Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Free Access to the NIV Bible Through New Mobile App & Book Giveaway!!!

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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the NIV, the world’s bestselling Bible, is being offered as a free mobile app for 2015!!! For the entire calendar year, Zondervan, partnered with Biblica and Tecarta, have created the NIV 50th Anniversary mobile app, which provides convenient, access to the world’s most read Bible, with just a swipe of the finger. Compatible with iOS and Android operating systems, the app provides valuable content in addition to the NIV Bible at no cost to the user.

Inside the app, users will have access to devotional and study notes from bestselling NIV Bibles. Stories and videos related to the 50^th anniversary are also featured for readers to learn more about the history and development of the NIV. Each quarter, new anniversary content will be made available and the campaign’s theme will change, highlighting another promise of the translation for its readers.

“The NIV was Made to Read from the beginning and still is today. There is no better way to kick off the theme than by offering the NIV for free for an entire year,” said John Kramp, SVP and Bible publisher for HarperCollins Christian Publishing. “Our intent is to make God’s Word easily accessible to millions through the launch of this mobile app.”

The NIV 50^th Anniversary mobile app is free and available here. For additional information on the NIV 50^th Anniversary, please visit www.thenivbible.com. Or, connect with the NIV Bible on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+.

Below is the video about the NIV 50th Anniversary…

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Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Atlanta Hostage Crisis Captured in New Movie Starring Selma’s David Oyelowo!

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This just in:

Paramount Pictures announced today that it has secured the worldwide distribution rights to “CAPTIVE,” starring David Oyelowo (“SELMA”) and Kate Mara (“FANTASTIC FOUR,” “House of Cards”). The studio will release the film on September 18, 2015.

Directed by veteran filmmaker Jerry Jameson, the film is based on the book Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero by Ashley Smith with Stacy Mattingly. The film’s screenplay is by Brian Bird.

“I was drawn to this story because it beautifully illustrates how a broken spirit can be healed by an unexpected source of hope. I feel blessed to be continuing my very fruitful relationship with Paramount,” said David Oyelowo.

Also starring Michael K Williams, Mimi Rogers, Jessica Oyelowo and Leonor Varela, the film was produced by Terry Botwick, Jerry Jameson, David Oyelowo and Ken Wales in addition to BN Films’ Alex Garcia, Lucas Akoskin and Katrina Wolfe. The executive producers are Santiago Garcia Galvan, BN’s Jonathan Gray, Elliott Lester, Ralph Winter and Bird. BN fully financed the picture.

Terry Botwick said, “In March of 2005 Ashley’s story captivated the nation on news outlets everywhere. Her story is thrilling and redemptive as God intersected the lives of two very broken people in the most dramatic way. It has been amazing getting to know Ashley and to be working with such fine actors. I’m so pleased to also be partnering with Paramount to bring this authentic encounter to a worldwide audience.”

“Jerry Jameson has done a fantastic job bringing to life Ashley Smith’s harrowing ordeal and miraculous redemption, and Kate Mara portrays her with phenomenal sensitivity and poignancy. Along with “Nightingale,” “Captive” also represents our second collaboration with the brilliantly talented David Oyelowo. We look forward to continuing this special relationship with David and believe that the film has found the perfect home at Paramount,” said Alex Garcia, President of AG Studios, the holding company of BN Films.

The film tells the dramatic, thrilling and spiritual true story of Ashley Smith (Mara), a single mother and recovering drug addict who was taken hostage in her own apartment by fugitive, murderer and accused rapist Brian Nichols (Oyelowo). With her back against the wall, Smith turned to the personal spiritual journey of Rick Warren’s best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life in an attempt to survive and help Brian find a better way out.

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Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Do Women Write Better Than Men?

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I admit it. I’m a female chauvinist when it comes to fiction. As women are the primary consumers of novels, I tend to believe that women can best write for women. However, I must say that I’m really quite impressed with Curtis Bunn’s novel “Homecoming Weekend: A Novel (Zane Presents)” which I am reading right now. He does an excellent job of characterizing the women in the book. I’m also a fan of Eric Jerome Dickey’s work. And we all know that Nicholas Sparks is a master at writing women’s fiction so there are some male authors that do write masterfully for female readers, but since this is National Women’s History Month, I thought I would pose the question, “Do Women Write Better Than Men?” The Grammarly infographic — which includes statistics based on a poll of more than 3,000 men and women about plot development, pronouns & determiners, characters and sentences — below answers this question…

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