Christine D. Johnson

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment A courtroom drama from filmmaker and producer Gary Wheeler (The List), The Trial follows small-town attorney Kent “Mac” McClain (Matthew Modine, Full Metal Jacket, Any Given Sunday), who is left devastated by the death of his wife and two sons in a tragic accident. Defending accused murderer Peter Thomason (Randy …

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Twenty-seven-year-old Nick Vujicic was born with no arms and no legs, and yet he has learned what it means to have a “ridiculously good life.”

“I’m officially disabled, but I’m truly enabled because of my lack of limbs,” Vujicic writes in Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life.

Attributing this positive attitude in spite of his physical limitations to his “beautiful God,” he learned that “there’s a greater purpose for all things.” Still, it took this son of an Australian preacher a while to get to that positive stance. From 8 years old, “feeling like there was no hope and feeling like I was becoming just a burden to my parents and not believing that I’d become self-sufficient, employed, married, have a family,” Vujicic decided it would be better if he would “just disappear.”

Rick James, publisher of CruPress, has been on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ for 21 years. He's a conference speaker and the author of Postcards From Corinth, Flesh and Jesus Without Religion. His latest project is A Million Ways to Die, which helps believers understand what it means biblically to truly live.

Where did the book's title come from?

Rick James: We, here in America, aren't faced with martyrdom on a regular basis, and yet that's the death that Scripture calls us to ... the little deaths that occur in our day, whether it's death to self or humbling ourselves.

Jesus called His followers to take up their cross every day. Is that what you mean?

James: We are, to put it bluntly, a piñata. The Spirit of God is in us and the more you beat the thing, the more life comes out, so it really is a daily thing of embracing these little deaths and allowing the life of Christ to shine out and then through us.

Stephen Mansfield and David A. Holland | FrontLine

Best-selling author Stephen Mansfield and writing partner David Holland reflect on the life of 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate in The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin: What She Believes and What It Means for America. The book investigates the ways her faith informs and influences her personal and political choices.

Cindy Trimm | Charisma House

While reading Sun Tzu's The Art of War—an ancient Chinese manual on conducting military operations, popular in today's corporate world—charismatic author Cindy Trimm saw the relevance of the concepts to spiritual battle, thus the title of her book The Art of War for Spiritual Battle: Essential Tactics and Strategies for Spiritual Warfare.

Gospel artist Kirk Franklin and his band encountered rioting crowds in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, last Wednesday, Sept. 9. The riot reportedly arose from rumors that a political figure had been arrested, according to Ugandan Web site The New Vision.

Coming from a lunch event at the home of the country's vice president, Gilbert Bukenya, Franklin could see the "energy" in the crowd and heard that some people were being shot, according to his YouTube report. (Watch below). He and his entourage sought refuge at a local police station.