Author: Gordon Govier

A wide range of presentations of the Bible have emerged as technology, multimedia and dry wit have been used to revamp one of the most influential and widely quoted texts in the world. The results range from the dramatic to the astute to the downright wacky.Read more.

The monthly meeting of the Madison’s CBMC is always good for a moving testimony, aimed at Connecting Business Men to Christ. A week ago it was former Madison police spokesman Larry Kamholtz. A month ago it was Midwest Airlines CEO Tim Hoeksema. Three years ago Green Bay Packers trainer Pepper Burruss drew a big crowd. But more often than not it’s just a businessman who has found that committing his life to Christ has made all of the difference in the world.

News Release W. Todd Bassett, former National Commander of The Salvation Army, has been named Executive Director of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). Read more.

COMMENTARYThis March marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the British Parliament’s abolition of the slave trade—the culmination of a twenty-year struggle by William Wilberforce and his fellow abolitionists, a story brilliantly captured in the new Hollywood release coming next month titled Amazing Grace.Wilberforce would be appalled to learn that, two hundred years later, however, people are still trafficking in human flesh.Read more.

It’s easy to walk like a king, talk like a king, and dress like a king, said journalist Roland Martin at the state’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance on Monday, but not so easy to act like a king. "If we are going to change the nation we’re going to have to live like the king," he said. He believes America needs more people who are willing to be revolutionaries like Martin Luther King, "one of America’s greatest revolutionaries."

Why do some congregations in America grow and others decline? A recent survey measured several key factors on what’s causing churches to thrive and others to remain stunted.Congregations that are willing to change to meet new challenges experience greater growth than those less up to the challenge. According to the Faith Communities Today 2005 survey, 46 percent of congregations that said they "strongly agree" with willing to change experienced the highest level of attendance growth. Among those that said they "somewhat agree," 37 percent are growing strongly. And among those who disagree on any level, only 15 percent have the…

WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) — It is Friday, and “deep” in the heart of the Capitol, both figuratively and literally Chaplain Barry is holding court! “Chaplain Barry,” is the Reverend Barry C. Black, Chaplain of the United States Senate. Assembled in the small auditorium in the heart of the Capital are over 100 people and as usual “Chaplain Barry” has everybody, including me, laughing uncontrollably. Read more.

NEWS RELEASE Milwaukee, WI – The Hi-Mount Elementary School in the Milwaukee Public Schools District has removed its cap on the number of students who can attend after school Good News Clubs and has agreed to distribute permission slips in the same manner permitted other secular groups. Child Evangelism Fellowship, which sponsors the Good News Clubs, is represented by Liberty Counsel.

NEWS RELEASEMADISON — The Family Research Institute of Wisconsin issued the following statement regarding the Madison Common Council’s announcement that it will likely vote next Tuesday on a measure to allow city officials to protest Wisconsin’s Marriage Protection Amendment when taking the oath of office.

MADISON — The Department of Veterans Affairs’ increasing use of religion in treating ailing veterans does not violate the separation of church and state, a federal judge has ruled.U.S. District Judge John Shabaz dismissed a lawsuit by the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation and defended the agency’s practices in his decision Monday, saying religion can help patients heal and is legal when done on a voluntary basis.Read more.