Christian Retailing
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Publishers Promote Bible Reading
Publishers in two European countries each with a rich Bible heritage are involved in campaigns to encourage more reading of the Scriptures. In Germany, a new magazine aims to address what it considers a growing lack of knowledge of the Bible, while in England two, year-long efforts have been launched to spur Christians to get …
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HarperCollins to Publish Tim Tebow Memoir
The parent company of Zondervan, HarperCollins, announced that it plans to publish next year the inspirational memoir of outspoken Christian athlete Tim Tebow, the e-newsletter Christian Retailing Update reported Monday. Slated for release on April 19, Through My Eyes will tell the story of how Tebow, who is considered one of the greatest college football …
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First Look ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ Trailer
The first trailer to the third movie in “The Chronicles of Narnia” film series is being released today through Christian media outlets. {flv}ChroniclesOfNarnia_VoyageOfTheDawnTreader_TrailerA{/flv} More than 150 faith-based online and television outlets, including Charisma, are exclusively debuting the trailer of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader before the trailer is …
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Christian Music Pioneer Dana Key Mourned
Christian music industry observers are expressing sadness upon hearing of the death of pioneer Dana Key, who with Eddie DeGarmo formed the first Christian group with a video broadcast on MTV.
Key died Sunday from a ruptured pulmonary embolism, according to his label, Ardent Records.
Key recorded a dozen albums as part of the Dove Award-winning duo DeGarmo & Key, and the pair wrote more than 40 Top 10 radio singles. Key founded ForeFront Records, and in 1995 helped launch the Christian rock Ardent Records and produced such artists as Big Tent Revival, Smalltown Poets and Skillet.
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NIV to Be Revised, TNIV Phased Out
The New International Version (NIV)--the world's best-selling Bible translation--will be revised for the first time in 25 years, while the controversial Today's New International Version (TNIV) is to be phased out after the revision.
The major development was announced earlier this week by Zondervan--which publishes both the NIV and TNIV--the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) and Biblica, holder of the NIV copyright. With more than 300 million copies sold since its first publication in 1978, the NIV will be updated to reflect changes in English usage and advances in biblical scholarship.
(Photo: Zondervan CEO Moe Girkins)
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Tyndale to Publish Gayle Haggard Memoir
Tyndale House Publishers is to publish a memoir by Gayle Haggard, wife of the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard.
In Why I Stayed, to be released in January 2010, she will share a message of forgiveness and love regarding her husband, also the founder and ex-senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo.--whose confession to sexual immorality in November 2006 led to his downfall.
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MercyMe Expresses Heartache About Fatal Crash
MercyMe was scheduled to perform Monday night in Wisconsin after canceling Saturday's show in St. Louis because of a fatal accident involving the band's tour bus, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
MercyMe was leaving Fort Wayne, Ind., where they had performed Friday, when a car carrying several teenagers cut in front of their bus, causing the collision. The wreck killed all three of the teens in the car and the pregnant driver's unborn baby.
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‘The Cross’ has Modest Opening
March 31, 2009 — The Cross–a movie about the life and ministry of globe-trekking evangelist Arthur Blessitt–placed at No. 17 after debuting on 221 screens on the weekend, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. Made by Gener8Xion Entertainment, affiliated with Trinity Broadcasting Network and the company responsible for The Omega Code and One Night With the King, the …
