Hollywood’s “year of the Bible movie” continues to drive sales at the box office in 2014. Four faith-based films have already earned more than $50 million each in ticket sales, according to Boxofficemojo.com. Those films—“Noah,” “Heaven is for Real,” “Son of God,” and “God’s Not Dead”—are among the top 20 grossing films of 2014.
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Keep “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, Say Most Americans
By Bob Smietana NASHVILLE, Tenn.—In 1954, the United States Congress added the words “under God” to the country’s Pledge of Allegiance. Sixty years later, most Americans would like to keep it that way, despite ongoing legal challenges to the pledge. A lawsuit filed against a New Jersey school district on March 28 contends that reciting […]
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Few Americans Have Qualms About Cremation
A growing number of Americans are taking “ashes to ashes, dust to dust” literally when they die. About 4 in 10 (41 percent) Americans say they plan to be cremated, according to a survey of 1,036 Americans from Nashville-based Lifeway Research.
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Lifeway Research: Pastors Believe Religious Liberty on Decline in U.S.
Americans have always had mixed feelings about religious liberty. Most say it’s important, but they don’t always agree how much liberty is enough or too much.
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Research: Racial Diversity at Church More Dream Than Reality
Having a racially diverse church remains more dream than reality for most Protestant pastors. More than eight in ten (85 percent) say every church should strive for racial diversity, according to a survey from Nashville-based Lifeway Research.
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Naming a Baby “Messiah” is Fine with Most Americans
Three out of four (74 percent) Americans say parents should be able to give their child religious names – including Messiah – according to a survey from Nashville-based Lifeway Research.
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