Universe of Faith (UOF), an all digital, multimedia platform, is designed specifically for the faith-based community as a one-stop shop portal for music, video games, sermons, books, films, and streamed events. UOF’s motto is “entertaining truth” which bespeaks making the discovery, the dialog, and the debate of truth engaging through multiple media forms which all share a single platform. Our priority is to bring the highest production values to every aspect of the UOF enterprise, something that is severely lacking in much of faith-based entertainment.

 

Universe of Faith Streaming Truth, The Centerpiece of The Universe of Faith, Launches!

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Universe of Faith Streaming Truth (UOFST), considered the centerpiece silo of the Universe of portal, has finally launched! To access, visit site at streaming.universeoffaith.com or go to  www.universerseoffaith.com and select “Streaming Truth.” Universe of Faith, a subsidiary of Entertainment Arts Research, Inc. has officially closed a partnership with founders, Iain Bryant and Kyle Feno of the Denver-based technology company, Streaming Truth, LLC. Their media platform empowers ministries with the ability to stream live video to the world and to archive content for on-demand viewing access at any time. Founded in 2002, their media platforms support industries as varied as professional sports, higher education, non-profits, and publishing and will be used across several of the UOF silos where applicable.  

 

The long-awaited Universe of Faith Streaming allows for churches and their affiliate ministries to post to their very own Universe of Faith channel, an unlimited amount of pre-recorded audio/video files which can accessed on-line and on demand by anyone at anytime of day or night. For the most part, these files will all be preached sermons that have been preserved and archived by the respective ministries and can now be made accessible to the world. These sermons will be presented in the native quality in which they were recorded and UOF will be working with ministries to improve the overall quality of their audio/video presentations for all future uploads; by working with audio/visual equipment manufacturers to provide discounted items, such as lighting equipment, cameras, microphones, speakers, etc. 

 

Universe of Faith Streaming Truth, as its name indicates, is not just a 24 hour on demand access for an unlimited access to pre-recorded audio/visual content but, it is also a user friendly platform for the live streaming of Christian events which include: pulpit preaching, choir performances, crusades, concerts, conferences, lectures, etc. “In order to best serve the Christian ministries and their communities, we need to furnish the churches with the highest quality production values available, the most affordable rates possible, the simplest procedures for content management, and be able to accommodate all churches regardless of size. “While we are content in having achieved this ability we will always continue refine and improve upon our efforts,” says Jonathan Eubanks, CEO of Universe of Faith. Universe of Faith Streaming Truth presents very attractive packages that start at $19.99 per month and for that price a ministry can upload an unlimited number of audio/visual files to their channel. If a church decides to add 200 user hours of live streaming per month, that $19.99 goes up to a mere $34.99 per month. If a church were to add an additional 200 user/viewer hours of live streaming, going to 400 hours, then the total cost per month would go to $44.99 per month, while the cost per user/viewer hour actually decreases. According to Universe of Faith Streaming Truth partner, Kyle Feno, “our technology combined with Universe of Faith’s brand and message is a partnership that yields exceptional value for all churches. I look forward to supporting churches of all sizes in expanding the reach and impact of the truth.” And, says Iain Bryant, ”when we founded Streaming Truth we did so because we saw churches either without the opportunity to broadcast their message, or doing so at exorbitant costs. I could not be more pleased to join forces with Universe of Faith in offering a world class media platform to every church regardless of their budget.”

 

While live streaming and on demand audio/video may not be new to the internet, UOF CEO boasts that the uniqueness of Universe of Faith Streaming is found, primarily, in the following elements: 1-its complement to the overall UOF market strategy to become the largest online aggregator and distributor of Christian content, 2-it augments the overall litany of UOF products and service silos and, 3-the low cost and low barrier of entry for ministries, thereby, granting churches large scale exposure helping to maximize their outreach footprint.”

 

While Universe of Faith Streaming is viewed as the proverbial “door-opener” initiating the partnerships with the various ministries, UOF acknowledges that in order for these partnerships to remain firmly established and to mitigate against competitor circumvention, it must provide additional channels through which these ministries can increase their donation intake. Therefore, UOF has made available to the churches easy access “Donation” buttons currently with the UOFST site and soon throughout all UOF sites.  “We have figured out that by helping ministries to radically improve their ministerial outreach and to increase their potential for increased offerings, this will translate into significant revenues for the Universe of Faith. With UOFST added to Music and Bartering silos that are live and the completion of the virtual world, we are projecting for Universe of Faith, as a whole, our first year earnings to exceed $3.5 million in revenues, our second year to reach just over $28 million in revenues, and by year three, we are expecting to reach just over $78 million in revenues, says CEO, Jonathan Eubanks.

Australian Praise and Worship Band Releases Their Long Awaited Album "Nothing Is Impossible"

‎”Nothing Is Impossible” is the long awaited studio album release from Australian praise and worship band Planetshakers. Christian music fans, the vocal sounds are as diverse as they are genuine. Make sure you check out the title track, ‘Nothing Is Impossible’, which features the dynamic vocals of Grammy Award winning artist, Israel Houghton.

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The Martins Release Their Long Awaited album "New Day"

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Christian Music fans, Joyce Martin-Sanders, Jonathan Martin, and Judy Martin-Hess, collectively known as The Martins are back! The trio of siblings releases their album, “New Day” this week. Southern Gospel fans, you will love the fresh new energy and harmony that they bring to their signature southern sound, while celebrating God’s faithfulness in their lives.

Peter Furler Release New Album "On Fire"

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Peter Furler, award-winning contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter, releases his new album “On Fire”. He remains relevant and stays true to his convictions. We love his passion for God as he rocks out on his hit track “Matter Of Faith”. Visit us now to check out this track and the rest of his amazing album!

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Genre Giants AUGUST BURNS RED Releases New Album "Leveler"

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Genre Giants August Burns Red releases one of the most anxiously awaited hard rock albums of 2011 – a colossal effort entitled “Leveler”. It’s exciting to hear these metalcore tracks and see their atypical album cover art. Check out the album at music.universeoffaith.com and let us know what you think. Have a blessed day!

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Harold Camping is Wrong – Again

Harold Camping is making news once again by predicting the return of the Lord.  He made quite a splash with his prediction that the Lord would return in 1994.  His new date for Christ’s return (which he calls the rapture) is May 21, 2011 with the end of the world scheduled for October 21, 2011.  Of course, he believes he has found these dates imbedded in the Bible – and only recently discernable by those who have proper wisdom.  He also thinks it is a deception of Satan to believe the world will last until 2012, as some interpret the Mayan Calendar.

Such an obviously ridiculous claim is self-refuting by anyone who has a proper view of hermeneutics.  So why waste time with a blog like this?  There are three reasons I believe his claim deserves to be refuted.

The first reason is that Harold Camping is the director of Family Radio.  This is a network of 150 stations which makes it the nineteenth largest radio network in the United States.  They own some very desirable frequencies, and have assets of over $200 million.  They also broadcast around the world on the internet, shortwave and various outlets.  In addition their programming can be heard in 30 different languages and has a large influence in Latin America and the Pacific Islands.  This network was started 50 years ago with the cooperation of a number of evangelical denominations and individuals, but is now run by Camping.  Harold Camping himself was once an elder in a Christian Reformed Church and he has hosted the “Open Forum” call-in show almost from the very beginning.  Camping was once a proponent of Calvinistic doctrine.  Over the years he has come to embrace more and more error (he is now an annihilationist), but there are listeners, especially from the 60’s into the 80’s who were influenced for good by his broadcasts and some good quality preaching that was often heard on Family Radio.

Second of all is the scope of his error.  While it probably is not taken seriously in any of our churches, a five minute search of the internet will show how widespread this false doctrine has become.  There are literally thousands and thousands of adherents, and probably even more who are “on the fence” and not sure.  We can rest assured, on a slow news day, as the May 21 date draws closer, the media outlets will pick up on this story more and more.

But the third reason is by far the most serious of all.  Harold Camping is a heretic in regards to the doctrine of the church.  He believes and proclaims loudly that the Holy Spirit left the church in 1988 (he found this in his Bible too).  He believes every church on earth today is a false church.  In fact, he goes so far as to say, if you are part of a local church, on May 21, 2011, you are deceived.  All true believers will leave the church before that time.  Those who remain in a local church, any local church, will miss the rapture and be destroyed.  Our remaining in a church proves, to Harold Camping, that we do not know the Lord.

While we could shake our heads and think of Harold Camping’s date settings as eccentric rants, his doctrine of the church falls into the realm of abominable heresy.   He has moved outside the camp of orthodoxy and into the camp of those who seek to destroy God’s church.  Christ loves the church and gave Himself for it.  Harold Camping despises the church and proclaims that every true Christian must leave it.  Camping says one of the reasons you must leave these so called “false churches” is they will tell you that his predictions are wrong.  This is circular reasoning of the worst kind, and a denial of the Scriptures, which tell us plainly the church will remain until the Lord returns.  The Scripture speaks plainly to Harold Camping — James 3:1 “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.” (ESV)

The internet has website after website that is full of this error – from Camping and others as exhibited in this excerpt from: www.wecanknow.com “Learn about the Biblical Timeline of History, the correct method of Bible interpretation, the End of the Church Age and God’s command to believers that they must depart out of the churches. Study the proofs that God has so graciously given in His Word showing us that these dates are 100% accurate and beyond dispute.”

Behind the Song: "Way Beyond Myself" by Newsboys

Ever wonder what “Way Beyond Myself” was about?  Check out this article to find out!

Universe of Faith “Entertaining Truth” Update- Releases Indie Music Program

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Universe of Faith “Entertaining Truth” - Indie Music Program

The Universe of Faith (UOF) welcomes, encourages and inspires all Christian/Gospel music artists everywhere who sincerely desire to see the Lord glorified in song and is willing to share their music with the world,…

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Christians Observe National Day of Prayer With Ease


Though challenges prevail as to the constitutionality of the National Day of Prayer, does it really make a difference what legislation is passed, overturned or deemed illegal? The fact is, that prayer is a command and a privilege granted us by God Himself and no man can overturn that. Are we conditioning ourselves to be prepared not to pray whenever and wherever we want simply because a court says that we no longer can? 
If not, than why even show up a such a proceeding, entertaining the prospect? It seems that by entertaining this we are acknowledging that the legal system has a say over the ways men worship and that simply cannot be. We all must choose to either obey God or to be obey man. 

Francesca Battistelli Unveils Fan Directed Video!

 

For the Dove Awards darling Francesca Battistelli, her fans are ‘the stuff.’ And to say thank you, Battistelli is unveiling a fan-directed music video for her smash No 1 hit “This Is The Stuff.”

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