Since January 2009 the winner of more than 35 film festival awards--including a dozen Audience Choice Awards for Best Picture, and recipient of the Heartland Truly Moving Picture Award--the movie may be "the next Blind Side," according to USA Weekend.

The RIAA Gold recognition represents more than 500,000 units sold of Revelation, released in July 2008.

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Following The Altar and the Door were: 2. We Cry Out by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. Kerry Douglas Presents Gospel Mix IV by various artists (Worldwide Music/Entertainment One Distribution); 4. Pieces of a Real Heart by Sanctus Real (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 5. Third Day Chronology: Volume One by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); 6. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 7. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 8. Love God. Love People. by Israel Houghton (Integrity Music/Columbia Records/Provident-Integrity); 9. Women of Faith Worship by Women of Faith Worship Team (Thomas Nelson); and 10. The Master Plan by Tamela Mann (Tilly Mann Music Group/Infinity Music Distribution).

Meanwhile, back-to-school sales and tax-free holidays helped boost August's retail sales, which means merchants and industry watchers must wait for September sales to get a truer picture of whether the economy is rebounding, CNBC reported.

Though efforts such as providing hospitality tents at festivals and fundraising for pro-life ministries and health clinics are not gimmicks to increase traffic, they have helped the businesses by raising their local profile and generating goodwill-and in some cases led to more sales.