Rapper Mack Maine told the world that he “was supposed to die as a fetus” in his new single “Celebrate.” Now he’s opening up about what that line means. “My mom was about to abort me,” he told RapFix Live last week. “She was lying on the table and she changed her life at that moment…She changed her life that day, she got saved and became a Christian.” (MTV)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and two children. Follow him on Twitter.