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Ireland to hold referendum on women's role in the home
Ireland to hold referendum on women's role in the home

The move is the latest to update Ireland's socially conservative 1937 constitution to reflect a more secular and socially liberal population.

Thai diver dies as rescue teams ponder how to bring out trapped boys
Thai diver dies as rescue teams ponder how to bring out trapped boys

Dwindling oxygen levels in the cave complex and weather forecasts predicting more heavy rain added to the pressure on authorities to work out a rescue plan.

5 simple things to know before hiring moving companies in Philadelphia
5 simple things to know before hiring moving companies in Philadelphia

(Partner Post) Moving to a new home could be highly stressing if you have not hired the right moving company.

Do we have guardian angels? Greg Laurie says angels can speak to us and protect us from harm
Do we have guardian angels? Greg Laurie says angels can speak to us and protect us from harm

"Angels are involved in the life of every Christian," said the pastor

Willow Creek elders apologise for not believing women who accused Bill Hybels of sexual misconduct
Willow Creek elders apologise for not believing women who accused Bill Hybels of sexual misconduct

Elders of Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois say they now believe that founder and former senior pastor Bill Hybels "entered into sin," adding that they should have believed the women who made sexual misconduct accusations against him earlier this year.

Jim Bakker claims first horseman of the Apocalypse is riding through America and Trump is a 'respite' before the End Times
Jim Bakker claims first horseman of the Apocalypse is riding through America and Trump is a 'respite' before the End Times

Controversial televangelist Jim Bakker has claimed that God spoke to him as he was reading Revelation 6 in the Bible and told him that the first horseman of the Apocalypse has been released upon the world, with President Donald Trump being a "respite" before the End Times.

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.

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.