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Max Lucado seems ready to talk about his new book “God Never Gives Up on You” and how it has played out in his own life. In a sit-down interview with Christian Headlines, Lucado said that he would be a lost sinner without God's love and grace. In his new book, Lucado reveals his struggle with a demanding schedule, which drove him to drink alcohol. Lucado also reveals in the book how God didn’t give up on him even while trying to hide his sin. It led him to study the life of Jacob, the main Biblical character the book explores. Lucado believes we have more in common with Jacob than we realize. Yet God has still chosen to use us anyway.

While walking her dog one morning in 2019, author and Raised to Stay ministry founder Natalie Runion felt God calling her to write a book. At the time, Runion was disillusioned with the church and questioning if she should stay.

August 28, 1963, will go down, for many, as the day the nation woke up to the idea of a world where racial equality could exist. It’s a day that Ambassador Andrew Young will never forget. Young, who at the time was a young man, knew that he had an assignment to do. His job was to make sure that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was protected and served well. In an exclusive interview with Christian Headlines, Ambassador Young and his mentee, John Hope Bryant, the president, and founder of Operation Hope, reflect on the importance and impact of the March on Washington. They also discuss how essential mentorship is in moving the country forward.

“I remember the day clearly, along with how it came about,” Young said as he reflected on the March on Washington and the racial strife that led to the historic day.

Young recalled that Dr. King almost didn’t give his famous “I Have a Dream” speech because some of the leaders of the March thought he was too young. “Dr. King didn’t give his speech until late that day,” Young said.

The man who inspired the new film about a boy who overcame a physical handicap to play professional baseball says his Christian faith gave him strength and guidance.

Rickey Hill’s incredible story is the subject of the new movie The Hill (PG), which follows Hill as he grows up in rural Texas wearing leg braces due to a degenerative spinal disease but nevertheless develops an uncanny ability to hit a baseball. Hill wants to play pro ball, despite opposition from his Baptist pastor father and bullying from other kids who consider him an unathletic “robot.”

Hill played professional baseball in the 1970s.

Are aliens real? Do UFOs really exist? These questions, once relegated to the confines of conspiratorial enterprises, are now legitimately being pondered among some scientists, academics — and even in the halls of Congress. It’s an issue Dr. Hugh Ross, an astrophysicist and apologist, has long researched and explored.

“I became a UFO expert, but not on purpose,” he recently told “Billy Hallowell’s Playing With Fire” podcast. “I was an amateur astronomer before I became a professional astronomer.”

Ross eventually found himself handling UFO reports at universities, exploring claims people made about aliens and unidentified phenomena. And he came to some fascinating conclusions.

Greg Locke is the founder and lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Over the years, Locke has stirred controversy, making headlines for his book burnings, controversial views on OCD and Autism, and his adamant political views.

Recently, however, Locke told his congregation that he is deleting all of his sensationalized interviews, sermons and posts from his Facebook page. The decision, he said, came when he was struck by the need to "reach people for Jesus with humble hearts."

Locke recently spoke to Christian Headlines about his journey to making this decision.

The visionary behind a massive prayer-themed monument that will be taller than the Statue of Liberty and longer than a football field says he wants to proclaim “the deeds of the Lord” to a world that often is skeptical of religion.

Mark Batterson, the pastor of National Community Church, the largest church in our nation's capital, recently spoke to Christian Headlines about his newest book, Please, Sorry, and Thank You. Batterson says the book reflects the societal struggle to communicate clearly with one another.

Justin Gaston, a singer and actor who is best known for his appearance in NBC’s Nashville Star and in CBS’ The Young and the Restless, says his two daughters have helped deepen his Christian faith and taught him more about God’s love.

Church history often gets overlooked in the children’s book genre, yet a new series is seeking to change that – beginning with a book on 20th-century hero Dietrich Bonhoeffer.