SPIRITUALLY SUSTAINING
RELEVANT Magazine is an engaging online and print publication focusing on God, life, and progressive culture. Relevant is known for great music, book and movie reviews as well as fantastic writing and their willingness to address issues other Christian publications won't touch.
COLLIDE is a magazine for church leaders who use media and technology to communicate Truth. COLLIDE explores ideas, trends, and resources in visual media, music, technology, and the Web.
3. Urban Faith
UrbanFaith.com is an online magazine featuring Christian commentary, culture, and conversation from a wide range of multicultural voices.
4. Q Ideas
Q educates church and cultural leaders on their role and opportunity to embody the Gospel in public life. We believe that exposure to old and new ideas is the best way to stimulate imagination for ways the Gospel can be expressed within our cultural context.
McLean Bible Church was founded in 1961 when five families came together to form a non-denominational church where the Bible would be taught. Pastor J. Albert Ford was the first pastor of McLean Bible Church. For three years the church met in homes, schools, and other facilities until it finally got a building of its own in 1964. In 1964 the church moved into its first facility. Here the church would remain for almost two decades. Alan Gardner was pastor of the church from 1971-1979 and in 1975 Lon Solomon first came to McLean Bible Church as an intern under Gardner.
LifeChurch.tv is a group of people from all walks of life who are being transformed by Jesus Christ. Every week, we join together around the world to worship God and to experience a relevant and powerful message, which teaches truths from the Bible. We are passionate about sharing the love of Christ by caring for each other and positively impacting our communities. Through satellite broadcasts that enable all of our twelve locations to be connected as one, LifeChurch.tv is a multi-site church that transcends metropolitan regions. The mission of LifeChurch.tv is to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. This is the foundation for everything we do and has been the basis of our ministry from the beginning.
Swerve.lifechurch.tv is the leadership blog of LifeChurch.tv, written by Craig Groeschel, Senior Pastor, and Bobby Gruenewald, Pastor, Innovation Leader. Swerve's purpose is to share and learn from leaders who are passionate about reaching this world for Christ.
The Resurgence is a reformed, complementarian, missional movement that trains missional leaders to serve the Church to transform cultures for Christ.
8. Jon Merritt
Jonathan is a faith and culture writer who has published over 150 articles in respected outlets such as USA Today, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Post's "On Faith," BeliefNet, Christianity Today, and CNN.com. He is author of Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet (2010), which Publisher's Weekly called "a must-read for churchgoers." As a respected Christian voice, he has been interviewed by ABC World News, NPR, PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Fox News, The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Mark was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, did a short stint in Wisconsin where he became a cheese head, and grew up in Naperville, Illinois. Mark went to the University of Chicago on a basketball scholarship and majored in pre-law. After a prayer walk through a cow pasture in 1989, he felt called to full time ministry and ended up at Central Bible College. That's the short story. Mark also has two masters degrees from Trinity International University. He is the author of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and Wild Goose Chase. And most importantly, he is still the undisputed wrestling champion of the Batterson family.
Francis Chan is pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California. He is also the founder of Eternity Bible College and sits on the board of directors of Children's Hunger Fund and World Impact. Francis spends much of his time speaking to students around the country, committed to teaching directly from the Bible. His passion is to see the church display a much deeper love for Jesus. Francis lives in California with his wife, Lisa, and their four children.
11. Skyler Goodman
Skyler and Amy are the Lead Pastors of Northwest Family Church and are the parents of two beautiful children. They both have a passion to walk with people through life and reach them for Christ. Together they lead NFC along with a great team to helping people find their place in God's story. They are passionate about equipping people and helping them discover God's purpose for their lives.
Christianity Today magazine, provided by ChristianityToday.com, provides evangelical thought leaders a sense of community, coherence, and direction through thoughtful, biblical commentary on issues and through careful, caring reporting of the news.
Charisma is the flagship magazine of Strang Communications. For more than 30 years, it has been a trusted source of news, teaching and inspiration to help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
14. Guideposts
Inspiring Stories, Inspiring People, Inspiring You
A guidepost points you in the right direction and helps you reach your true potential.
15. Kyria
Kyria.com is a resource of Leadership Journal and Christianity Today International. Its mission is to equip women to use their gifts, take responsibility for their spiritual formation and the discipleship of others, and to fulfill the work God has called them to--through the power of his life-transforming and life-sustaining Spirit.
16. SOJOURNERS
Our mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world.
BreakPoint is the worldview ministry of Prison Fellowship Ministries. Our mission is to seek the transformation of believers as they apply biblical thinking to all of life, enabling them to transform their communities through the grace and truth of Jesus Christ. BreakPoint provides a Christian perspective on today's news and trends via radio, interactive media, and print.
18. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA)
BGEA exsists to support and extend the evangelistic calling and ministries of Billy and Franklin Graham by proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all we can by every effective means available and by equipping others to do the same.
19. Rick Warren
Dr. Rick Warren is passionate about attacking what he calls the five "Global Goliaths" - spiritual emptiness, egocentric leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic disease, and illiteracy/poor education. His goal is a second Reformation by restoring responsibility in people, credibility in churches, and civility in culture. He is a pastor, global strategist, theologian, and philanthropist. He's been often named "America's most influential spiritual leader" and "America's Pastor."
20. Desiring God
God-centered resources from the ministry of John Piper.
21. Crosswalk
The Intersection of Faith and Life
22. Leading Smart
Practical stuff for church leaders.
To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
THE NEVER-ENDING NEWS CYCLE
A conversation about religion, spirituality & ethics
On Faith is an innovative, provocative conversation on all aspects of religion with best selling author Jon Meacham of Newsweek and Sally Quinn of The Washington Post.
RNS' first priority is to provide intelligent, objective coverage of all religions-Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Asian religions and private spirituality. RNS also provides commentary from a diverse array of all points of the political and theological spectrum.
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851.
5. Politico
Nobody knows politics like POLITICO.
6. USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth.USA Today remains the widest circulated print newspaper in the United States. USA Today is distributed in all fifty states, Canada, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
7. MSNBC (We love Morning Joe!)
One of the most honored news organizations online, MSNBC.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. MSNBC.com reaches more people than any of the national daily newspapers.
"Morning Joe" features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians and in-depth analysis of the day's biggest stories. (Check out a selection of our Morning Joe music).
Breaking news and analysis from TIME.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science and entertainment news.
9. Telegraph UK
Telegraph.co.uk is the online version of The Daily Telegraph newspaper. It includes the articles from the print editions of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph as well as web-only content such as breaking news, features, picture galleries and blogs. It was named UK Consumer Website of the Year in 2007 and 2009 by the Association of Online Publishers.
10. RIA Novosti
Russian Information Agency Novosti (RIA Novosti) is a Russian state-owned news agency based in the capital Moscow. The agency publishes news and information about social-political, economic, scientific and financial subjects on the Internet and via e-mail in the main European languages and in Arabic.
MEN, WOMEN, & LIFE
1. Stuff Christians Like (We like Jon Acuff)
Does the stuff we like, ever get in the way of the God we love? That's the question Stuff Christians Like is all about.
It's also about booty, God, booty.
And surviving church as a single adult.
And knowing how metrosexual your worship leader is.
And how serious, a serious Wednesday can be.
And hilarious/insightful comments from readers around the world.
And how laughter is a gift from God and when we refuse to accept it, it makes Him want to take it back. Like the unicorns.
The Christianity Today women's blog provides news and analysis from the perspective of evangelical women. We cover news stories and books related to international justice and evangelism, pregnancy and sexual ethics, marriage, parenting, and celibacy, pop culture, health and body image, raising girls, and women in the church and parachurch.
New Man Magazine is designed for Christian men who want fast, useful and bottom line information. You'll meet some of the biggest names in sports, business and entertainment and see how their faith in Jesus Christ has impacted their lives. Read about real men who have overcome adversity, found adventure, and stood strong in their faith. Receive biblical perspectives from Christian leaders, practical advice about marriage, parenting, work, health, fitness, sex, God and every aspect of life!
4. Sorted
Launched by the team that brought you the hugely successful and award winning, Son newspaper, Sorted is a good, wholesome alternative for blokes. "Down to earth, real, 'un-religious' - that's why Sorted has helped my Christian faith so much!" - Bear Grylls
Just Between Us is a magazine for Christian Women with a heart for ministry offering encouragement, inspiration, spiritual support, and practical advice.
GEN Y
The official definition of the 'rebelution' is "a teenage rebellion against low expectations." When you look around today, our culture does not expect much of us young people. We are not only expected to do very little that is wise or good, but we're expected to do the opposite. Our media-saturated youth culture is constantly reinforcing lower and lower standards and expectations. The word 'rebelution' is a combination of the words "rebellion" and "revolution." So it carries a sense of an uprising against social norms. But in this case, it's not a rebellion against God-established authority, but against the low expectations of our society. It's a refusal to be defined by our ungodly, rebellious, and apathetic culture. Actually, we like to think of it as rebelling against rebellion.
Risen Magazine is a faith-based publication, focusing primarily on spiritual matters. Coming from a Christian, Biblical perspective, Risen begins on the deep end and moves out. We ask the questions nobody else does, interviewing everyone from the quiet heroes populating our nation, to some of the world's biggest celebrities. While others concentrate on a person's habits and fashion sense, we look beyond all that. Or, as we say, we concentrate on the soul, not the shoe.
3. Ransom
Ransom is a movement, a longing for eternal change. Ransom is you, me, our friends and even our enemies. This is our place to grow and learn more about what it means to live a life with Jesus. It's all of us in this life together, living and breathing as a community.
4. Josh Harris
I'm a follower of Jesus Christ. I live in Gaithersburg, Maryland, with an amazing wife and three wacky, fun kids. I'm a pastor at Covenant Life Church. I'm also a writer.
5. Jaeson Ma
Once a hip-hop rapper, 29-year-old Jaeson Ma ran with an Asian gang as a teen before accepting Christ. His conversion led to a career as a pastor, church planter and author before he returned to music. Ma had a hit single, "Love," last fall and this year will release a new album, Glory. He recently launched into filmmaking with 1040, a documentary meant to educate and inspire the world about what God is doing in China. The film tells stories of faith, hope and love from across the most populous nation of the world. "Most Westerners do not know that the greatest move of God is happening in Asia right now ... with over 37,000 coming to faith daily. In Asia, 1040 highlights how faith is not so much what we believe but how we behave."
SPORTS
A community where NFL fans can participate in an ongoing discussion about the latest news from the gridiron.
Bringin' the buzz on sports
The Foundation will utilize the public platform that God has given to Tim Tebow-through media, publishing, speaking engagements, special events, and mission trips--to inspire friends and supporters to work with the Foundation as a team in helping to make a difference.
4. Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Strength and Uncommon. He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American coach. Dungy established another NFL first by leading his teams to the playoffs for ten consecutive years. He retired from coaching in 2008 and now serves as an analyst for NBC's Football Night in America. He and his wife, Lauren, are the parents of seven children.
5. Joe Gibbs
Serving others through Christian ministry has always been close to Joe Gibbs' heart and in 1986 he helped found Youth for Tomorrow, a youth home, private school, and counseling center for at-risk teenage girls and boys in the Washington metropolitan area. More than 650 young people have been touched by the center.
6. Shaun White
Shaun White is many things but most notably he's driven. He holds many of the highest accolades within snowboarding and skateboarding, and at 23, he's only getting started. An X Games double threat with medals in both snowboarding and skateboarding, as well as a gold medal from the 2006 Winter Olympics, Shaun White possesses insane skills and instantly recognizable looks. This amazing combination has made him one of the most recognizable sports figures of his time.
Bethany Meilani Hamilton is an American surfer. She is known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the serious and debilitating injury to return to surfing with her strong faith in God.
Check out TrueHoop, our daily NBA blog.
9. Rory McIlroy
Teen prodigy Rory McIlroy has set the European Tour alight since turning pro on 18th September 2007. Hard-hitting Rory was always destined to become a professional golfer since the moment he recorded a 40-yard drive aged just two-years-old. His first hole in one came when he was just nine and he played in his first professional European Tour event as a 16-year-old in 2005 at The Forest of Arden.
10. Rafael Nadal
Nadal has won six Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, 17 ATP Masters Series tournaments and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004 and 2009. His success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay".
The official site of the international governing body of football with news, national associations, competitions, results, fixtures and more.
12. Argentina's National Football Team (We love the greatest soccer team in the world.)
The Argentina national football team is the national association football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Argentina has won the most international titles by any national team (19), a record shared with Uruguay.
MOVIES, MUSIC & MORE
1. CCM Magazine
CCM Magazine covers everything you need to stay up-to-date in the contemporary Christian music world. It is available online only now offering a free weekly email newsletter. You can also listen to music, read reviews, visit their forums, get tour and concert information, study special artist features and shop for Christian music.
2. Plugged In
Plugged In Online is a Focus on the Family publication designed to shine a light on the world of popular entertainment while giving families the essential tools they need to understand, navigate and impact the culture in which they live. Through our reviews, articles and discussions, we hope to spark intellectual thought, spiritual growth and a desire to follow the command of Colossians 2:8: "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ."
Movies, TV, Music & More
4. Wing Clips
Movie clips that illustrate and inspire
5. Filmonic
Filmonic.com is a movie blog that covers a wide range of movies (although we do have a strict no 'chick flick' or 'rom com' policy). The site was born back in November 2007 and has been updated on a regular basis ever since, which apparently people like as over 2 million people visited Filmonic in 2009. Filmonic is also ranked in the top 45,000 websites on the net by Alexa.
6. IMDB
The biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet.
7. The One Ring
Founded in 1999 by a group of like-minded Tolkien fans so anxious for the coming Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings films that they were gathering up every scrap of production information to be found, TheOneRing.net continues today in bringing fans the latest news on the beloved figures involved in the making of the wildly popular Lord of the Rings movies as well as the newest information available on upcoming productions, Tolkien-centered events, new publications, and fan gatherings.
8. MARVEL Movies (We marvel at MARVEL'S heroes.)
Official Marvel movie, TV, and DVD news, interviews, trailers, videos, and more, from Spider-Man to Iron Man to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and more.
Movies, Magic & More!
10. Narnia Fans
NarniaFans.com was created in 2003, with the intent to not only share the Gospel, but also to bring fans together, and report all the latest news on the worlds of C.S. Lewis. With such features as NarniaFansCast: our weekly Podcast discussing Narnia topics in-depth; and a Mailbag that answers questions from around the world. The Dancing Lawn is our discussion forum with thousands of friendly members, and a family-friendly atmosphere. Our outstanding moderators are there to help, and make up much of the incredible creative team that helps NarniaFans stand out as a leader in the Narnia World.
Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer is an American film and television producer. He has achieved great success in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Many of his films were produced by Paramount and Disney, while many of his television series were co-produced by Warner Bros.
12. CMSpin
Christian Music Spin (CMSpin) is a website created to provide quality Christian music news content for the Internet by allowing other web sites to syndicate its news. Through content syndication, we reach over 300,000 unique visitors each month. CMSpin also has CD Reviews, artist profiles, new release information, testimonies, interviews as well as the best in Internet radio and new release information.
13. TOBYMAC
TobyMac ranks among the most successful artists in Christian music history in terms of radio success, sales power and critical acclaim.
14. Paramore
The combination of musical energy between brothers and Hayley's bold charisma earned them instant attention, particularly from Florida indie Fueled by Ramen, who signed the band and put them to work recording their debut. Says Hayley, "Some of our favorite bands are on Fueled by Ramen. We knew that they would know exactly how to carry out the vision for our band and music." Paramore went into the studio with producers James Wisner (Dashboard Confessional, Further Seems Forever, Underoath) and Mike Green (Yellowcard, The Black Maria) and blew them away with their sincerity and enthusiasm.
15. Owl City
Hello, my name is Adam.
I prefer daydreams over reality.
Music is my muse.
I write and record in my basement.
I have trouble sleeping.
These songs are all I have to show for my sleepless nights.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed creating them.
It means the world to know someone is out there listening.
You have no idea how much I appreciate you.
Thank you.
FOR THE FUN OF LIFE
1. Bear Grylls
Bear is a man who has always loved adventure. After breaking his back in three places in a parachuting accident, he fought his way to recovery, and two years later entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, aged only 23. He has since led ground-breaking expeditions across the world.
2. Poptropica
The Poptropica Creators' Blog: a creative journal from the makers of Poptropica.
3. Starbucks
Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,133 stores in 49 countries, including 11,068 in the United States, nearly 1,000 in Canada and more than 800 in Japan. Can't live without it.
CREATIVITY, INGENUITY, & GENIUS
Founded in September 2006, Smashing Magazine delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers. Our aim is to inform our readers about the latest trends and techniques in Web development. We try to convince you not with the quantity but with the quality of the information we present. We hope that makes us different. Smashing Magazine is, and always has been, independent.
2. VladStudio (Vlad is the greatest digital artist ever.)
Vladstudio is the project of Russian digital artist Vlad Gerasimov. In 1998 I started to design user interfaces for web sites and software applications. However, when I had some free time, I created desktop wallpapers. Over the time, this hobby has grown into business, and today I enjoy full-time self-employment, creating wallpapers for your computers and mobile devices. I love what I do, and I am happy that many people around the world love it, too!
3. Yipori
Yipori is made by Chris Alexander, an euthusatic illustrator and web developer based in Cirencester in the Cotswolds. He has a passion for creating cute (very cute) and happy characters with a defendant 'kawaii' slant.
4. Abduzeedo
Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. Of course there are other softwares conteplated like Pixelmator, Fireworks, and web design tutorials.
Features a gallery of selected Web designs updated weekly, design resources and articles.
Most people find that true creativity isn't a constant presence in their lives, no matter how much you fool yourself into thinking that. We'd like to introduce you to Fuel Your Creativity. This gem is the place to turn to when you're having one of your "I'm-going-to-implode-if-I-don't-get-an-idea-soon" moments. Don't lie. You know you have them. Check us out when you need some inspiration. We have some pretty cool articles and even cooler links to various sites that will keep you informed on how other creatives like yourself get things done. There are even interviews with said creatives that give you a glimpse into their world. There are some cool worlds out there.
7. PSD TUTS
Psdtuts+ is a blog/Photoshop site made to house and showcase some of the best Photoshop tutorials around. We publish tutorials that not only produce great graphics and effects, but explain the techniques behind them in a friendly, approachable manner. Psdtuts+ is part of the Tuts+ Network.
8. Creattica
Creattica is a gallery of great design and inspirational imagery. Anyone can submit their work for consideration and voting on items is open to one and all. The best work is accepted and featured in the gallery which receives thousands of visitors every day.
We create attractive, effective websites for our clients. Our websites are user-focused and result in a more effective web presence for the business or organization, as well as a better online experience for visitors.
10. Interface LIFT
Beautifully awesome Free Desktop, Laptop, HDTV, and Mobile Wallpapers
