Mark Woods

• Where is kidnapped Pastor Raymond Koh?

  No one has been held to account, and there are fears the kidnappings mark a new level of violent intolerance in the Muslim-majority country.

• Why Martin Luther got James wrong: RT Kendall explains

  Martin Luther was famously dismissive of the Epistle of James, describing it as a 'letter of straw' because of its supposed advocacy of justification by 'works' as opposed to faith.

• If your pastor's house had glass walls, what would you see?

  Troy Gramling, pastor of the 14,000-member Potential Church, are living in a glass house – literally – where viewers will be able to watch their every move.

• This may be the best way to resource your ministry for years to come

  'There's a process books have gone through – they aren't just dashed off in the middle of the night, editors have been involved, they've been crafted. So the long-term transformative impact on people is greater.'

• A prayer for Las Vegas

  At least 50 people died and more than 200 were injured during a shooting attack on a Las Vegas concert last night.

• The real problem with #FakeNews isn't what you think

  'Fake news' is big news. Stories are made up and shared online either for political purposes, financial gain (those clicks mean revenue, folks) or sheer mischief.

• World Relief slams Trump plan to cut refugee intake to 'historic low'

  A leading Christian aid and development organisation has condemned reported plans by Donald Trump to set the maximum number of refugees the US will take in Fiscal Year 2018 at a 'historic low'.

• #NationalPoetryDay: 5 Christian poems you should know

  It's National Poetry Day, when verse-lovers share their favourite poems. Here are five Christian poems you should know:

• What's really wrong with David Meade's doomsday prediction

  If the first thing people think of when they see a church is a delusional end-times prophet, we have a problem.

• Memorialising murder: Does the inventor of the AK-47 deserve a statue?

  It's a masterpiece of minimalist engineering – simple, powerful and ultra-reliable.

• Learning from lizards about church growth

  Churches are very impressed by size – over-impressed, really. We like reading stories of dramatic growth.

• Theologians seek Protestant unity through 'Reforming Catholic Confession'

  More than 500 pastors and theologians have signed a 'Reforming Catholic Confession' designed to mark the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation on October 31, 2017.