Life

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  Pastor pretends to be homeless man outside his own church to see what congregation would do

  Illinois megachurch Pastor James MacDonald recently disguised himself as a bearded homeless man and camped outside of two Harvest Bible Chapel campuses before Sunday services to see how congregants would react.

• It's OK not to be OK: Why we need to learn to live with imperfection

  As we move into the week, it's harder to believe that God loves us just as we are because, honestly, we don't love ourselves just as we are.

• Churches offered funding for science projects

  The project is part of the Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science programme and is open to all mainstream Christian churches.

• A trip in a NYPD car is just the start of a chance to learn

  Greg doesn't look to convert people. Instead his faith is there in front of people and his actions speak more than words could.

• Harry and Meghan expecting first baby next year

  The news emerged shortly after the royal couple landed in Australia for their first overseas tour.

• Manic street preachers: Why they miss the point

  These guys aren't there to listen to others. It's not a dialogue, it's a diatribe.

• Why the neglect of Britain's prisons needs to end: An ex-chaplain speaks out

  Sometimes an 'overdose of love' is the only thing that will turn people around.

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  How I've changed my mind about yoga

  When I first started seeing yoga classes advertised in churches, I lamented, "Oh how blasphemous and lost is the modern church". My opinion was, that for a minister or congregation to allow that evil practice through their doors they must be backslidden indeed.

• Kristyn Getty: Why we sing hymns with our children

  The early years of a child's life are so significant in shaping how they understand God and the world, and we've found singing hymns to be an effective way to help our girls build their lives upon God's Word.

• 'From the bottom of my heart, I am sorry': How Black History Month has challenged a white woman

  'A nation which has no room for difference, has no room for humanity.'

• Caught up in war: The future of children in Congo is bleak

  Eleven-year-old Rebecca still believes she was once able to talk to skeletons, turn sticks into guns and teleport herself across long distances.

• I Will Not Fear: The moving testimony of one of the Little Rock Nine

  Melba Pattillo Beals has written 'I Will Not Fear' to tell of how her faith in God sustained her during her darkest days.

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  Joel Osteen says he follows the 'Billy Graham rule'

  Popular author and pastor Joel Osteen says he follows the 'Billy Graham rule' and spends 30 minutes at the start of every day making sure he is right before God.

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  The one sin Christians must instantly repent of, according to John Piper

  The pastor contended that repentance was necessary but doesn't need to be long-winded

• Interview: Katharine Welby-Roberts on living with depression

  'That the Archbishop's daughter has depression made national news is hilarious and frightening and absurd.'