A Bible that survived the sinking of the Titanic is now on display in East Tennessee, and it has ties to our area. You can see the book for a limited time at the Titanic Musuem Attraction in Pigeon Forge. The Bible’s owner was Reverend Robert J. Bateman. He was born in Bristol, England, in 1860. He came to Knoxville in the 1890’s, where he founded the People’s Tabernacle Church o... »
According to the Huffington Post on March 31, Darren Aronofsky’s new $100 million film “Noah” was released last Friday in 3,936 theaters to a huge wave of media attention. Google News lists over 1,400 stories about the film, and the internet movie database lists 2,217 articles. The movie had an impressive opening day of an estimated $44 million in ticket sales. There are no rock ... »
YOU’RE ‘NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE’: TEACHER REPORTEDLY CUTS OFF FIRST-GRADER’S CLASSROOM SPEECH An advocacy group is claiming that a teacher at California’s Helen Hunt-Jackson Elementary School showed undue hostility toward a first grader’s faith last month during a presentation about holiday traditions. According to a press release from Advocates For Faith & Freedom, Brynn Williams ... »
The mayor of a Texas city is raising some eyebrows after he officially declared 2014 the “year of the Bible.” MyFoxDFW.com reports Tom Hayden, the mayor of Flower Mound, made the declaration at a city council meeting last month. Hayden says he had considered making the declaration for two years because he wants his community to connect through the Bible, and finally decided to do so in 2014. ̶... »