Dena Ross: August 2008 Archives

In this hilarious montage of clips from an episode of "The Office," Dwight, played by Rainn Wilson, uses the Amish technique of shunning (other religions have versions of shunning as well), against a co-worker, Andy. Watch the video below.

As you may have already heard from Gospel Soundcheck blogger Joanne Brokaw, pastor and Planetshakers band member Michael Guglielmucci, recently confessed to lying about battling terminal leukemia, duping his congregation, fans, and most shockingly, his wife and family.

According to Australia's Herald Sun, "The deception included conducting performances with an oxygen tube in his nose and telling audiences he had broken bones and other unexplained symptoms."

Guglielmucci claims guilt stemming from his addiction to pornography actually created physical symptoms that included loss of hair and vomiting, which made it easy to keep his lie going.

Unfortunately, Guglielmucci isn't the first Christian music star to confess to a porn addiction. Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin confessed a few years ago to stuggling with an addiction to porn since he was 8-years-old.

Author and megachurch pastor Lee Strobel wasn't always such a high profile Christian--he was actually a spiritual skeptic until the early 80s. However, after interviewing dozens of scientists for his books "The Case for Christ," "The Case for a Creator," and "The Case for Faith," Strobel concludes that the latest evidence points to God as the creator of the universe.

On September 2nd, the DVD version of "The Case for Faith" will hit stores. But, you don't have to wait to secure your copy. Beliefnet has 10 copies to give away.

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Post a comment below by September 5th answering the question: "Was there ever a time when you had doubts about your faith? What happened?"

Make sure you include your email address in the designated area (it won't be made public). The 10 best responses--based on the judgment of the Idol Chatter editors--will win a copy opf the DVD.

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"Save Me" stars 80s child star Chad Allen as a drug addicted man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry by his family. The ministry, led by a woman named Gayle (played by Judith Light), can "help cure young men of their 'gay affliction' through spiritual guidance." Although the movie debuted at last year's Sundance Film Festival, it is being featured in limited release in theaters starting September 5. Click below to watch the trailer (but be warned, the first scene is graphic).

At the end of every year, Beliefnet selects, with help from our readers, a group of 10 individuals who have made a difference in the world for our Most Inspiring Person of the Year Award. Nominees include celebrities who use their high profile positions to raise awareness for a cause and ordinary people who've done something extraordinary.

Among last years nominees were actors Don Cheadle, for bringing awareness to the atrocities in Darfur, and Angelina Jolie for her work as an advocate for children of war, as well as ordinary heroes like Wesley Autrey, a New Yorker who saved a man who had fallen in the path of an oncoming subway train and Maj. Scott Southworth, a soldier who adopted a handicapped Iraqi orphan.

Last year's winner, Liviu Librescu, was a professor at Virginia Tech who died saving his students from a gunman.

We want to know your thoughts for who should include in this year's feature. Please nominate your picks for the Most Inspiring Person of the Year in our discussion board area or the comments box below.

Christian pop star and author Rebecca St. James has a long history of promoting chastity, and modesty, in young women of faith. Her latest book, "Pure: A 90-Day Devotional for the Mind, the Body & the Spirit" will be...

If you're like Gospel Soundcheck's Joanne Brokaw, you may be conflicted about the hottest boy band of the moment, the Jonas Brothers. In her post, "5 Things I Hate About the Jonas Brothers," Brokaw talks about the "bigger than oxygen"...

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Relient K is one of the few bands that have managed to crossover to mainstream radio after bring introduced and popularized on Christian radio. Their albums, 2004's "Mmhmm" and 2007's "Five Score and Seven Years Ago," each debuted in the...