Culture

• Rob Bell isn't cool: 3 proofs from an interview

  Rob Bell's new Holy Shift Tour of the UK starts today, and you may be wanting to avoid it.

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  Hillsong's Joel Houston clarifies views on evolution after 'So Will I' lyrics spark debate

  With one of Hillsong United's latest hits, "So Will I (100 Billion X)," at the center of a creation versus evolution debate, worship leader Joel Houston is setting the record straight on where he stands.

• Rob Bell's Holy Shift: It's preaching, but not as we know it

  I do a thing from the Book of Joshua, a thing from Isaiah. On paper that should not work. It's half theological reflection and half standup comedy and guerilla theatre.

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  Country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill credit their 21-year marriage to 'always praying' together

  The pair have been married since 1996 and along with thriving careers they also have three children.

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  Chris Pratt uses MTV awards thank-you speech to tell people 'God is real'

  Hollywood actor Chris Pratt took the spotlight at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Monday when he used his acceptance speech for the 'Generation Award' to tell the audience that God is real and loves them.

• Vicky Beeching's 'Undivided' trap: Why evangelicals need a better story

  Since coming out four years ago Beeching has become an advocate for a revisionist position on sexual activity in the evangelical world.

• Kind on film: Death is the hero in 'No Country for Old Men', but we have a better story

  We feel safe when we watch Shane or something from the John Wayne canon, because there's a reassuring moral structure. But the hero in No Country is death itself.

• Dancing vicar becomes internet sensation with Whit Walk boogie

  A 'boogieing vicar' has become an internet sensation after a video of him dancing on the streets of Ashton-under-Lyne was viewed more than 20,000 times in two days.

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  Asia Argento shares Bible verse and prayer following suicide of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain

  Italian actress Asia Argento has shared a prayer and a passage from the Book of John as she mourns the death of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide in his hotel room in France earlier this month.

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  Alice Johnson says she did a 'full-fledged Pentecostal holy dance' after being freed from prison with the help of Kim Kardashian West

  The great-grandmother said Kardashian West was 'anointed' and that she prays for her every day after her appeal to Donald Trump on Johnson's behalf led to a pardon after 22 years in prison

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  Former American Idol finalist shares how he found strength in God in the face of life-threatening illness

  Scott MacIntyre, who became the first blind finalist in American Idol in 2009, has shared how his faith in God has helped him while he was battling kidney failure that began in his late teens.

• Why The Handmaid's Tale is more Christian than you think

  What is it exactly that draws readers back each week? And particularly, why do young women, including Christian ones, find it so captivating?

• Kind on film: That baptism moment in The Fellowship of the Ring

  The unsearchable riches of Christ are found throughout the searchable richness of the LOTR trilogy.

• Stolen Christopher Columbus letter returned to the Vatican

  The Vatican Library will be given back a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 announcing his discovery of the New World after it was stolen and replaced with a forgery.

• 6 movies which strongly represent Christianity

  (Partner Post) These classics can be a perfect choice for your next family movie night.