Mark Woods

• Rebel angels: is this the greatest description ever of Satan in hell?

  A mere £10, paid on this day around 350 years ago for what's recognised as one of the finest works in the whole of English literature, seems a little unfair.

• What would you do if you won £121 million?

  Somewhere in the UK, however, someone has bought a lottery ticket and – perhaps – had their prayers answered.

• What does CS Lewis have to say about obesity?

  Today, there's a whole industry devoted to this kind of 'gluttony of delicacy'.

• Alfie Evans: Why are people campaigning to keep him alive?

  Sometimes, fights like this have happy endings – and it's these happy endings that keep hope alive.

• St George: Just the right saint for today's England

  It's St George's Day, when all true-born Englishmen – it's usually men – feel a patriotic glow and an upswelling of pride in being not just British, but actually English.

• A bizarre claim India invented the internet has troubling parallels for Christians

  Now we know: it wasn't Sir Tim Berners-Lee who invented the internet, but ancient Indians thousands of years ago.

• Do churches need ministers? Not as much as they think

  Just how important is the minister? Professionals who've trained for two or three years at a college and probably done a bit of an apprenticeship too might not particularly like to hear it said, 'Not very much.'

• What did Charles Spurgeon have to say about war? 5 quotes

  One revered Christian hero who had a surprising amount to say about war was CH Spurgeon.

• Can an atheist go to heaven?

  Can an atheist go to heaven? Categorically not, is the traditional answer. Heaven is reserved for those who have repented of their sins and trusted in Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and Lord.

• 'Oaks of righteousness': The hidden lesson in a Bible prophecy

  There's a beautiful line in Isaiah 61:3 where the prophet says that the broken-hearted, the prisoners, the mourners will be vindicated, crowned and comforted.

• Less than a fortnight to go: The Rapture is due on April 23

  If ever there were a good time to max out the credit cards on a really comprehensive bucket list, it's got to be now: if you're really determined, you can cram a lot of living into a fortnight.

• South African archbishop reveals how he escaped death in apartheid era

  The archbishop of Cape Town has spoken of the time he narrowly escaped death at the hands of South Africa's police during the country's apartheid years in a video interview with the archbishop of Canterbury.