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One way to know if you're ready for marriage
Only you can answer the question, "am I ready to marry?"

What to do when you don't feel like reading your Bible
Sometimes we just lose the drive to read God's Word. Here's how you can get it back.

Meet the Nativity: The inspiring vision behind the latest Christian viral sensation
The aim is 'to get people to be interested in the actual Christmas message and not just buying toasters'

Church versus state in India as archbishop rebuked by officials for 'nationalism' warning
Ahead of elections in Gujaret, India's westernmost state, next month, the Catholic Archbishop of its capital, Gandhinagar, has been rebuked by officials in the election commission for urging voters to ensure that the country is 'saved of nationalist forces'.

Church of Scotland must modernise or die, warns former moderator
The Church of Scotland will 'drift into irrelevance and obscurity' unless it moves its focus away from preserving institutions and traditional services and onto modernising and using smart phones to connect with the young, the former moderator of the Church's general assembly has warned.

Splits emerge among Scottish Anglicans after gay marriage vote
Splinters are emerging in the Scottish Anglican Church after its decision to permit priests to marry gay couples earlier this year.

Sinai mosque attack: Egypt's Anglican bishop appeals for world to do more to tackle terrorism
Responding to the terrorist attack on the Sinai mosque which left at least 235 people dead, the Anglican Bishop of Egypt has called on the international community to step up the war on terrorists who, he said, enjoy freedoms to raise funds in Europe.

The Living Room: How churches are helping homeless people this winter
Crisp winter mornings and dark cold evenings used to make me think of fireworks, log fires and Christmas.

Abortion protests review announced after concerns over harassment
The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, yesterday ordered an 'in-depth assessment' of protests outside abortion clinics in the UK following recent concerns about the tactics of some protesters and pressure from MPs to ban prayer vigils outside clinics.

Blasphemy crisis and deadly protests: What is going on in Pakistan?
Pakistan, which is ranked fourth on Open Doors' 2017 World Watch List of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian, is in the midst of a blasphemy crisis.

Will the Archbishop of Canterbury marry Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
Prince Harry announced his engagement to Meghan Markle on Monday morning, after proposing earlier this month in London.

Why does it actually matter that Jesus is King?
While we've certainly had some great presidents in recent years â Nelson Mandela for instance â the current crop of global leaders, fronted by men like Donald Trump, Kim Jong-Un and until recently, Robert Mugabe, have given rise to the notion that we're now in the midst of a global leadership crisis.

Prince Harry engaged to American actress Meghan Markle
Prince Harry is engaged to the American actress Meghan Markle, Clarence House announced on Monday morning.

Archbishop of Canterbury on collision course with US evangelicals
The Archbishop of Canterbury is on a collision course with his evangelical counterparts in America this morning after saying he could not comprehend how Christians could vote for Donald Trump.

Pope arrives in Myanmar for tense visit as Rohingya crisis looms
Thousands of Catholics were gathering in Yangon today after long journeys by train and bus, excited to get a glimpse of Pope Francis, who begins a trip to Myanmar fraught with diplomatic risk over its treatment of the minority Muslim Rohingya people.

How to control your temper the Biblical way
We should learn to make our temper obey us - not the other way round.