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Bear Grylls: It would be 'amazing' to adventure with Donald Trump
The popular adventurer and evangelical Christian is optimistic about young people and future adventures, and said it would be 'amazing' to take President Trump to a desert island.
The surprising theology of Broadchurch: What we learn from its final sermon
Last night saw the final episode of the 'final chapter' of ITV's thrilling crime-drama Broadchurch. The show's final moments saw a packed church and a poignant quote from the Bible, concluding a story that has wrestled with profoundly Christian ideas.
Scottish churchgoing sees dramatic fall, further decline predicted
A dramatic drop in churchgoing in Scotland has been revealed by figures in the latest Scottish Church Census, conducted in May 2016.
Saeed Abedini finalises divorce from Naghmeh Abedini as accusations of adultery and conspiracy swirl
Just over a year after his celebrated release from prison in Iran, persecuted Pastor Saeed Abedini's marriage to his wife, Naghmeh, came to a bitter end last Thursday under a cloud of whispers and accusations of adultery and conspiracy
Thousands expected at UK's biggest Christian evangelism event for decades
Some of the world's top Christian evangelists will come together to lead nearly 50,000 people in praise and worship this July in one of the biggest Christian stadium events ever.
What is the key religious liberty case on Neil Gorsuch's desk this week?
Trinity Lutheran Church, which is located in Columbia, Missouri and runs a preschool and daycare centre, said Missouri unlawfully excluded it from a grant programme providing state funds to nonprofit groups
Iraq's Christians celebrate Easter, dream of returning home
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered on Sunday in a church damaged by Islamic State north of Mosul, celebrating Easter there for the first time since 2014.
Prince Harry sought counselling more than a decade after mother's death
Prince Harry sought counselling in his late twenties to help deal with the grief of losing his mother more than a decade earlier, he told the Telegraph newspaper.
Turkey's President Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents cry foul
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics, but opponents said the vote was marred by irregularities and they would challenge its result.
US won't tolerate more North Korea nuclear tests, says VP Pence
Pence and South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn also said they would strengthen anti-North Korea defences by moving ahead with the early deployment of the THAAD missile defence system.
Donald Trump says 'life always triumphs over death with God's grace' in Easter Sunday address
Donald Trump used his weekly address to describe America as a "nation of believers" and said that the source of its hope was that "life always triumphs over death ... with God's grace."
Archbishop of Canterbury: The resurrection changed the world - because it happened
The Archbishop of Canterbury preached a powerful Easter message today on the power of the resurrection to deliver hope even in the face of pain, despair and death.
Pope Francis prays to Jesus for peace to end the 'horror and death' of Syria
Pope Francis has used his traditional Easter homily to speak out against the horror of yesterday's bombing of a bus convoy in Syria that left more than 100 people dead.
'There was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb': Is this the true site of the Resurrection?
Tucked away off an inconspicuous side-street near the main bus stop in rowdy north-east Jerusalem is an oasis of a garden, one which organisers insist lays no claims to be even 'probably' the true location. But it is nonetheless an intriguing spot, where Christians come to meditate on the death and Resurrection of Jesus.
iPhones and Easter Sunday: The day that really changed the world
If Jesus really did die, stay dead for three days and then not just resuscitate in the tomb but rise victorious from the dead, this really does reshape the essence of human existence.
Matthew's Easter: A gospel for doubters?
Each of the Gospels tells the story of the Resurrection in a slightly different way. They shape it from a point of view. There's a case for saying Matthew's point of view, in chapter 28, is doubt, uncertainty and incompleteness.