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Generous truck driver tips waitress $1000 twice: 'It was just God-sent'
Generous truck driver tips waitress $1000 twice: 'It was just God-sent'

Trucker David Platt knew that it was the right thing to do after his conversations with waitress Brenda Pearson.

Offset says he thanks God everyday following near fatal car crash
Offset says he thanks God everyday following near fatal car crash

The Migos rapper was back at work just days after the accident that totally wrecked his car.

Preaching Michael Curry-style: How long should a sermon be?

Leave alone the content of Michael Curry's sermon at the Royal wedding – most people loved it, some hated it – what seems to have wound some people up is its length.

Catholics substantially more opposed to Northern Ireland border checks that Protestants
Catholics substantially more opposed to Northern Ireland border checks that Protestants

Opposition to border checks on the Northern Irish border is substantially higher among Catholics than Protestants, new research reveals, with one in ten Catholics backing illegal protests.

Clapping at communion: How bread and wine became symbols of hope
Clapping at communion: How bread and wine became symbols of hope

Sometimes the sheer sadness of a care home seems to engulf me – the brutality of what a combination of life and age does to people.

Anne Frank: Hidden diary entries reveal the secrets in all of us
Anne Frank: Hidden diary entries reveal the secrets in all of us

For anyone who has kept a personal diary, the thought of it selling 25 million copies worldwide and being translated into 70 languages would be a living nightmare.

Iraqi patriarch among 14 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis
Iraqi patriarch among 14 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis

Pope Francis has announced he will create 14 new cardinals on June 29, including the Iraq-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church as well as the archbishop of Karachi.

Membership decline means Church of Scotland's 'very existence' under threat, report warns
Membership decline means Church of Scotland's 'very existence' under threat, report warns

The Church of Scotland's 'very existence' is under threat with whole generations missing from its pews.

INTERVIEW: Mark Meynell on how he preaches Christ's light in the darkness of depression
INTERVIEW: Mark Meynell on how he preaches Christ's light in the darkness of depression

It's not every day in the prosperous West that you find yourself talking to an evangelical preacher who confesses to such daily suffering. But Mark Meynell has the air of a true grown up.

Colin Morris, Methodist minister and BBC religion broadcaster, dies aged 89
Colin Morris, Methodist minister and BBC religion broadcaster, dies aged 89

Dr Colin Morris, the former Methodist president and BBC's head of religion, has died aged 89.

GDPR could kill Christian organisations – so is it OK to just ignore those emails?
GDPR could kill Christian organisations – so is it OK to just ignore those emails?

The great GDPR revolution has well and truly arrived, and is currently causing major headaches in practically every organisation that ever built a mailing list.

The Greatest Story Ever Toured: Meet the Bible's new Ant and Dec
The Greatest Story Ever Toured: Meet the Bible's new Ant and Dec

Paul Kerensa, a comedian and script writer for shows including Miranda and Top Gear is embarking on a nine-stop tour of England with theologian and Bible teacher Dr Andrew Ollerton.

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly church attack in Grozny, Chechnya
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly church attack in Grozny, Chechnya

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a church in Russia's Chechnya republic that killed three people, the group's Amaq news agency has reported.

Cuba plane crash: 20 evangelical pastors among the 110 dead
Cuba plane crash: 20 evangelical pastors among the 110 dead

Twenty evangelical pastors were among the 110 dead after a plane crash in Cuba left only three survivors.

Pope Francis tells gay abuse victim: 'God loves you just the way you are'

A victim of clerical sex abuse has said Pope Francis told him God made him gay, that his sexuality 'does not matter' and that God and the pope love him as he is.

Church of Scotland takes another step towards allowing same-sex marriages
Church of Scotland takes another step towards allowing same-sex marriages

'From those of us who want to uphold the traditional and orthodox teaching of the Church, it is possibly as good an outcome as we could expect.'