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Why Christians, of all people, should understand the difference between knowledge and truth
Why Christians, of all people, should understand the difference between knowledge and truth

What the internet utopians missed in their confident beliefs about the role of the internet puncturing authoritarianism, is that there is a difference between knowledge and truth. The availability of information is, of itself, no guarantee to truth.

Top papal advisor Cardinal Pell takes leave following abuse charges
Top papal advisor Cardinal Pell takes leave following abuse charges

Cardinal George Pell – a key papal advisor and the most senior figure in the Australian Catholic Church – has been charged over historic allegations of child sex abuse.

Witches used summer solstice to cast more spells on Donald Trump
Witches used summer solstice to cast more spells on Donald Trump

At the stroke of midnight on the summer solstice, thousands of witches connected via the internet in yet another attempt to cast a curse on Trump.

Ten Commandments tablet in Arkansas stokes controversy – then driver smashes it to pieces
Ten Commandments tablet in Arkansas stokes controversy – then driver smashes it to pieces

A much-contested stone monument inscribed with the Bible's Ten Commandments at the Arkansas state capitol was smashed to pieces after a vehicle drove into it this morning, less than 24 hours after it was erected.

Franklin Graham hails quarterback Derek Carr: \'Derek isn\'t ashamed to talk about his walk with Jesus Christ\'
Franklin Graham hails quarterback Derek Carr: 'Derek isn't ashamed to talk about his walk with Jesus Christ'

Evangelist Franklin Graham has spoken out in praise of Oaklands Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, a committed Christian, after he said the first thing he will do with his new record earnings is tithe to his church.

The bishop who battled heretics: 9 quotes from Church Father Irenaeus of Lyon
The bishop who battled heretics: 9 quotes from Church Father Irenaeus of Lyon

Today is the feast day of the ancient Christian bishop, apologist and Church Father Irenaeus of Lyon. Who was he?

Home is where the hurt is?
Home is where the hurt is?

What is 'home' to you? A real place, an imaginary one, or somewhere you hope to find after death? In her new, beautifully written and meticulously researched book Home: The Quest to Belong, Jo Swinney explores the many ways we seek and find home

Americans still put family first - but is advancing technology a threat?
Americans still put family first - but is advancing technology a threat?

When ranking life priorities, studies suggest most Americans still put their family first. But in a time of shifting values and emerging technology shaping modern life, is the family at risk?

Facebook is the new church, says Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook is the new church, says Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg, founder and head of Facebook, says his creation can now fill the role once held by churches, and organisations such as Little League

Wiltshire church vicar condemns \'disgraceful\' barbecue atop 200-year old grave
Wiltshire church vicar condemns 'disgraceful' barbecue atop 200-year old grave

Controversy was stirred at the weekend when a 200-year-old gravestone at an English church was used for a barbecue; the church vicar called it 'disgraceful'.

A war story: \'There is no pit so deep God\'s love is not deeper still\'
A war story: 'There is no pit so deep God's love is not deeper still'

The remarkable story of how Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch Christian, helped Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during the Second World War and how she escaped execution herself only through a clerical error.

Christians used as human shields in battle for ISIS-held city in Philippines
Christians used as human shields in battle for ISIS-held city in Philippines

Christians are being used as human shields by ISIS militants in the Philippines' as government forces try to recapture Marawi City.

Christian legal group backs Trump\'s travel ban: warns of terror threat to America
Christian legal group backs Trump's travel ban: warns of terror threat to America

A conservative Christian legal advocacy group has announced its support of Donald Trump's travel ban, which was yesterday partially reinstated by the US Supreme Court. The group highlighted the need to combat foreign terror threats.

J John\'s \'Just One\' will see 20,000 gather for the UK\'s largest evangelistic event in decades
J John's 'Just One' will see 20,000 gather for the UK's largest evangelistic event in decades

In July 20,000 people from across the UK will fill London's Emirates Stadium to hear the Gospel preached by international evangelist J John. Just One is a mass-gathering the scale of which has not been seen in the UK since the visit of famed evangelist Billy Graham more than three decades ago.

Former Archbishop Rowan Williams: Religious minorities must be at heart of any Iran deal
Former Archbishop Rowan Williams: Religious minorities must be at heart of any Iran deal

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is leading a campaign urging western countries to put religious minorities at the heart of any future deal with Iran

Supreme Court rules in favour of Lutheran Church over funding dispute
Supreme Court rules in favour of Lutheran Church over funding dispute

The Supreme Court has ruled that a playground owned by a Lutheran church can receive a subsidy from a state programme.