Mark Woods

Marriage is a gift from God: Why Christians must stop getting so hung up on who weds who
Marriage is a gift from God: Why Christians must stop getting so hung up on who weds who

People really do want to plight their troth and signify their commitment to one person forever.

Every Job a Parable: How the work we do speaks to us of God
Every Job a Parable: How the work we do speaks to us of God

John Van Sloten has spent the last 20 years exploring a worldview that seeks to discern God's voice in all things.

Broadcast teaching will help reach \'lost generation\' of refugee children deprived of education
Broadcast teaching will help reach 'lost generation' of refugee children deprived of education

An estimated 13 million children have had their education disrupted or terminated because of various conflicts.

Philippines Church leaders denounce Duterte regime drugs killings
Philippines Church leaders denounce Duterte regime drugs killings

More than 12,500 people, many small-time drug users and dealers, have been killed since Duterte took office in June 2016.

Pope throws down gauntlet to world leaders on migration
Pope throws down gauntlet to world leaders on migration

A major new policy document from the Vatican has challenged world leaders to do more for the protection of refugees and migrants.

White evangelicals are being criticised on race – but Billy Graham showed the way
White evangelicals are being criticised on race – but Billy Graham showed the way

One of the world's greatest evangelists showed how it was possible to overcome the prejudices and assumptions of early upbringing.

Sierra Leone buries its dead: \'We\'ve never seen anything like this,\' says Tearfund worker
Sierra Leone buries its dead: 'We've never seen anything like this,' says Tearfund worker

Hundreds of people died in what is being described as one of Africa's worst flood disasters when a mountainside collapsed the town of Regent.

Rewriting history: How statues to dead heroes become community flashpoints
Rewriting history: How statues to dead heroes become community flashpoints

All over the world there are memorials to people and causes, glorified at the time, that a few decades or hundreds of years render embarrassing.

Does Romans 13 give Donald Trump authority to \'take out\' Kim Jong Un?
Does Romans 13 give Donald Trump authority to 'take out' Kim Jong Un?

Jeffress appears to have particularly in mind Paul's commendation of 'the one in authority': 'He is God's servant, an angel of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.'

Does your church need a mission statement? Why you\'re better off without one
Does your church need a mission statement? Why you're better off without one

Church mission statements. You've got to have one because – well, you just do. Everyone's got one, so it must be right.

Discerning the demonic: How to tell when bad things are Satanic
Discerning the demonic: How to tell when bad things are Satanic

What about 'deliverance'? Do people really need delivering from the powers of darkness, and if so when?

It got Clinton\'s pastor into trouble for plagiarism, but who first preached \'It\'s Friday, but Sunday\'s coming\'?
It got Clinton's pastor into trouble for plagiarism, but who first preached 'It's Friday, but Sunday's coming'?

Bill Shillady, who sent Hillary Clinton daily devotionals during her election campaign, has found himself in hot water because one of them used uncredited material from another pastor.

Devotional sent after Clinton defeat was plagiarised, author Bill Shillady discovers
Devotional sent after Clinton defeat was plagiarised, author Bill Shillady discovers

The pastor who has published a book of devotionals emailed to Hillary Clinton during her election campaign unwittingly plagiarised text from another pastor's work, CNN has reported.

What does the violence in Charlottesville say about Trump\'s America?
What does the violence in Charlottesville say about Trump's America?

What happened in Charlottesville, where one person was killed and 19 injured when a car ploughed into a group of people protesting against a white nationalist, right-wing rally, has shocked America.

Joy and tears as freed Pastor Lim tells church of his sufferings
Joy and tears as freed Pastor Lim tells church of his sufferings

Pastor Lim, who had made frequent humanitarian visits to the country, was imprisoned two years ago but released suddenly in what he believes was a gesture of goodwill.

Hillary\'s pastor sent her this email the day after the election
Hillary's pastor sent her this email the day after the election

Bill Shillady sent Clinton daily devotionals throughout her presidential campaign and has compiled them in a book at her suggestion.