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America has an 'ugly, anti-Christian bias' says Franklin Graham

Influential evangelical leader Franklin Graham has issued a powerful warning of growing bias against Christians, which he says will lead to discrimination and loss of religious freedom.

40acts campaign sparks 2.9 million acts of kindness during Lent

Nearly 75,000 people signed up to Stewardship's 40acts campaign.

Yarmouk crisis has reached 'inconceivable levels of inhumanity' - UN official

The situation in Yarmouk has "slumped to even lower levels of inhumanity" since the infiltration of Islamic State militants last week, a UN official has told Christian Today.

World's oldest person Jeralean Talley credits her long life to God's will

Jeralean Talley from Michigan, aged 115, became the new oldest living person in the world, after the death 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver from Arkansas on Monday.

The Battle of Leviticus-based laws is on: 'Shellfish Suppression' proposed in response to 'Sodomite Supression'

Activists have filed a ballot initiative in California to ban shellfish in response to the 'Sodomite Suppression Act' which calls for the execution of gay people.

New 'Bible' replaces every mention of God with 'Kanye West'

Touted as 'A Bible for the Modern Day', the book replaces every mention of God with Kanye West's name. "For this generation, Generation Y, Kanye West is not only its greatest spectacle, but in some senses, a spiritual figure," the creators say.

Influential preacher and civil rights leader Rev Gardner C Taylor dies at 96

Rev Gardner C Taylor, the grandson of former slaves who became a leading voice in the civil rights movement and a highly respected American preacher, died on Sunday.

Nun 'stabs schoolboy in the hand to show him how Jesus felt'

A nun has been removed from teaching in Slovakia after allegedly stabbing a boy in the hand with a needle to help him empathise with Christ's suffering on the cross.

The Rapture list - Ten things every Christian should do before they die... or the Lord comes again

How the divide between UK politics and Christianity is beginning to close

Politicians are rediscovering God, and churches rediscovering their political voice, writes Gillan Scott.

Pastor of London church arrested after pregnant wife found dead in bathtub

Rev Eric Isaiah Adusah has been arrested after his wife Charmian was found dead in a bathtub in a Ghana hotel.

Australia 'failed to act' over child abuse at controversial refugee camp

Psychiatrists and social workers say allegations of abuse at the Nauru camp were ignored.

Boston bombing trial: Bishops oppose death penalty

Catholic bishops in Massachusetts yesterday reaffirmed their opposition to the death penalty, as prosecutors made their closing arguments in the case against accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Iran nuclear deal can't depend on it recognising Israel, says Obama

Israel's demand amounts to asking for a fundamental change in the regime, says the US president.

The world 'must not look the other way' when Christians are killed by Islamic extremists, says Pope in Easter Monday message

Pope Francis called on the world to give tangible help to persecuted Christians on Monday, highlighting the plight of people he described as modern "martyrs" after nearly 150 people were killed by Islamist militants in Kenya.

How The Passion was brought to life in central London

Anita Bruce-Mills reviews a re-enactment of The Passion in Trafalgar Square