Christian Today staff writer

• Franklin Graham slams judge who freed suspects in New Mexico child abuse case

  Evangelist and Samaritan's Purse founder Franklin Graham has added his voice to criticisms of the judge who released five suspects accused of child abuse in a rural New Mexico compound.

• Turkish court rejects Andrew Brunson's plea for release from house arrest

  Evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson is standing trial in Turkey over terrorism charges.

• Why run a half marathon just 2 months after finishing breast cancer treatment – in Bethlehem?

  Just two months after she'd finished chemotherapy for breast cancer, 49-year-old Su McClellan was taking part in a half marathon.

• John Smyth victims slam 'cynical and disingenuous' Titus Trust apology

  Smyth died on August 11 at his home in Cape Town after a heart operation. He was exposed as having carried out vicious beatings on young men he groomed through Iwerne.

• Laughter lines: How a Christian comedian is tackling the 21st century's search for meaning

  For years I was just a comedian who wanted to see people meet Jesus without ever really joining the dots in my own career. Now I'm trying to use my comedy to help them do just that.

• Westminster car crash 'treated as terrorist incident', police say

  A number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday morning and the driver was arrested, police said.

• Rick Warren's Saddleback Church celebrates 50,000 baptisms

  In an email to the congregation before the service, Warren said reaching the milestone 'brought tears to my eyes'.

• How the Andrew Brunson case is straining relations between the US and Turkey to breaking point

  Presidents Trump and Erdogan met only a month ago at a NATO summit where Trump praised the Turkish president for 'doing things the right way'.

• Survivor regrets Iwerne abuser John Smyth died before being brought to justice

  Smyth, who was accused of sadistically beating young men he groomed at the Iwerne camps, died at his home in Cape Town aged 77 following a heart operation.

• Church leaders slam UK's 'hostile environment' for immigrants

  Church leaders have called for an end to the government's 'hostile environment' for migrants and refugees in an open letter to the home secretary, Sajid Javid.

• St Lawrence: The Christian martyr who died telling a joke

  Today is the feast day of St Lawrence (225-258), one of the earliest Christian martyrs and one of the few who died telling a joke.

• Archbishop of Canterbury to address UN Security Council

  Archbishop Justin Welby will address the UN Security Council later this month in a debate on 'mediation and its role in conflict prevention'.