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  More married couples putting off divorce for the sake of their children

  Staff writer | Sat 29 Dec 2018 14:39 GMT

  New research has found that more married couples with children in the UK are choosing to stay together as divorce rates continue to fall.

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  Churchgoing ex-gang member recognised in New Year Honours List

  Staff writer | Sat 29 Dec 2018 1:43 GMT

  A former gang member is being recognised in the New Year Honours List after turning his life around and starting his own boxing classes to steer other young people away from crime.

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  Preaching the Cross to wounded people

  Tanya Marlow | Fri 28 Dec 2018 22:11 GMT

  Jesus experienced severe, physical pain. It's easy to gloss over this, but no other religion has a god who suffers physically.

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  Government has taken its 'eye off the ball' on poverty, says Bishop of Manchester

  Staff writer | Thu 27 Dec 2018 16:27 GMT

  The Bishop of Manchester has warned of 'unparalleled' levels of homelessness in the city as a result of welfare cuts.

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  Britain commissions review of Christian persecution worldwide

  Christian Today staff writer | Thu 27 Dec 2018 9:43 GMT

  Britain has commissioned an independent review into the persecution of Christians.

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  Tributes paid to Sister Wendy Beckett, hermit and art historian

  Christian Today staff writer | Thu 27 Dec 2018 9:30 GMT

  Tributes have been paid to Sister Wendy Beckett, the nun and art historian who became an unlikely television star in Britain in the 1990s.

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  Lovingly liberated: Paul's theology of the cross

  Chris Tilling | Thu 27 Dec 2018 9:00 GMT

  The story of Jesus, his cross and resurrection, is our own story.

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  Now and Not Yet: What the Bible says about the Kingdom of God

  Matt Trendall | Thu 27 Dec 2018 9:00 GMT

  Nothing illustrates both the challenge, and the fundamental importance, of developing In-tension-al Faith more than those words 'now' and 'not yet'.

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  Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas one year after Islamic State defeat

  Reuters | Wed 26 Dec 2018 8:35 GMT

  Iraqi Christians quietly celebrated Christmas on Tuesday amid improved security

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  Who were the Magi and why did they come to worship Jesus?

  Mark Woods | Tue 25 Dec 2018 16:11 GMT

  In the Western Christian tradition, they have been given names – Balthasar, king of Chaldea, Caspar, king of Tarshish, and Melchior, king of Nubia. But none of these are original.

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  Queen appeals for unity in Christmas Day speech

  Staff writer | Tue 25 Dec 2018 15:54 GMT

  The Queen used her traditional Christmas Day speech to call on people to show respect for one another in spite of differences.

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  Indonesian rescuers use drones, sniffer dogs as tsunami death toll rises

  Reuters | Tue 25 Dec 2018 8:20 GMT

  Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java.