Mark Woods
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Good King Wenceslas: A Yuletide tale of treachery and murder
Is there more to Wenceslas than a kind gesture on a snowy day, when he hot-footed it to a peasant's hut with flesh, wine and pine-logs?
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John Piper rebukes Liberty University's Jerry Falwell over call for students to carry guns
Jerry Falwell, president of Liberty University, urged students to carry concealed weapons on campus after the San Bernadino shootings.
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Hijab-wearing Wheaton professor could lose her job as talks break down
Hawkins was suspended as a teacher at Wheaton after saying on social media that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.
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Imprisoned Iranian pastor Farshid Fathi freed after five years
Farshid Fathi was arrested on Boxing Day, 2010 during raids targeting Christian churches.
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Homelessness: Churches help thousands each winter, study finds
The study shows that 2,171 homeless guests were accommodated in 500 venues last winter.
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No mince pies, by order: When Parliament banned Christmas
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, as everyone knows. But there was a time in England's history when it was banned altogether.
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It came upon the midnight clear: The story behind the hymn
This carol has been condemned as not really a hymn at all, just an ethical song.
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Is Christmas really a pagan festival?
Lots of people today argue that Christmas is just a pagan mid-winter festival that was taken over by the Church and turned into a celebration of the birth of Christ.
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Vicar of Baghdad to serve as patron of Barnabas Fund
Canon Andrew White and Baroness Cox have agreed to serve as patrons.
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What was the partridge doing in the pear tree, anyway? How the song could teach you about the Bible
Most of our Christmas songs and customs aren't really all that old. One that's more antique than most is the famous song about the partridge and the pear tree.
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Muslim bus passengers save Christians from Al-Shabaab extremists: 'Kill us all or leave'
Muslim passengers refused to be separated from Christians when their bus was ambushed by suspected Islamist extremists.
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No charges for Detroit pastor who killed man wielding brick
The pastor of the City of God church had an "honest and reasonable belief" that he was at risk of death, say prosecutors.