• Christian Film 'Freedom' Depicting John Newton's Amazing Grace Releases, Ranks 4th Highest Budget after 'Passion of Christ'

  A Christian film about John Newton’s role in the slave trade and the abolition movement is expected to be released in Australia and New Zealand next week. “Freedom” stars Cuba Gooding, Jr, who plays a slave fleeing to Canada via the Underground Railroad while being pursued by vicious slave hunters.

  

• ISIS Threatens to Bring United States Under Islamic Rule

  The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, which has been killing Christians and others who refuse to convert to Islam, has threatened to conquer the United States in the name of Allah.

  

• Fan Appreciation Week Day 4: Getting to Know Jeremy Lin on Facebook Q&A

  Throughout the week, NBA star Jeremy Lin has been hosting contests and interacting with his fans around the globe in an effort to thank them for all of their support throughout the years. The new Los Angeles Lakers addition did a Facebook Q-and-A for an hour Thursday evening for Day Four of Fan Appreciation Week and encouraged participants to ask creative and unique questions.

• Fan Appreciation Week Day Three: Jeremy Lin Dunks on His Mom

  On day three of Jeremy Lin’s Fan Appreciation Week, the NBA star challenged fans to create a “Dunk Cam” video. While Lin has yet to name a winner, his own #JLinDunkCam video has gone viral on social media.

• Nine Reasons Why John Piper Disagrees with Nicolas Cage's 'Left Behind' Movie's View of Rapture

  Christian author and retired pastor John Piper expressed his respectful disagreement with the pre-tribulational rapture viewpoint, which is depicted in “Left Behind,” Nicolas Cage’s upcoming movie release - “Left Behind? Nine reasons Christians will not be taken from the world before the Final Tribulation,” the theologian tweeted Tuesday.