Mark Woods

• This is the real problem with Sean Spicer's Hitler analogy

  There' s a handy debating tool called Godwin's Law that Sean Spicer, Donald Trump's press secretary, really ought to look up.

• Britain needs some of Aslan's 'deep magic' to reimagine its future, says Archbishop of Canterbury

  Britain needs to 'reimagine' a new set of values to face a radically different future, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

• Chinese Christians forced to set up surveillance cameras in their churches

  The Zhejiang provincial government had instructed local authorities to install security cameras in churches with the aim of helping them monitor religious activities.

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  Christ with a barbed wire crown: St Paul's Cathedral installs Wallinger statue to highlight plight of prisoners

  Ecce Homo, by renowned sculptor Mark Wallinger, has been installed in collaboration with the cathedral and Amnesty International and will remain there for six weeks.

• Jailed missionary Andrew Brunson's sister: 'We believe God is with him'

  The sister of Andrew Brunson, the American missionary jailed in Turkey on what his supporters say are false charges of membership of a terrorist organisation, has spoken of how the family's faith in God is sustaining them.

• How jihadis are killing Egypt's 'soft target' Christians to undermine the state

  Christians are an easily identifiable and vulnerable group who are seen by militant Islamists as supporting the state, making churches a 'soft target'.

• 'The church was filled with the bodies of the dead': Egypt Palm Sunday bombing survivors speak out

  Eyewitnesses of the blasts that took the lives of 49 Egyptian Coptic Christians have spoken of the horror of the events.

• Generous leadership: What Moses has to teach pastors today

  In Numbers 11: 23-30 there's a fascinating story that speaks into the heart of debates about Christian leadership today.

• Was Christopher Columbus really a Jew fleeing persecution by the Spanish Inquisition?

  The latter idea is not a new one, but it's surfaced again in an article for Breaking Israel News, a Christian Zionist publication.

• Render unto Caesar: The new pound coin has an uncomfortable message for the Church

  The coin says, in its design, something about who we are and whom we serve.

• I'm glad Alexander Blackman is to be freed – and I'm glad he went to jail

  Alexander Blackman – 'Marine A' – has been sentenced to seven years for diminished responsibility manslaughter. He could be free in weeks.

• What is the battle for Mosul about and why does it matter?

  With all the headlines Islamic State is still capable of generating, it is in the end-game of its dream of an Islamic caliphate.