Mark Woods

Bob Dylan letter from 1980 about Christian faith expected to sell for $20,000
Written on Park Plaza paper in April 1980 to a friend named 'Steve', the letter says Dylan is "up in Toronto singing and playing for about 3000 people a night in a downtown theatre".

Turkey needs to admit the Armenian Genocide before it joins the EU
If Germany had refused to recognise its responsibility for the Holocaust, no government would accept that it had a right to a place at the European table.

Pro-LGBT businesses are worse than ISIS, says megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress
Jeffress said that "at the root of this is society's rebellion against the plan of God, that's what this is all about".

Israel boycott movement 'down in flames' at United Methodist conference
Four divestment or investment screening resolutions were rejected by committees and did not make it to the conference floor.

Paralysed US Supreme Court dodges decision on Obamacare birth control
The justices handed at least a short-term victory to the religious employers, primarily Roman Catholic organisations.

Pope Francis: States should be secular, but protect religious freedom
"Everyone must have the freedom to externalise his or her own faith," said the Pope.

Lifeway director Ed Stetzer to head Billy Graham Center for Evangelism
Stetzer is currently executive director of the Southern Baptist Convention's LifeWay Research.

Is Anne Graham Lotz right to say God allowed 9/11 'to show us we need him'?
She believes that God has punished America for turning away from him by sending storms, earthquakes and terrorist attacks.

Learning from St Jude, the apostle everyone struggles to remember
In the Roman Catholic Church Jude is the patron saint of lost causes, which seems very appropriate.

500 years after Reformation, it's time for reconciliation says Lutheran bishop
Next year will see the 500th anniversary Martin Luther posting his 95 theses on the Wittenberg church door.

'Bomb' at Old Trafford was a hoax, say police
The game against Bournemouth â the final one of the season â was called off and two stands, the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and the Stretford End, were evacuated.

BBC says it's too Christian, will increase programming on other faiths
A report says there is a disproportionate amount of programming on Christianity compared to faiths like Islam and Hinduism.

British former Catholic priest arrested in Kosovo over child abuse allegations
Laurence Soper allegedly committed the offences at St Benedict's School in Ealing, where he was a teacher in the 1970s and 1980s.

Boxer Tyson Fury filmed in homophobic, antisemitic rant
The heavyweight champion boxer, who has been outspoken about his Christian faith, was filmed answering questions from a sofa after a training session.

Syria: Suspected Russian airstrike hits ancient Church of St Simeon
The church and the remains of Simeon's pillar were hit by the airstrike.

US set to arm Christian anti-extremist militias in Iraq
Christian anti-Islamic State forces in Iraq are set to benefit from a defence spending bill headed for authorisation by the US Congress and Senate.