Lucinda Borkett-Jones

Iran arrests 100 Christians ahead of Christmas

More than 100 Iranian Christians were arrested last week in another sign of increasing pressure on Iran's believers.
$John Kasich Christian faith: How governor was drawn to God -\'My faith is part of me\'$
John Kasich Christian faith: How governor was drawn to God -'My faith is part of me'

Kasich does not support same-sex marriage, but although some of the other Republican candidates have called for opposition to the Supreme Court's ruling, he has said Christians should abide by it. He is pro-life, except in cases of rape and incest.
$Scott Walker on his Christian faith: \'My relationship with God drives every major decision in my life\'$
Scott Walker on his Christian faith: 'My relationship with God drives every major decision in my life'

On how his faith and politics relate, he said in an interview with the Christian Post: "There's not a play card, if you will, that tells me how to vote or how to act on certain issues. So, it's not like issue by issue it drives me. But, the larger context, not only the policy decisions I make, but how I make them, how I interact with people, how I treat people. All of those things are, without a doubt, driven by my faith."
Chris Christie Christian faith: What are his beliefs?

Christie was brought up in the Catholic faith, and attends Mass with his family at St Joseph's in Mendham, New Jersey, where his wife Mary Pat led Sunday school for many years, according to WNYC.
Donald Trump Christian faith: Presbyterian and proud

And he's so concerned about the Bible that he daren't throw away any of the ones that he is given. (He gets sent a lot.) "There's no way I would ever throw anything, to do anything negative to a Bible... I would have a fear of doing something other than very positive so actually I store them and keep them and sometimes give them away to other people."
$Jeb Bush: Describes Christian faith as \'the architecture that gives me the serenity I need\'$
Jeb Bush: Describes Christian faith as 'the architecture that gives me the serenity I need'

This was one of a number of speeches to Christian audiences in recent months in which he has addressed the need to protect the right to religious liberty and Christian conscience.
Mike Huckabee Christian faith: Presidential candidate is an ordained Southern Baptist minister

He is concerned about the place of Christianity in contemporary America, and has been highly critical of the opposition to religious liberty laws in Arkansas and Indiana. Speaking on the Family Research Council's 'Washington Watch' Huckabee said: "It won't stop, until there are no more churches, until there are no more people who are spreading the gospel, and I'm talking now about the unabridged, unapologetic gospel that is really God's truth."
Ben Carson: Christian faith of award-winning retired neurosurgeon

His reputation for being outspoken, and at times controversial, has earned him the love of some conservatives â particularly after he slammed Obamacare at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Marco Rubio: Christian faith of GOP Presidential candidate

He says in his 2013 memoir 'An American Son' that in the early 2000s his wife, Jeanette, started attending a Southern Baptist church with their children â Christ Fellowship in Miami. Rubio says the church "sparked a spiritual awakening in Jeanette's life, and eventually in mine, too".
Rand Paul Christian faith: Rand Paul Christian faith: Wife of ophtalmologist turned politician is a deacon

Rand Paul (52): An ophthalmologist, senator for Kentucky since 2011 and son of congressman and two-time presidential candidate Ron Paul. He was baptised into the Episcopal Church, but now attends a Presbyterian church, where his wife Kelley is a deacon.
$Ted Cruz Christian: What we know about the Presidential candidate\'s faith so far$
Ted Cruz Christian: What we know about the Presidential candidate's faith so far

But although he rarely shies away from mixing his faith and politics, he said it was important for politicians "to avoid being a Pharisee, to avoid ostentatiously wrapping yourself in your faith, because I think in politics, it's too easy for that to become a crutch, for that to be politically useful."
Feel like giving up? 10 Bible verses to help you persevere

Sometimes things can just get a bit much â whether we're struggling with our faith, or finding everything else in life is getting on top of us, it's hard to know how, or why, to keep pressing on.