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Malta detains charity ship for second time in a week as migrant death toll rises
Malta detains charity ship for second time in a week as migrant death toll rises

For the second time in a week, Malta on Monday detained a humanitarian vessel that normally rescues boat migrants off the coast of Libya, where two shipwrecks have claimed the lives of as many as 200 people in recent days.

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.

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

Church of Scotland minister fights for Christian family threatened with deportation
Church of Scotland minister fights for Christian family threatened with deportation

A Church of Scotland minister has started a petition to try and persuade the UK government not to deport two teenage brothers to Pakistan.

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.

Suspect charged with 5 murders after shotgun attack on Maryland newsroom
Suspect charged with 5 murders after shotgun attack on Maryland newsroom

A Maryland man was charged with multiple counts of murder on Friday, a day after police say he rampaged through a newsroom in Annapolis

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.'

Believe it or not: Euro evangelicals back new freedom of religion movement
Believe it or not: Euro evangelicals back new freedom of religion movement

The European Platform against Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID) launched its new #FoRBDefender movement this week under the slogan, 'Believe it or not, it's my Right!'

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.

'Heartbreaking' Nigeria violence sees hundreds of Christians killed
'Heartbreaking' Nigeria violence sees hundreds of Christians killed

Days of violence between mainly Christian farmers and Muslim Fulani herdsmen in central Nigeria have cost scores of lives and led to accusations that the government has lost control of the situation.

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.

Saddleworth Moor firefighters thankful for Salvation Army support
Saddleworth Moor firefighters thankful for Salvation Army support

The fires have spread because of the prolonged hot weather and are visible for miles around.

Pope Francis is popular with the world's Catholics – but he is fighting fierce internal battles

When Pope Francis wanted to appoint a woman as deputy head of the Vatican press office in 2016, he quickly ran into opposition from the Catholic Church's male-dominated hierarchy.

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?

Woman says pastor stopped her from coming to church after missing Sunday services without his permission
Woman says pastor stopped her from coming to church after missing Sunday services without his permission

Azoia Williams, a young Mississippi woman who says she attended Zion Chapel Church of God in Christ in Bolton "since birth," claims she was kicked off the church's membership roll by her former pastor this week for missing two Sundays without his permission.

Billy Graham's daughter says she's more worried about the state of the church than today's secular culture
Billy Graham's daughter says she's more worried about the state of the church than today's secular culture

Evangelist and author Anne Graham Lotz, the 70-year-old daughter of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, has said that most people in today's American culture are essentially living as 'practical atheists'