Mark Woods
South Africa: Church backs students as Zuma caves in to mass protests
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has frozen student tuition fees in response to widespread protests by students angry at the proposed rises of up to 12 per cent.
Bristol Palin slams film about evangelical pastor and gun control
Abigail Disney's film The Armor of Light focuses on Pastor Rob Schenck.
Ministers and magic mushrooms: Why religion is about more than mysticism
Scientists are recruiting ministers to take psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called 'magic mushrooms'.
City Harvest's Kong Hee speaks of 'difficult time', asks for prayers
The Singapore megachurch pastor found guilty of fraud, said on Facebook yesterday it was a "difficult time" for him and his family.
State torture, rape and murder? As long as you pay up, the World Bank doesn't mind
The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights has launched a swingeing attack on the World Bank.
Indonesia begins church demolitions under Islamist pressure
Authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province have demolished three churches, claiming that they lacked the proper building permits.
Netanyahu's Holocaust claims: Why they don't stand up
Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu sparked controversy yesterday by a speech in which he blamed the Holocaust on a Palestinian.
Al Mohler: Contraceptives and divorce led to same-sex marriage
A leading Southern Baptist theologian and commentator is to issue a call for "faithful, biblical witness" in a book to be released next week.
Kong Hee and City Harvest Church: How a music 'ministry' led to a megachurch pastor's downfall
The Kong Hee case appears to epitomise most of what can go wrong with megachurch ministries.
The Good Book? Why we still believe the Bible, in spite of all the bloodshed
One of the things that strikes any thoughtful reader of the Bible is the sheer quantity of blood that soaks its pages.
Dawkins and damnation: Is our faith compromised by fear of punishment?
The doctrine of eternal punishment hovers over our evangelistic efforts as a bird of prey hovers over a field vole.
US evangelicals soften their line on death penalty
The National Association of Evangelicals' resolution backs away from its previous strong support for capital punishment.
Demons keep out: 'Magic' used at Tower of London to ward off evil
Archaeologists working on London's iconic Tower of London have found dozens of marks aimed at warding off the forces of evil carved into the timbers of one of the buildings in the fortress.
Gospel for Asia board was 'kept in the dark' about financial dealings, says former member
The admission comes after GFA was removed from membership by the ECFA after multiple breaches of its code of conduct.
Good disagreement: Can the CofE hold it together?
The only way to imitate Christ in our conflicts is to invest trust, love and time in the people from whom we are currently divided, says Mark Woods.
The Government's blind spot: Why it doesn't get Islam
The Government has not yet succeeded in finding the right tone in which to speak either to Muslims, or about them.