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The Bible and punishment: Is God unjust?
The Bible and punishment: Is God unjust?

How does God's perfect, just nature harmonize with all kinds of stories and events in Scripture where God's people—and even God Himself—appear to approve of or command injustices?

What it means to forgive
What it means to forgive

(Partner post) Forgiveness is a cornerstone of many world religions.

The rise of the Japanese chefs - things you should know
The rise of the Japanese chefs - things you should know

(Partner post) European and American people feel a strong zeal for the Asian cuisine.

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

False freedom: Why Christians need to beware of the money trap
False freedom: Why Christians need to beware of the money trap

We live in an area of refined materialism, with the desire to increase, upgrade, customise and insure.

Blessing the murder of children? How to read Psalm 137
Blessing the murder of children? How to read Psalm 137

'O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us – he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.'

Running out of gas: lessons from an unlikely crisis
Running out of gas: lessons from an unlikely crisis

While the abundance of C02 is damaging our global atmosphere, the lack of it in bottle form is arguably damaging the atmosphere in our hot and football-thirsty land.

Is carbon-based life the only way to be a Christian?
Is carbon-based life the only way to be a Christian?

It really is the case that carbon and the other elements essential for life were made in the stars. We are all made of star-dust.

How to stay fit while working from home?
How to stay fit while working from home?

(Partner post) Do you work from home and often get engrossed in your work, so much that you forget about your health and wellness?

Tortured for Christ: How Richard Wurmbrand faced down expert Communist interrogators
Tortured for Christ: How Richard Wurmbrand faced down expert Communist interrogators

Firing squads were simulated in the courtyard outside the prisoners' cells. Tape-recorded screams and random shouts were played throughout the night.

'Just Love': Jayne Ozanne's journey to self-acceptance
'Just Love': Jayne Ozanne's journey to self-acceptance

Jayne Ozanne has consistently sought to move the dial further and further in the direction of the full acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the life of the Church, and has suffered for it.

Tortured for Christ: The cost of discipleship for Richard Wurmbrand
Tortured for Christ: The cost of discipleship for Richard Wurmbrand

On February 29, 1948, Romanian pastor Richard Wurmbrand was arrested on his way to a church service.

Spiritual wisdom from my garden: 6 lessons to encourage growth
Spiritual wisdom from my garden: 6 lessons to encourage growth

Spending time in the garden and reflecting on my faith have helped me realise a few ways where gardening and growing in the Christian faith marry up.

Jack Phillips' bakery sees increase in customers after Supreme Court decision
Jack Phillips' bakery sees increase in customers after Supreme Court decision

The number of customers at Jack Phillips' Masterpiece Cakeshop has reportedly increased three-fold after US Supreme Court justices ruled in his favor in a lawsuit over his refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding.

How could this blind Iraqi refugee memorise 87 chapters of the Bible?
How could this blind Iraqi refugee memorise 87 chapters of the Bible?

A blind Iraqi refugee has memorised an astonishing 87 chapters of the Bible using a solar-powered audio Bible.

Richard Dawkins claims abortion is a means to end human suffering
Richard Dawkins claims abortion is a means to end human suffering

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has claimed that abortion is a means to end human suffering in response to recent comments by Pope Francis likening abortion to the eugenics programme implemented by the Nazis.