Life

Grateful son pays off his parents' mortgage as Christmas gift
Joey Trombone surprised his parents last Thursday with an unlikely Christmas gift that sums up his gratitude for them.

Former pastor who gave up religion for a year: 'I don't think God exists'
A former Seventh-day Adventist pastor who chose to give up religion for a year has announced that he no longer believes in God.

Date happy! How to find a love worth keeping
Sarah Abell offers her top tips for finding - and keeping - love.

Pastor donates his own kidney to save a stranger
Tim B. Jones met Don Herbert just this October, but already the Mercy Independent Baptist pastor is ready to give one of his kidneys for his new friend.

Five reasons atheists are wrong about the Gospels
Heather Tomlinson looks at some of the biggest misconceptions about the writings of the early Church.

Rob Parsons on wisdom, success, and not having to learn the hard way
Hopeful - or fearful - for 2015? Sarah Lothian gets a hefty dose of wisdom from best-selling author and speaker Rob Parsons.

A very British Christmas bingo
From raucous carol singing to the extended family coming together and consuming an unholy amount of turkey, it's the most wonderful time of year.

Bible Gateway reveals the most popular searches of 2014
"Love," "faith," "peace," "marriage," and "children" are among Bible Gateway's top 25 queries of the year.

YouVersion reveals most popular verse in 2014âRomans 12.2
YouVersion, the popular Bible App, reveals the app's most popular verse in 2014 in its year-end report.

God in the manger: why the incarnation matters
The nativity is more than just a nice children's story, it's the very foundation of the Christian faith, writes Heather Tomlinson.

No Innkeeper, No Donkey - 10 things we get wrong about the Christmas story
There's an awful lot about the average nativity play that isn't exactly... truth, writes Martin Saunders.

Advent reflection: Santa doesn't do suffering
The cosy myths of Christmas - whether Santa or baby Jesus in a chalet - don't do justice to the fact that Jesus came to meet us in our pain, writes Clare Nonhebel.

Great Grinches through the ages - five people who've always hated Christmas
There are plenty of real-life models for Dr Seuss' famous Christmas-hating character, writes Mark Woods.

Reflection: An inconvenient birth
The Virgin Birth of Christ is part of an interwoven picture encompassing the whole of Jesus' life, death and resurrection, writes David Baker.

Pastor says it was prayer that healed him of cancer and took away all anxiety
Pastor Julius R. Malone said it was God who told him he had cancer, and it was prayer that helped heal him.

'The one who believes in me will live, even though they die...' Do you believe this?
Can we really have confidence in the promise of eternal life? Vince Vitale reminds us of the power of God's forgiveness.