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Christian Marriage Needs to Put God's Joy Before Our Own
That day when wedding bells were ringing, birds were singing and you were exchanging vows, the happiest person was not the bride, not the groom, not even the gatecrasher waiting for the cake slicing. The person who experienced the most joy was God Himself.
Astronauts give pope personalised space suit, add white cape
Astronauts from the International Space Station gave Pope Francis his own blue jump suit on Friday but to distinguish him from ordinary planetary pilgrims like themselves they added a white cape.
Austria to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams
Austria's right-wing government plans to shut seven mosques and could expel dozens of imams in what it said was 'just the beginning' of a push against radical Islam and foreign funding of religious groups that Turkey condemned as racist.
Story sharing: The bridge across the church generation gap?
We talk about the 'generation gap'. What are we doing to build a generation bridge? Are stories the answer?
The Passion of Ryan Gosling: Love and sacrifice in 'Drive'
All truth belongs to God, and if we look close enough, we can find him hiding in plain sight in any film.
Freed American pastor says he shared the Gospel with North Korean official before his release
Kim Hak Song, an American pastor released last month from North Korea after spending a year in prison, says he shared the book of Genesis with a regime official
Afghanistan announces Eid ceasefire with Taliban until June 20
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced for the first time an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban, coinciding with the end of the Muslim fasting month, but excluding other militant groups, such as Islamic State.
Pastor killed by crocodile while baptizing believers in Ethiopia lake
The BBC reports that a pastor has been killed by a crocodile while conducting a mass baptism in a lake in southern Ethiopia
Freed grandmother Alice Johnson says Kim Kardashian's help was a miracle of God
"I know that only God could have touched Kim Kardashian's heart like that," said Johnson
Supreme Court challenges Northern Ireland abortion law â but shuts down bid to change it
Britain's Supreme Court said today that Northern Ireland's strict abortion legislation was incompatible with human rights, but that the court did not have the powers to rule that the law be changed.
What's in a name? How descriptions of God are helping overcome fear in the Central African Republic
Berdine Van der Toren works with the Church Mission Society in the Central African Republic.
May tells Netanyahu of concern over Gaza deaths
Britain is concerned about the deaths of protesters in Gaza, Prime Minister Theresa May told Israel's premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, saying that the situation had deteriorated.
Prince Charles asked to give evidence at sex abuse inquiry into paedophile bishop Peter Ball
Prince Charles has been asked to evidence at a child abuse inquiry into a paedophile bishop who was jailed for abusing young men.
'One part suffers, every part suffers': The church and the UK's knife crime
In parts of the UK there is an rising risk of being unlawfully killed. Steve Clifford says the church has a crucial role to play in this crisis.
Gazans send fire-starting kites into Israel; minister threatens lethal response
Palestinians are sending kites dangling coal embers or burning rags across the Gaza border to set fire to farmland and forests, in a new tactic that an Israeli minister said should be countered with 'targeted assassinations'.
Scores more homes destroyed by lava flow on Hawaii's Big Island
A growing river of molten rock flowing from a fissure at the foot of Kilauea Volcano is believed to have demolished scores of additional homes and filled in a small bay at the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, civil defense officials said on Tuesday.