not the first person to speak the words of Jesus; all of the, "New Testament  read more »

A new DVD documenting evidence for the Christ's resurrection was recently released by Grizzly Adams Productions, a corporation that releases family-friendly films, television series and specials.

Christ through the ages: Now comes a new exhibition at the BYU Museum of Art that visualizes the arc of Jesus' life while chronicling the way Christian artists have portrayed him over the centuries.  read more »

In a culture where women are devalued regularly, SAT-7 is getting ready to launch a new film that does the opposite in the Middle East. On April 15, the ministry broadcasts the film "JESUS, As Witnessed By Mary Magdalene".

New Line's religious education is the latest effort by Hollywood to get in touch with the Christian market. The status of that moviegoing set climbed in the wake of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," about the crucifixion, and Walt Disney Co.'s "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," which had underlying Christian themes. Twentieth Century Fox has launched FoxFaith, a theatrical and home-video distribution label for Christian films.  read more »

A new women's magazine will finally bridge the gap between religion and sex -- at least for religious Afrikaans women in South Africa.

More than just a collection of bible quotes, the book reveals how to bridge the gap between professional and spiritual success with Jesus as the model.  read more »

A Sunday newspaper was quite within its rights to refuse to print a lengthy piece of religious writing as an advertisement and should not have to pay $5 million for refusing to do so, the Court of Appeal ruled today.

Worried that ads for "The Nativity Story" would offend non-Christians browsing in the traditional German Christkindlmarket in the heart of downtown, the city asked the German American Chamber of Commerce to reconsider New Line Cinema, which made the film, as a sponsor.  read more »

At first glance it looks like any other teen magazine, in a glossy colour cover and in a handbag size - aimed at "girls with spirit". But don't expect to find any tips on snogging techniques. Grace, to be launched next month, is an attempt by the church to appeal to a fresh audience as attendance figures fall.  read more »

Native Houstonian and Christian sensation Joel Osteen heads up a mega church with 42,000 people who attend weekly and is known internationally for his teachings.  read more »

The LDS church calls a four-hour PBS documentary on its founding and beliefs a quote "welcome change." A statement on lds-dot-org says the documentary steered clear of on-sided stereotypes to show a new, broader dimension of the Church.  read more »

Prime Minister John Howard has condemned two entries in Australia's top religious art competition because they appear to ridicule Christianity.A holographic image that combines Osama b  read more »

A recent survey commissioned by the American Bible Society and carried out by respected pollster Zogby International shows that 85 percent of American viewers want more religious values and references to the Bible, and less sex and violence shown on television.

Catholic bishops in Belgium have protested against a TV ad depicting Jesus as a pot-bellied hippy picking up half-naked women in a nightclub.

Since when is the Catholic Church against stem cell research?  read more »

John Sweeney's outburst came as he was interviewing Tommy Davis, a Scientology spokesman who had objected to Sweeney's use of the word "cult." Sweeney's rant was captured by BBC's Panorama program, to air Monday, and Scientology video cameras.

A number of religious Web sites are aping the names and styles of some of the Web's most popular sites. Chief among them are GodTube.com, a video-sharing site for Christians, and MyChurch.org, a social networking realm.

And as for her Catholic upbringing, Jones said, “I didn’t necessarily learn about Jesus. I learned how to be Catholic. A lot of churches are like that, not focusing on the message but on how to practice the religion.  read more »

So much for God and country, at least during some in-flight showings of the Oscar-nominated movie "The Queen." That's because all mentions of God are bleeped out of a version of the film given to some commercial airlines.

Fifteen years after she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II during an appearance on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live," Sinead O'Connor has released "Theology," an  read more »

State TV, which had a monopoly on viewership until satellite channels began to draw more viewers beginning in the early 1990s, has been trying to win back its audience for several years.  read more »

First, an anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus in New York City infuriated some Catholics and even led to threats.Then, a statue of presidential candidate Sen. Barak Obama, dressed in blue and with a halo to resemble Jesus, has caused a stir at a Chicago art school.

The latest logo still shows the hand of God pouring coffee from the sky, but this time into the tip of a trumpet, and you don't see Angel Moroni holding it. The coffee makers have also  read more »

After 3,362 pages and 12 weeks of late nights, a reporter concludes the Potter story is patterned on biblical accounts of the life of Jesus Christ

The Last Sin Eater, based upon the novel by Francine Rivers, stands heads above Thr3e. It’s sensitively directed by Michael Landon Jr. and beautifully acted by an exceptional cast. The f  read more »

The film follows Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem to deliver Jesus, and will be the first movie to ever premiere in the holy territory.

Disney-owned ABC has pulled the plug on a church's "God Gives Hope" advertising campaign, saying the message violates its advertising guidelines.The Assemblies of God had reserved space on ABC's Super Sign, which towers above Times Square and serves as a backdrop for "Good Morning America."But hours before the ads were to air, ABC canceled the contract, church officials say.  read more »

There was no manger, Christ is not the Messiah, and the crucifixion never happened. A forthcoming ITV documentary will portray Jesus as Muslims see him.

He's been a preacher for 60 years, spreading the word of the Lord since his early 20s.  read more »

Jesus In Love: A Novel by Kittredge Cherry “re-imagines Christ’s legendary life as an erotic, mystical adventure in first-century Palestine.”

The Washington Post and several other newspapers around the country did not run Sunday's installment of Berkeley Breathed's "Opus," in which the spiritual fad-seeking cha  read more »

An advertisement suggesting that “10 out of 10 Jewish doctors recommend Jesus” is “offensive” to orthodox Jews, South Africa’s advertising regulator ruled this week.