Television

Video game enthusiasts will soon be able to say they are strengthening their faith via the Xbox when the first complete Bible application for the popular gaming console launches next month.

B&H Publishing Group, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources, will release the “Bible Navigator X” for the Xbox 360 in early December. The Bible application will be downloadable through the “Indie Games” channel of Xbox.com.

"This application will bring the Bible into people’s living rooms and onto their televisions in a completely new and innovative way," said Aaron Linne, B&H Publishing Group’s executive producer of digital marketing, in a statement Tuesday. “The Xbox isn’t just secular entertainment anymore. We can use technology that other people developed to study Scriptures through a new medium.” more >>

ABC will be launching a new special series Thursday that will examine how the Ten Commandments are being applied in today’s world.

Starting with “Though Shalt Not Commit Adultery,” ABC News’ Nightline program will tackle each commandment during its “The Ten Commandments” series, looking at what they mean, and how they apply to life in the 21st century.

Thursday’s program, which was taped last week at the Fellowship Church in Dallas, pits two Christian ministers against two advocates of adultery in the same format as Nightline’s “Face-Off.” more >>

Gospel Music Channel (GMC) is not only the top Christian entertainment television network and fastest growing network in cable TV; it is also the leading Christian music internet site, according to statistics released recently.

GMC is currently in 45 million cable/satellite homes and projects 47.1 million homes by the end of 2009, reported FrontGate Media and the network Wednesday.

Monthly unique visitors to GMC’s website, GospelMusicChannel.com, meanwhile, has grown to over 220,000, making the Christian Music site the most visited of its type, according to Compete.com. more >>

A Virgin Islands-born worship and youth leader was crowned winner of the Gospel Dream talent competition Wednesday, besting the other two remaining contenders in the television series’ finale.

Tony LeBron, 33, of Boca, Fla., emerged victorious after following the advice of last year’s winner, Melinda Watts.

“Melinda just encouraged me to just to sing from my heart, to let everything out on the stage, just to give it my all to the Lord, and that’s what I did. And so she just encouraged me and so I’m grateful for her words before the show,” recalled LeBron. more >>

The American Idol-style talent search series Gospel Dream will be crowning the winner of its fourth season Wednesday, after six weeks of competition.

As part of the finale, the final three contestants – Tony LeBron, 32, of Boca Raton, Fla.; Robert Mauti, 26, of Nashville; and NeVar Massey, 34, of Hampton, Ga. – will perform mainstream hits including “Higher Ground,” “The Way It Is,” and “I’ll Take You There” in front of a national television audience.

In the end, only one will receive the Gospel Dream title along with the record and music video exposure and other prizes that come with it. more >>