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Summer doesn\'t have to be a season of spiritual slacking: 4 things to progress with in the holidays
Summer doesn't have to be a season of spiritual slacking: 4 things to progress with in the holidays

When it comes to summer, we tend to press pause on a lot of things, and that can include our commitment to practising our faith. But summer doesn't have to be a season of spiritual slacking.

4 reasons why God\'s perfect love makes it OK that you\'re not perfect
4 reasons why God's perfect love makes it OK that you're not perfect

Even though God tells us that He loves us just as we are and demonstrates it in so many ways, we can still become convinced that we're not good enough in some way or another and therefore are unloveable and unimportant. Here are four reasons why it's OK that you're not perfect.

4 things that might be destroying your joy in the Lord and why they shouldn\'t
4 things that might be destroying your joy in the Lord and why they shouldn't

Without realising it, you may have been the only obstacle standing in your way of experiencing the joy that's readily available to you.

Sinned again and worrying about what God thinks? Here are 5 Bible verses to reassure you that you are not cast away
Sinned again and worrying about what God thinks? Here are 5 Bible verses to reassure you that you are not cast away

The Bible is the best place for us to develop a more informed realisation of what God's love is, what it means to be loved by Him and how we should respond to it. Here are 5 Bible verses to help you start to do just that.

3 important invitations from Jesus to His followers and how you should respond
3 important invitations from Jesus to His followers and how you should respond

Below are just three of the invitations that Jesus extends to those who wish to know him. As Christians we say yes to each one but it's always worth recapping over them and making sure that we're doing more than simply paying lip service to his instructions.

It\'s OK for Christians to worry about refugees in U.S., religious freedom activist says
It's OK for Christians to worry about refugees in U.S., religious freedom activist says

Are you a Christian who is worried about how the government is allowing refugees from Syria and other countries in the Middle East to resettle in the United States? A Christian religious freedom activist says it is perfectly fine to have concerns like this.

Archbishop from Uganda says beating of children, wives at home should stop
Archbishop from Uganda says beating of children, wives at home should stop

In a recent interview with The Catholic News Agency, Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo of Tororo—a district located in the eastern part of the African nation of Uganda—urged Christians around the world to speak out against domestic violence.

3 things that God has in His heart for His flock
3 things that God has in His heart for His flock

God, who is very loving, has nothing but good things in His heart for His people.

Justin Welby: \'I am constantly consumed with horror\' at the way the Church has treated gay people
Justin Welby: 'I am constantly consumed with horror' at the way the Church has treated gay people

Justin Welby has opened up about how his own failings make him angry and said that he spends "a lot of time feeling a fraud" in a personal and at times emotional interview at the Greenbelt Christian festival in Northamptonshire.

Looking for a motivation to share the gospel? Here\'s a good one for you
Looking for a motivation to share the gospel? Here's a good one for you

He goes with us, but won't preach the gospel for us.

Self-examination: Why the Bible tells us to \'ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent\'
Self-examination: Why the Bible tells us to 'ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent'

Christ's death and resurrection is a one-time thing, but growing into the character of Christ is something that we should commit to for the rest of our lives.

Christians: Always verify if facts you see online are true
Christians: Always verify if facts you see online are true

While there are also many non-believers, atheists and even people from differnt religions falling for faux news, what should really catch our attention is how many Christians fail to heed biblical warnings by falling for such information.

Are you receiving God\'s grace but ignoring the call to holiness?
Are you receiving God's grace but ignoring the call to holiness?

Since the beginning of the early church, licentiousness has plagued church communities often leading many people astray.

Italy earthquake: State funeral held for 35 victims
Italy earthquake: State funeral held for 35 victims

Italy marked a day of national mourning on Saturday for 290 people killed in a quake that devastated parts of its mountainous heart, holding a state funeral for 35 of the victims.

Denmark: Friday prayers held at Scandinavia\'s first female-led mosque
Denmark: Friday prayers held at Scandinavia's first female-led mosque

There are very few women-led mosques in the world, and none in Scandinavia apart from the Mariam mosque in Copenhagen.