• David Platt to Host Seminar in Middle East: Follow Me - the Cost of Discipleship

  David Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Alabama and best-selling author, will host a free simulcast from the Middle East on the cost of discipleship. He released “Follow Me: A Call to Die, A Call to Live” in February, a book which portrays the all-consuming call of Christ for His disciples to follow Him (see Matthew 16:24-25).

• Dwyane Wade to Dads: 'Children is Your Life's Greatest Rewards'

  Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has been praised for his efforts to raise his two sons as a single father, an opportunity which he says is the most significant one he will ever undertake. He released “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball” in September 2012, and hopes that his book will inspire other fathers to become more involved in their children’s lives.

  

• Desmond Tutu’s Heretical Comments on Same-Sex Unions

  Former South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has made several comments in support of same-sex unions, which rail against the word of God. At a gay rights campaign in South Africa, he said, “I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven … I mean I would much rather go to the other place… I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this.”

  

• Franklin Graham: Saeed Abedini's Imprisonment Ignored by Obama Administration

  Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, recently spoke out against the imprisonment of Saeed Abedini, the American pastor who has been sentenced to eight years in an Iranian prison because of his Christian faith. Graham said that the Obama Administration has not done enough to help free this U.S. citizen, and asked that the United States government demand that Saeed be released.

  

• Cardinal Dolan: Pope Francis’ Comments on Gays Did Not Indicate Church Doctrine Change

  New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has taken steps to clarify that Pope Francis’ comments about a “gay lobby” in the Vatican have been misunderstood by gay-rights activists who claim that he made steps toward endorsing homosexual practice. When read in context, he said, the Pope was not deviating from the Catholic church’s stance on homosexual practice; rather, he was alluding to the grace that is available to those who struggle with same-sex attraction.