Two businessmen’s unusual conversion in 1700s South Carolina led them to liberate the people they put in bondage. At first glance, William Turpin and his business partner, Thomas Wadsworth, appeared to be like most other prestigious and powerful white men in late 18th-century South Carolina. They were successful Charleston merchants, had business interests across the state, got involved in state politics, and enslaved numerous human beings. Nothing about them seemed out of the ordinary. But, quietly, these two men changed their minds about slavery. They became committed abolitionists and worke ..read more

Nothing’s Stronger Than Family Harmony About This holiday season, get ready for an action-packed, all-star, rainbow-colored family reunion like no other as Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return for the new chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster musical franchise: Trolls Band Together. This film highlights themes of awesome music, friendship, family, and the importance of believing in oneself. In theaters nationwide on November 17, 2023. Directed by Walt Dohrn, Tim Heitz Written by Elizabeth Tippet, Thomas Dam The post Trolls Band Together in Theaters November 17th ap ..read more

  As some Christian advocates fight for age verification, others say it’s parents’ responsibility to monitor. When parents ask Chris McKenna at what age they should give their kid a smartphone, he has a stock answer: “the age you want them to see porn.” The former youth pastor started Protect Young Eyes, a nonprofit that teaches tech safety to schools, businesses, churches, and parents, in 2015 after he became concerned about the dissolving barriers between pornography and young people. “I was watching for the first time in human history as we were putting the internet in the pockets of k ..read more

The Burial: Based on a True Events About Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral homeowner Jeremiah O’Keefe (Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones) enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary (Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx) to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice in this inspirational, triumphant story. In theaters October 6 and coming to Prime Video on October 13, 2023. Directed by Maggie Betts Written by Doug Wright, Screenplay by Doug Wright an ..read more

  Even in states where regulations were severe, most congregations moved on quickly. Jeff Schoch was ready to be done with COVID-19 health safety regulations. Like most ministers in the US, the pastor of Crossroads Bible Church in San Jose, California, did his best to comply with the many pandemic rules imposed by state and local governments. But as soon as they were lifted, he wanted to put them all behind him. He quickly tore down the state-mandated signs about social distancing, hand washing, and masks. “I got rid of every visual reminder in the church,” Schoch told CT. “I was anxious ..read more

Shooting Stars: There’s Pressure in the Paint (from left) Romeo Travis (Scoot Henderson), Lil Dru Joyce III (Caleb McLaughlin), LeBron James (Marquis “Mookie” Cook), Willie McGee (Avery S. Wills, Jr.) and Sian Cotton (Khalil Everage) in Shooting Stars, directed by Chris Robinson. The adults in the room try to tell us when we’re young – you are a reflection of your closest friends. It matters who you have in your circle, your crew. They will bring joy, pain, mold and shape you. Who are the ones privileged to be seated in the front row of your life’s story? For NBA superstar, Lebron James, it do ..read more

Creed III: Let Go of Whatever Was, and Walk Into What Is. Team, get your tickets now for Creed III, coming March 3rd  to a theater and IMAX near you. About After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on ..read more

Honor your father and mother? Filial piety has damaged many parent-child relationships. But Christian families can learn where Confucian culture ends and Paul’s parenting practices begin. Recently, a primary school in Hong Kong asked its students to kneel and serve tea to their mothers and fathers as a gesture of filial piety, a Confucian-inspired attitude of respect and service toward parents. While tea ceremonies are often performed by Chinese brides for their future in-laws, the school’s instructions suggested this might also be a worthy practice for children to direct toward their own pare ..read more

Local leaders weigh in on the Muslim-majority nation’s new penal code and whether governments should legislate morality. Last week, Indonesia’s parliament approved a new penal code that received backlash from the United Nations and human rights groups inside and outside the Southeast Asian nation. The new code, which replaces a colonial-era code enacted while the archipelago was under Dutch rule, includes the criminalization of cohabitation and sex outside marriage, bans insulting the president, and keeps in place blasphemy laws that have been used at times against religious minorities, includ ..read more

DEVOTION: Exclusively in Movie Theaters on November 23, 2022! Just in time for Thanksgiving 2022, Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the same name, tells the inspirational true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots who helped turn the tide in the most brutal battle in the Korean War: Jesse Brown (Jonathan Majors), the first Black aviator in Navy history and his fellow fighter pilot and friend, Tom Hudner (Glen Powell). Directed by JD Dillard, viewers will see why their heroic sacrifices and enduring friendship would ultimately make them the Navy’s most celebrate ..read more