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Priscilla Shirer releases first book in five years, ‘I Surrender All’

“All to Jesus I surrender, all to Him I freely give … I surrender all.” The words of the old hymn are familiar to many, but do Christians today know what it means to live fully surrendered to Jesus? In her new book, Bible teacher, speaker and actor, Priscilla Shirer explores what surrender looks like in the life of regular people who want to follow Jesus with abandon in practical, everyday rhythms of their regular lives. Shirer’s first book in five years, “I Surrender All,” examines what it looks like for all of life to come underneath the rule and authority of Jesus Christ.
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Nominees released for 2024 Dove Awards

Brandon Lake leads the slate of nominees for the 2024 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards with 16 nominations, including Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and writing credits on four of the 10 songs nominated for Song of the Year. The GMA announced the nominees July 24.
National

Throat cancer fails to loosen his grip on God’s sovereignty

“Don’t feel sorry for me,” Ernest Easley writes in a new book. A feeding tube is how he gets nourishment. He struggles to speak. Diagnosed with malignant throat cancer in 1998, severe side effects from 44 radiation treatments still afflict the longtime pastor.
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Gibson trusts God’s purposes in journey from retirement to second Olympics

Disappointed in her performance at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, Alison Gibson said goodbye to the sport of diving for good. At least, that was her intention. But God had other plans for Gibson.
Faith

Sight & Sound to premiere their first ever LIVE broadcast into movie theaters nationwide

Broadcasting live from the Lancaster, PA stage on Friday, Aug. 30, "DANIEL — Live!" takes audiences on a journey alongside a faithful servant and his friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, as they face royal pressures and dangerous choices during their exile in the perilous kingdom of Babylon. The performance can be viewed at movie theaters nationwide for one weekend only, Aug. 30-Sept. 2.
Faith

Jesus film entirely in sign language is historic first for Deaf community

When Joseph Josselyn of “Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film” lost his hearing as a toddler, life became “a little painful at times” as he grew, accepted Jesus and worshipped God in the hearing world.
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Pathway contributing writers publish new books

Three Pathway contributing writers have released new books.
Missouri

Bumpers releases new book on Song of Solomon

The Missouri Baptist Convention, through its High Street Press imprint, has released a new resource for personal or group study titled Love, Romance & Marriage: A Journey through the Song of Solomon.
Faith

MBTS’s Chang releases collection of Spurgeon’s unpublished poems

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) celebrated last month the release of Christ Our All: Poems for the Christian Pilgrim (B&H Academic). Containing hundreds of Charles Spurgeon’s original poems, many of them previously unpublished, the volume was compiled by Geoffrey Chang, curator of the Spurgeon Library and assistant professor of Church history and historical theology at Midwestern Seminary.
Ethics

Policy from X (formerly Twitter) allows XXX content as platform struggles for users

Consensual adult content including nudity and sex is now OK on X, formalizing an unstated practice allowed when the social media platform was called Twitter.

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