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Carrie Fisher And God: The Star Wars Actress Loved The Idea But Never Followed Her Born-Again Brother

Despite her personal struggles, religion had little appeal to Fisher.

Nicole Scherzinger Only Accepted Dirty Dancing Role After Her Family Prayed About It Because Of Their Strong Pro-Life Views

Nicole Scherzinger has described how she nearly rejected her role in ABC's remake of Dirty Dancing because her family is so strongly pro-life.

Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Has Died

Actor Carrie Fisher, who portrayed Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, has died aged 60.

Top 10 Books Of 2016 And 10 More To Read In 2017

Krish Kandiah offers a list that he hopes will inspire you to read more widely and deeply in 2017.

The Christian Themes In 2016's Biggest Films: Part 2

Following on from part one, here's six more months of the year's biggest movies, and just a few of the places where God or theology showed up, unexpectedly or otherwise.

Songs Of The Year #2: 'Seven Years' By Lukas Graham

It's not every day that a megahit pop song wrestles with the meaning of life itself.

Atheists And Christians Tweet #ImWithJustinWelby After Nigel Farage Attacks ABC's Christmas Message

The Christian Themes In 2016's Biggest Movies: Part 1

Among a fair amount of mediocrity, there have been some truly wonderful cinematic moments, and also plenty of films which have either subtly or explicitly addressed ideas of faith and theology.

Songs of The Year #1: 'Cake By The Ocean' By DNCE

The back story to Cake by the Ocean can be understood as a microcosm of the interaction between Christianity and sexuality and so it is worth taking a closer look.

Singer George Michael Dies At 53

British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham! and then forged a career as a successful solo artist with sometimes sexually provocative lyrics, died at his home in England on Christmas Day.

'Bringing Up Bates' Star Kelly Jo Bates Shares Her Family's Christmas Traditions

Christian couple Gil and Kelly Jo Bates of "Bringing Up Bates" have 19 children together, so every time the Christmas season rolls about, they have a full house filled with lots of love, laughter and celebration.

Rory Feek Reveals Wife Joey Initially Didn't Want to Have a Baby, But Trusted God's Will in the End

Christian country singer Rory Feek recently revealed that his late wife Joey initially did not want to have a baby. In their 14 years of marriage, Rory said having a baby was actually the only thing they ever argued about.

Lecrae, After Trip to Egypt, Realises That 'God Isn't Overwhelmed With America's Problems'

From out of the blue, popular Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae says he has found a new hope for America after realising that "God isn't overwhelmed with America's problems."

Passengers: A Dangerous Film With A Cheap Version Of Redemption

Passengers is actually a story about forced consent, writes Martin Saunders.

Kevin Sorbo Working on New Film About an Atheist Turning to Christ

Christian actor Kevin Sorbo is collaborating with his wife Sam and Fox News commentator Sean Hannity in creating a new faith-based film called "Let There Be Light," which is based on the conversion of an atheist to Christianity after going through a near-death experience.

Jill Duggar Says Son Israel David Will Be a Great Big Brother, But Says He Has to Learn How to Be Gentle With Babies

Jill and Derick Dillard from "Counting On" are overjoyed since they are expecting their second child, and the Christian couple believes their 20-month-old son Israel David is going to make an amazing big brother.