Mark Woods

Joel Osteen: No, I didn't endorse Donald Trump
Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has been forced to deny claims circulating on social media that he has endorsed Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.

Marco Rubio: 'It wasn't God's plan for me to be President'
Senator Marco Rubio has announced his capitulation saying it was "not God's plan" for him to be President in 2016.

North Korea court sentences US student to 15 years hard labour
North Korea's supreme court sentenced American student Otto Warmbier to 15 years of hard labour for crimes against the state.

When is Pentecost 2016? 9 key facts about the birth of the Church
Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on to the remaining 11 disciples.

Smelling like a million dollars: Why Jesus was anointed at Bethany
All of the Gospels have stories of Jesus being anointed with perfume by a woman.

Cyber soul project promises immortality â but what should Christians think?
The idea that someone's mind can live independently of their body, uploaded into another human being or into some form of software, has been around for years.

Top Gear's Cenotaph nightmare: Why they were right to apologise
Footage on social media showed Matt LeBlanc and Ken Block doing wheel spins and "doughnuts", in which the car is hurled round its own axis amid plumes of smoke from burning rubber and the banshee-like howl of engines.

Do you have to read the Bible to be a good Christian?
Christians need to change how we see the Bible, says Mark Woods.

The floodgates of heaven: How a biblical famine teaches about grace
2 Kings 6-7 contains a heart-rendingly bleak story of famine and death that becomes an illustration of the grace of God.

Who was Judas Iscariot and what does his story tell us today?
When we've put everything we know about Judas together, we're still left with a shadowy figure.

Defender of faith and family: Why GK Chesterton is still a prophet for our time
CS Lewis is often considered the greatest defender of the faith in the 20th century, but he always paid tribute to his predecessor, GK Chesterton.

How a revolution that killed 20 million people is still shaping China's view of Christianity
The growth of Chinese Christianity is one of the most remarkable gospel stories of the 20th and 21st centuries.

When is Easter Sunday in 2016? Key dates for Easter this year
Easter is the day on which Christians celebrate Christ's rising from the dead.

Burned at the stake, racked and drowned: Why did everyone hate the Anabaptists?
The Anabaptist Balthasar Hubmaier died today in 1528, burned at the stake in Vienna for his views on baptism.

Worldwide growth for Catholics... will soon be one fifth of world's population
Roman Catholicism is growing around the world, according to the latest figures released by the Church.

Yemen nuns killed by gunmen knew they faced martyrdom, says superior
The Mother Teresa sisters killed in Aden knew the risks they faced in remaining in the country, according to the Catholic Vicar Apostolic for Southern Arabia.