Tyndale House Publishers has announced the upcoming publication of Duck Commander fiction titles, which will release in October. The Duck Commander brand and Robertson family are partnering with Tyndale to bring their promise of faith, family and fun to stories for adult and youth fiction readers. 

A Robertson Family Christmas ($19.99) is a holiday novella about a troubled young man who is surprised to win a contest giving him the opportunity to join the Robertsons for Christmas. Although he’s uninitiated and initially resistant to the “Robertson holiday way,” he ultimately finds hope, love and acceptance in their faith-filled environment. Miss Kay Robertson and Korie Robertson are teaming with Travis Thrasher to bring this story to life.

Word Entertainment and LightWorkers Media launched The Bible: Son of God Tour 2014 at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Southern California. GRAMMY-nominated artists Francesca Battistelli and Natalie Grant, as well as Sidewalk Prophets, Chris August, Meredith Andrews and Jason Gray, played before a packed crowd with more than 2,000 in attendance, including producer Mark Burnett, actress/producer Roma Downey, Warren and Word Entertainment President and CEO Rod Riley.

The two-hour live event was also hosted at churches in Phoenix; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Denver in the following days. The tour will run an additional 13 dates nationwide through April 13.

The battle between the Hobby Lobby arts and crafts chain and the Obamacare employer mandate reaches the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow.

“It has major significance for religious liberty” and “for what constitutional rights business owners can claim,” said Joshua Hawley, a lawyer for Hobby Lobby’s legal team, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

God’s Not Dead (Pure Flix Entertainment) opened to estimated sales of nearly $8.6 million across 780 theaters this weekend. This is the top-grossing performance ever by a faith-based film opening in less than 1,000 theaters.

This is the seventh-largest opening weekend of all time for a faith-based film, behind only The Passion of The Christ, the three “Chronicles of Narnia” films, Son of God and Courageous, according to Box Office Mojo. Only Passion, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian outgrossed God’s Not Dead on a per-screen basis, and the Pure Flix film joins them as the only four faith-based movies to gross more than $10,000 per theater with an opening weekend of more than 32 screens.

The United Methodist Publishing House (UMPH) has a contract on LakeFront Office Park, a building in Nashville’s MetroCenter, according to a report by The Tennessean. The property under contract had been owned by Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams, who died last October.

If the deal closes, the denomination’s publishing arm expects to renovate the 125,000-square-foot office building, the newspaper reported. UMPH plans to buy the 10.5 acres on which the building sits.

Are you involved in the Christian products industry? If so, you can vote and help Christian Retailing name the top products of 2013 in the Christian Retailing’s Best awards. With the voting period expiring March 31, there is one more week to cast your online ballot.

Click here to vote. Products have been entered in categories ranging from Christian Living and Bibles: Devotional/Study to Wall Décor and Audio.

Christian Retailing’s Best finalists will be announced April 7. Stay tuned for a special announcement about the presentation of the awards.

For more information, go to christianretailingsbest.com or email Editor Christine Johnson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Police arrested a manager at a Family Christian for the theft of approximately $3,000 from the Chain’s Boardman, Ohio, store. Christopher Berner is charged with fifth-degree felony theft.

Police arrested Berner on March 11 after a six-month loss-prevention investigation into the theft, according to Youngstown, Ohio-based newspaper The Vindicator.