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Christians warned against practicing yoga, other forms of Eastern meditation: 'Don't anger God'
If you practice yoga or any Eastern form of meditation different from biblical meditation, you are "opening the door wide to the enemy," Christian blogger Rosilind Jukic contends.

How Big Sam manages for success: What the Church can learn from the new England football coach
The choice of Sam Allardyce is controversial. But what can the Church learn from his leadership style? Here are some lessons from his long managerial career.

Josh McDowell: How I forgave the man who abused me as a child
McDowell, 76, was addressing the Together 2016 prayer rally, which attracted around 350,000 people on a blistering hot Saturday.

Campaigners fight to give Bishop George Bell a 'fair' posthumous hearing on charges of child abuse
Senior figures across the British establishment have united with local campaigners in Sussex to call for a detailed re-examination of the evidence against the late Bishop of Chichester George Bell, recently accused of being a paedophile.

Divisions deepen in Church of England as conservatives express 'lack of confidence' in gay marriage talks
A group of conservative Anglicans have expressed their "lack of confidence" in the Church of England's talks on gay relationships.

Soul Survivor on the move, last year for sister festival Momentum
Soul Survivor, which has been held in Somerset since 1993, is moving part of its gathering from the county to the Peterborough Arena from next year

Contradiction? Even atheists â many of them â believe in life continuing in heaven after death
An atheist who believes in heaven may look like an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. Nonetheless, there are people who do not believe in God but at the same time believe in an afterlife.

Perry Noble enters treatment centre, pledges to do 'whatever it takes to get better'
Noble said: "I'll be there for about 30 days. I'm going to be under the care of some excellent doctors, excellent psychiatrists."

Republicans more likely than Democrats to be unhappy with Hollywood's treatment of Christianity
The way Christianity is being depicted in the movies is proving to be one of the major issues that sharply divide the two major political blocs in America.

'Miracles': New film explores extraordinary events in Christendom that have awed people for thousands of years
How do you explain something that is unexplainable, something like a miracle?

Bishop of London to step down after more than 20 years at the helm
The Bishop of London Richard Chartres has announced that he is to retire next year, after a long and distinguished career at the heart of the Church of England and the British establishment.

Paul Harcourt: It's been a difficult season for New Wine, but we've come out strong
Paul Harcourt is taking on the lead role at New Wine after a turbulent few months for the charismatic evangelical network of churches.

Scottish priest who embezzled £100,000 wants Pope to release him from priesthood
A Scottish Catholic priest serving a ten month jail sentence for embezzling £100,000 of church funds to fund an alleged gambling problem has apparently asked that Pope Francis allow him to quit the clergy

Catholic faith shows steep decline in Germany, with over 180,000 leaving church in 2015
The numbers are alarming, but the bishops' conference in Germany insists that the Catholic Church in the most populous member of the European Union remains "a strong force, whose message is heard and accepted."

US archbishops support bill protecting religious freedom of those who disagree with same-sex unions
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore came out with a joint statement last week supporting the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA).

Reclaiming evangelism: Why Christians need to recover their passion for Christ
Because the Church repurposed the word 'evangel' to refer specifically to the greatest news ever told, the term evangelism was adopted by the Church and became an in-house Christian word. But not any more.