By Michael Ireland

NASHVILLE, TN (ANS) -- Born in Iran, David Nasser is one of the nation's frontline Christian speakers in reaching the culture of 'Generation Next.' He speaks to more than 700,000 people each year through revivals, citywide rallies, camps and school assemblies.

This week, Nasser headlined at Camp Electric, billed by the nation's leading promoter of Christian-themed concerts cruises, and events, The Premier Group, as a cool summertime 'all access' invitation for young musicians, ages 13-18 to 'come rock' in Nashville with top Christian artists and musicians.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (Christian Newswire) -- Fourth of July is when Americans celebrate their freedom and gather for cook outs, parades and fireworks. It's also a time to honor our nation's troops.

Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's foremost Audio Bible ministry, is honoring America's military through the Military BibleStick project.

Proverbs 19:2 (NKJV)

"It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way."

Thought:

Everywhere we turn, it seems, we are faced with temptations to behave in ungodly ways. God's words instruct us to be disciplined in our thoughts and actions. God's Word warns us against the dangers of impulsive behavior.

By Michael Ireland

LANSING, MI (ANS) -- One of the most popular journalism contests in the nation is known as the Amy Writing Awards, presented by The Amy Foundation, founded in 1976 by W. James Russell and his wife Phyllis, and named after their daughter.

The Amy Writing Awards is a call to present biblical truth reinforced with scripture in secular, non-religious publications. First prize is $10,000 with a total of $34,000 given annually to the authors of the 15 award-winning articles.

UPDATE 07/02/09: See video and coverage of the press conference on The Oklahoman.

UPDATE: There is now a petition for a National Citizens' Proclamation for Morality, HERE. Also, Oklahomans who are not able to make it to the Courthouse on Thursday can sign the petition online HERE.

(Photo: OK State Rep. Sally Kern)

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The following proclamation, authored by OK State Rep. Sally Kern, will be signed by religious leaders, elected officials, and citizens of Oklahoma at noon on Thursday, July 2, 2009 on the steps of the Capitol in Oklahoma City (PRINT):

After years of managing his family's retirement assets, private investor Peter Casula Jr. divulges his secrets on beating the market.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Christian Newswire) -- Going against the grain in Wall Street can definitely pay off, as Peter Casula Jr. can attest: his portfolios have earned double digit returns since their inception in 2003 and ending in 2007. While the current state of the market has many individuals reluctant to invest, Casula views the upheaval as a window of opportunity, and is publishing his strategies for maintaining a secure investment portfolio in his first book Inter-Economic Market Allocation: How the Average Investor Can Beat the Market.

Bob Heath

TULSA, OK (Kids For Christ USA) -- In April 1997, while I was preparing to minister at a Church in the Tulsa area on the subject of: "Developing the Vision for Children's Ministry," God gave me a revelation of "The Kingdom of God." This revelation was one that would forever change my life. I had preached this message a number of times in the past, yet never had seen what the Holy Spirit brought to light that evening.

This revelation led me into a study of the Kingdom of God that lasted nearly two years. The method I have used to conduct this study of "the kingdom" is as follows: I have read only the words of Jesus in the Gospels, particularly those when He mentions the "Kingdom of God," or "Kingdom of Heaven." Everywhere I see "The Kingdom of God" or "The Kingdom of heaven" I look at that verse in the light of the model God showed me that evening.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Christian Newswire) -- The last several months have been a busy time for nearly everyone at Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), as the world's largest religious broadcaster has put the finishing touches on the shift to digital broadcasting for all 35 of its full- power TV stations in the United States. While that shift was officially completed on June 12th, when the federal government mandated the nationwide transition from analog to digital, TBN's engineers had actually been working diligently not only to keep the network ahead of the curve, but to enable the bulk of TBN's stations nationwide to multicast five of its most popular channels.

By Dan Wooding

LOS ANGELES, CA (ANS) -- Family advocate and Christian media scholar Dr. Ted Baehr, publisher of Movieguide®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment, announced today that a new three-year study of the Top 25 movies released in 2006-2008 earning the most money overseas shows that international moviegoers prefer movies with strong or very strong Christian, moral and/or redemptive content and values.

"This study is significant because it matches our annual study of the Top 25 Movies at the Box Office in America and Canada and the top home video sales annually," Dr. Baehr asserted, "and because Hollywood now makes more money overseas than it does in the United States."

Book Exposes Charles Darwin as The Man Who Separated God From Science

WASHINGTON, DC (Christian Newswire) -- Charles Darwin spent his life spreading the myth that anything scientific could not include God--a myth that has grown to define science for the last 150 years. Darwin believed everything could be explained through natural selection--without the help of a divine hand--so he deliberately left God out of his version of evolution, known as Darwinism. As Dr. Benjamin Wiker reveals in his new book The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin, it was in this moment that science and God could no longer peacefully coexist.