Florence Taylor

• Christmas shopping made easy (and ethical)

  Don't panic! We've got the definitive shopping list with added feel-good factor

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  7 awesome Bible verses that can be used for family Christmas cards

  Writing to friends and family at Christmas is a tradition worth keeping. Here are some ideas for your cards this year.

• Christian family fleeing ISIS kept in detention centre over a month in US

  A Christian family who fled war-torn Syria to the USA in hope of a new life have spent a month separated in detention camps, despite US checks showing they do not pose a security threat.

• Digital devotions' hidden risk: Malware found on hundreds of Bible and Quran apps

  Hundreds of Bible and Quran apps have been found to include malware on them, threatening the security of personal data of users, according to alphr.

• Anonymous donor hides $50,000 under baby Jesus for a children's home

  An anonymous donor left a cheque for $50,000 under baby Jesus in a nativity scene at The Children's Home in Amarillo, Texas, after being inspired by their behaviour.

• Four-year-old boy asks Santa to pray with him for a baby he's never met

  When most children visit Santa at Christmas time they ask for a present, but one four-year-old boy decided to use the moment for a different purpose.

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  Eight Christians acquitted of forced conversion in India

  Eight Christians who were accused of forcibly converting a Hindu have been acquitted by a court in India according to Asia News.

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  Bernie Sanders condemns Trump's call to close mosques

  Bernie Sanders made a stand against religious intolerance on Wednesday, meeting with members of three faiths – Christianity, Islam and Judaism – in a mosque to discuss rising religious tensions in America.

• Pop-cultural appropriation: how the church is using Star Wars to spread the gospel

  Star Wars. In the build up to the latest episode, The Force Awakens, the world has gone mad for the sci-fi epic. And so has the church.

• US will 'squeeze the heart of ISIS', Obama says

  President Obama said the US is hitting ISIS "harder than ever" in a speech at the Pentagon on Monday, in the wake of criticism that he is not doing enough to combat the extremist group.

• Charleston AME Church hosts historical cross-racial meeting

  The Conference of National Black Churches is hosting its first interracial gathering of churches over the next three days in Charleston.

• Thousands duped as pope's 'first selfie' proved a fake

  Yesterday, the Pope broke the internet. The Vatican's unofficial instagram account posted what it claimed to be the first Papal selfie. It had more than 9,000 likes in a matter of hours.