Andy Walton
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Yoga is 'acceptable' for Christians but not a route to God, says Indian Church
One of India's largest Christian Churches says yoga is 'acceptable' but is 'not a means to experience the divine'.
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12 staff arrested at Christian school in Sudan
It's reported 12 members of staff at a Christian school in Sudan have been arrested by police. The incident, which happened on Monday in Omdurman, also saw some staff prevented from leaving the campus by law enforcement.
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Trump's new environmental policies - the end of the fight against climate change?
President Donald Trump signed orders this week to undo Obama-era climate change regulations, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry and calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.
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Church of England implementing new rules to prevent clergy sexual abuse
The Church of England has issued a progress report, one year on from the publication of a major report into safeguarding in the Church.
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Mike Pence won't meet with women alone. Here's why he's wrong
Why we should reject the strict rule of men and women who aren't married meeting alone...
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Swiss evangelical groups lose government backing, vow to continue work
Some evangelical groups in Switzerland are unhappy after a number of Christian youth organisations were left without support by the government.
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Mother of Palestinian shot by Israeli forces last year in Jerusalem is also killed
A Palestinian woman has been shot and killed by Israeli soldiers outside one of Jerusalem's most famous landmarks. It's reported that the woman was carrying a pair of scissors and was attempting to attack Israeli forces.
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The Lib Dem Leader says UK Christians have to pretend not to have faith. But is Tim Farron right?
Farron said, 'In America you've got to invent a faith to be taken seriously; in the UK you have to pretend not to have one. You shouldn't be ashamed.' Cue breathless reporting about Farron proclaiming that Christians aren't taken seriously.
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12,000 homes, $200 million: The cost of rebuilding just part of Iraq's shattered Christian community
Islamic State has damaged over 12,000 homes belonging to Christian families in Iraq and destroyed a further 700.
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6 Scripture verses about the heart â and why they don't mean what you think
In the modern West, we know what the 'heart' symbol means. It's about feelings, that warm fuzzy glow of romance and affection.
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Study shows 'religious' countries are worse at science. What does this really tell us?
The more heavily faith-fuelled a society is, the worse its citizens will perform in maths and science. On the surface this looks like a damning indictment of faith â another feather in the cap of the new atheists who will say, 'We told you so'.
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Collateral damage: how factional fighting in the Church damages us all
At times, it can feel to those of us in the middle of internecine Christian conflicts as though our faith is collateral damage. We stand in the middle of the infighting and find our joy being sucked away by the brickbats going back and forth.