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US evangelicals unite in high-profile ad urging political protection of refugees
Several high-profile US evangelicals have attached their names to an advertisement in the Washington Post today, urging action from President Trump and Congress on immigration policy and the protection of refugees.
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Evolution and religion: What did Cheddar Man believe in?
While science can tell us a surprising amount about what these Mesolithic hunter-gatherers looked like, there are vast gaps in our knowledge about how they lived.
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US ambassador: 'Religious freedom is the most important foreign relations topic today'
The US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, Sam Brownback, made his first public appearance yesterday addressing Muslim, Jewish, and Christians leaders gathered to discuss their shared commitment to promoting peace and protecting religious minorities in the Muslim world.
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Two more priests killed in Mexico as violence continues
Two priests have been killed in Mexico as attacks against church leaders continue in the largely Catholic country.
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The 'bonfire of the vanities': One Christian reformer's passionate purge of sinful distraction
On this day in 1497 occurred a dramatic public display of zealous, religiously-minded arson. The great 'bonfire of the vanities' targeted numerous objects deemed dangerous temptations to sin by the passionate instigator of the purge, Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola.
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Church investors join campaign to enforce gender diversity in major companies
The Church Investors Group (CIG), whose 61 members have around $17 billion invested between them, has told businesses they must appoint more female board members.
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Rachael Denhollander reignites Sovereign Grace Church controversy
Rachael Denhollander, the former US gymnast who was the first to bring accusations of abuse against the disgraced Larry Nassar, has hit back at Sovereign Grace Church (SGC) after the evangelical outfit denied allegations of abuse cover-up.
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Israeli minister says Poland cancelled his visit amid furore over Holocaust 'denial' bill
Israel's education minister's trip to Poland this week has been cancelled amid uproar at the Polish government's plans to outlaw suggesting Poland was complicit in the Holocaust.
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Why Anglicans who object to reconciliation with Methodists should read more history
Friends of mine, Catholic-minded Anglicans, are at the moment getting very exercised about current proposals for Anglican-Methodist reconciliation in England.
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Want to know how to get the Bible's message? Try listening
I have to be honest. I am terrible at keeping New Year's resolutions. This is partly because, for me, they are so often about food.
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Archaeologists uncover one of oldest churches in Turkey
One of the earliest churches in Asia Minor, modern day Turkey, is thought to have been discovered in an archaeological dig in the Black Sea province of Karabük's Eskipazar district.
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Does God cause illness? How Jesus handled a tough question
Any kind of affliction is hard to bear; it's even harder when people say it's your own fault.
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Evangelical Christian is front-runner for Costa Rica presidency
A conservative evangelical Christian has emerged as the front-runner to take the presidency in Costa Rica.
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Former Brixton Prison chaplain ousted for 'extreme' Christian views
A former prison chaplain has claim he was forced out of his job at Brixton prison after the Muslim managing chaplain accused him of holding 'extreme' views.
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How a North Korean woman found faith in a labour camp
Tens of thousands of Christians are imprisoned for their faith in North Korean labour camps, but for one defector it was going to a labour camp that led her to Jesus.