Cath Martin
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Jill Duggar on wedding with Derick Dillard: Waiting till marriage for first kiss was 'safer'
Jill is the first of Michelle and Jim Bob's children to marry but it may not be long before the 19 Kids and Counting family are back at the church again for another wedding, as Jessa Duggar continues her courtship with Ben Seewald.
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Eastenders star June Brown says she made the character 'Dot' more Christian
National treasure June Brown says she made her Eastenders character Dot Branning to be more Christian like her.
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Twitter ends censorship of 'blasphemous' tweets after #TwitterTheocracy campaign
A block on 'blasphemous' tweets was lifted by Twitter this week following a protest by humanists and secularist organisations.
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Domestic violence in the church: Pastors 'poorly informed', says Jim Wallis
The church needs to be having a conversation about domestic violence in its midst but at the moment that's just not happening, says social justice veteran Jim Wallis.
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Government bans creationism from free school science lessons
The Government has changed the rules to stop creationism being taught in science lessons in free schools and academies.
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Would you give Jesus a Big Mac, fries and a Coke?
Rick Warren is a man who cares primarily about people's souls but the Purpose Driven author has spent the last few years trying to get his congregation to care about their bodies too, and in his view, the two can't be separated.
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Giving to churches drops as donations to charities rise
Charities in the US are benefitting from a return to pre-financial crisis levels but the same can't be said for the nation's churches, according to new figures out this week.
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ISIS and Al-Qaeda: how do they differ?
ISIS was only formed in April 2013 but international relations experts say it is fast replacing al-Qaeda as the world's most dangerous militant group.
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As I Lay Dying's Tim Lambesis: 'Maybe one in 10 Christian bands we toured with were actually Christian bands'
The lead singer serving a six-year prison sentence for trying to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife admits the band worried about record sales if they admitted they were no longer Christian
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World Cup 2014 USA Clint Dempsey: 'My faith in Christ is what gives me confidence for the future'
He was in the thick of the action in the USA's victorious opener against Ghana, but when he's not on the pitch scoring goals in the opening seconds and breaking his nose for the cause, Clint Dempsey is a man of God studying the Bible and praying for the road ahead.
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Father of the Bride sequel to have gay plot? Steve Martin says he hasn't seen script
American journalist Nikki Finke got tongues wagging on Sunday when she reported that a third Father of the Bride instalment was in the works nearly a quarter of a century after the original landed on the big screen.
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Ricky Gervais: 'With praying I feel I may as well be talking to myself'
The atheist comedian found his conversation with 'God' on Twitter more engaging than praying