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The Highway to Hell: How Ecclesiastes pinpoints our culture's demise
The Highway to Hell: How Ecclesiastes pinpoints our culture's demise

If Solomon with all his knowledge and wisdom could not find meaning then what chance do the rest of us have?

Egypt attack: At least 235 worshippers dead in mosque massacre
Egypt attack: At least 235 worshippers dead in mosque massacre

At least 115 people have been killed and scores more wounded in a devastating attack on a mosque in northern Egypt on Friday.

Getting over evolution: Is Charles Darwin's theory still controversial for Christians?
Getting over evolution: Is Charles Darwin's theory still controversial for Christians?

Today marks the anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species - but is Darwin's culture-shifting theory still controversial?

Are we destroying our churches by how we treat the very young?
Are we destroying our churches by how we treat the very young?

With churches emptying as children leave for Sunday school, Ruth Gledhill offers her solution.

Furnished with faith: 7 extraordinary Christian home decor ideas
Furnished with faith: 7 extraordinary Christian home decor ideas

Here's an insight into a world that you never knew – or needed to know – existed: faith-based furnishings.

Pope Francis leads prayer for 'seeds of peace' in war-torn South Sudan and Congo
Pope Francis leads prayer for 'seeds of peace' in war-torn South Sudan and Congo

Pope Francis led prayer for peace in South Sudan and Congo last night, after papal visits to the countries was deferred by the ongoing conflict in the regions.

Faith schools show 'sharp decline' in standards over concerns about British values teaching
Faith schools show 'sharp decline' in standards over concerns about British values teaching

A 'sharp decline' in standards at private faith schools has led to a grower proportion failing tests by the schools watchdog Ofsted, official statistics show, with concerns raised about the quality of leadership and the teaching of British values.

Vatican speech for TUC general secretary demands Apple and Amazon offer 'better way'
Vatican speech for TUC general secretary demands Apple and Amazon offer 'better way'

The Catholic general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Frances O'Grady, will today deliver a speech at the Vatican arguing that inequality, corporate power and 'titans of technology' are depriving working people of dignity.

Robert Mugabe's 'miracle' resignation: 'The hand of God is at work'
Robert Mugabe's 'miracle' resignation: 'The hand of God is at work'

Robert Mugabe's exit as Zimbabwe's president is being hailed a 'miracle' by a longstanding campaigner in the country.

Fighting Black Friday: A Christian alternative to consumerism?
Fighting Black Friday: A Christian alternative to consumerism?

If Lent is the season of ascetic refrain from self-indulgence and our consumerist desires, then Black Friday week must be its secular opposite.

One wrong mindset Christians have in reaching out to the unsaved
One wrong mindset Christians have in reaching out to the unsaved

Why do we find it hard to reach the unsaved at times? It's because of a wrong mindset. Let's talk about that.

Why does God allow us to be tempted?
Why does God allow us to be tempted?

Why does God allow all of His children to undergo trials and temptations?

3 promises of God we can hold on to when troubles come
3 promises of God we can hold on to when troubles come

We will always run to someone we see as stronger and more able than us.

3 ways Christians behave worse than unbelievers
3 ways Christians behave worse than unbelievers

Are you guilty of any of these un-Christ-like behaviors?

When is the right time to court and get married?
When is the right time to court and get married?

Friend, are you longing to marry? If so, you shouldn't be hasty. You should get ready.

Raped by Boko Haram: How this Christian girl clung onto hope, and her faith, in the darkness
Raped by Boko Haram: How this Christian girl clung onto hope, and her faith, in the darkness

Esther, a Nigerian Christian teenager was only 17 when her life changed forever. She fell pregnant after being raped countless times by her captors, the Islamist militants Boko Haram.