Grammy Award-winning gospel musician Tye Tribbett says he could have lost his wife, Shante, in a near fatal car accident last week, but now the couple is sharing their story by praising God and shaming the devil.

Tameka "Tiny" Harris has yet to comment on recent reports that she's filed for divorce from her husband, Clifford "T.I." Harris, after six years of marriage. Instead, the singer-songwriter told her 3.4 million fans on social media that she's focusing on God's will, wherever it leads her.

A number of celebrities passed away this past year, with a few noteworthy figures leaving this world just in the last week. Evangelist Franklin Graham recently offered some comments on these celebrity deaths.

On his Facebook page, the Rev. Graham used the events of celebrity deaths to discuss issues of eternity and faith in Christ.

When famous Christian rapper Lecrae let over 1 million Twitter followers know that he was watching "#NBAXmas," multiple people chastised his decision to replace the word "Christ" with an "X."

"Love ya but why are you Xing out Christ in Christmas? #NBAChristmas," one person with the Twitter name Millie Roman asked the 37-year-old artist who was the first to simultaneously top both the Billboard gospel music charts and the Billboard 200 with his 2014 album Anomaly.

In an interview with Bishop T.D. Jakes on his daytime talk show last week, Washington explained why, at this point in his career, he's focusing on serving others. 

"I'm in the service business now, I'm fine. I've done well," Washington said on the "TD Jakes Show." "I don't need any watches and all of that. So I'm here to serve God, here to serve my family."

Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren has issued a warning against placing too much emphasis on traditions such as Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman. The Christian Post reports Warren cautioned against these secular traditions in a Daily Hope devotional published Tuesday (Dec. 20). 

Gospel legend Shirley Caesar, whose 1988 song "Hold My Mule" recently became a viral sensation on YouTube, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy during its Special Merit Awards ceremony in 2017.

The 11-time Grammy Award-winning artist, who is the pastor of North Carolina-based Mt. Calvary Word of Faith Church, where she co-pastors with her husband, Bishop Harold Ivory Williams, will add yet another award to her impressive collection.

Popular hip-hop artist Lecrae recently went backpacking through Egypt and Rome and his faith was renewed, and ultimately he concluded that he believes "God isn't overwhelmed with America's problems."

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