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"Full House" star Candace Cameron Bure boldly shared during ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" dance competition that her Christian faith has and will continue to dictate her decisions in dancing and clothing choices last week.

Grammy-winner TobyMac rocked the stage on Sunday with fellow Christian music's biggest stars Mandisa, Matthew West, Matt Maher, Brandon Heath, and Capital Kings in San Jose.

News of Pastor David Yonggi Cho's indictment has spread like wild fire among the global Christian communities, where followers of the disgraced South Korean megachurch pastor searched for an explanation on how did their spiritual leader became entangled in the crime of breach of trust and corruption, embezzling $12 million of church funds.

Did you come to know Christ through watching any of these films - Mel Gibson's "Passion of Christ," "Ben Hur," "The Jesus Film"? If you didn't, you've probably know of someone who did. On Feb. 26, hundreds of thousands of U.S. Christians will fill the seats in multiplex theaters, inviting their friends and neighbors to watch the 'Son of God' movie produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey.

After having waited for over half a century, Louis "Louie" Zamperini, the Torrance-native Olympian who raced before Adolf Hitler, survived a near-fatal plane crash and 47 days on a raft in open sea, and two years in Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, and found Christ at Billy Graham's evangelistic crusades, will finally get to see his life story brought to the big screens by director and Academy Award actress Angelina Jolie.

Most of you probably wondered why A&E's reality T.V. series Duck Dynasty has such high viewership, and you may say that it is Silas 'Uncle Si' Robertson's humor and/or many other ingredients combined. But 'Uncle Si' along with his brother Phil have emphasized that it is because of God that their show went all the way to the top.

By now, you should know who is Russell Wilson. By now, you should know which team won the Super Bowl XLVIII. For now, you should get to know who Wilson look up to throughout his life for inspiration and courage. For now, you should get to know who Jesus is. The Seattle Seahawks Christian quarterback said twice that "God is so good" - once immediately in the post game interview and another during his address upon receiving the prized Vince Lombardi Trophy.

In U.S. history, few speeches have so deeply impacted the listeners' lives than that of former civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His speech "I Have A Dream" resonated with the voices of the oppressed among the African-American communities and those who agree that racial segregation must end during the height of the civil rights movement and beyond.

With the NFL counting down to Super Bowl 2014, Seattle Seahawks is one of the four playoffs teams standing. For football fans who are Christians, they are either cheering for Seahawks, whose players - Russell Wilson, Chris Okung - are devout Christians - or they face a predicament of having to choose between their home team or Seattle to root for.

CUPERTINO, Calif. - A night of charity concert took place in the Silicon Valley where around 2,500 Chinese-Americans brought a can of food that will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Tasha Bradford kept her faith in the midst of tragic loss, including her newlywed husband Sylvester "Buck" Storey in a car accident; her injuries resulted in the removal of her right leg and the right side of her colon.

Shortly after his return from his last South America tour destination Paraguay, Vujicic posted on Facebook a picture of himself and his son both wearing pink, which drew over 700,000 likes among his 1.9 million followers within eight hours.

A body of a seven-year-old boy in India was retrieved from a pond last week, revealing horrific details of torture; past threats and persecutions of the family for their Christian faith indicate that the boy was targeted.

Christian entrepreneur Cher Wang, chairwoman of Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC, was attending the 2013 APEC Women's Entrepreneurship Summit (WES) and was interviewed by Mainland's media. She re-emphasized on the strength of innovation for contributing to society. She also looked forward to the eternal life in heaven and expressed that it would be a beautiful place to rest.

A storm system of more than 80 tornadoes swept through six states in the midwest region of America, where 250-500 houses in the worst hit area were bull-dozed and completed wrecked by the storm. At least eight people were killed.

"Heaven is for Real" official movie trailer has been released on Thursday. The movie is based on a true account of a Nebraska pastor's son insisting that he's visited heaven.

The official trailer of Hollywood's "Noah" film has been released Thursday, offering footages of possibly another box-office prophet film in the lines of Cecile B. Demille's "The Ten Commandments" and the recent Mark Burnett's "The Bible" miniseries aired on the History Channel.

Duck Dynasty's Sadie Robertson posted Tuesday on Facebook a picture of herself wearing a red dress from Sherri Hill Line of prom dresses in the Louisiana swamp. The prom dress, including ones that she modeled in at the Sherri Hill's New York Fashion Week on Sept. 9th, is part of her effort to create a clothing line that promotes modesty, a biblical value and a matter of heart that are increasingly unfamiliar in today's fashion trends.

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Christians in the United States are making immediate responses to help alleviate the pains and sufferings of the survivors in the eastern-central Philippines that are hit hard by the strongest storm ever recorded.

Jeremy Lin thanked God for Monday's night 110-104 double overtime win over Toronto Raptors, in which he scored 31 points off the bench. He has scored more points in all but his two 38-point games during his seven-game winning streak with the New York Knicks during the outbreak of "Linsanity."

"America's Pastor" Billy Graham will be reaching out beginning on his 95th birthday with the cooperation of over 28,000 churches in America, who will invite people into their homes and congregation, with a television and web broadcast program entitled "The Cross" from Nov. 7-10. Amid frail health, the evangelist acknowledged that this may be his last message to the nation.

Over 28,000 churches across the United States will tune in to Billy Graham's My Hope America video program from Nov. 7-10th. Besides the churches, individual Christians are making preparations to open up their homes, or another gathering place, to invite neighbors to watch the 30-minute video.

Soul Surfer's Bethany Hamilton continues to be an inspiration even after ten years from a life-and-death encounter after a shark-attack, which bite off her left arm. In spite of her loss, her ever-increasing passions for God and surfing have enabled her to give the message of hope in Christ to countless lives.

A memorial service celebrating the life of one of the most influential pastors in much of evangelical Christianity was held Sunday night in Honda Center Arena in Southern California, where about 13,000 people crowded the event and more tuned in through live broadcasting online and radio to pay tribute to the father of the "Jesus movement" in the 1970s.

About little less than three years ago, nobody really knew who Asian-American Christian basketball player Jeremy Lin was. Yet, his meteoric rise-to-fame story 'Linsanity' has inspired countless Asian-Americans and those in Asia to not give up in the pursuit of their dreams. While many professional sports player have limited their influence to on the court, Lin has continued to exude his positive influences both on and off the courts even to those working besides him.