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Baby with swollen head that doctors suggested be terminated is defying expectations
Baby with swollen head that doctors suggested be terminated is defying expectations

A baby boy born with a swollen head is defying doctors who told his mother to terminate her pregnancy because he wouldn't survive birth.

99-year-old who's read through the whole Bible 60 times is aiming for 61
99-year-old who's read through the whole Bible 60 times is aiming for 61

"I've been through the Bible 60 times and I might as well make it 61."

Life is art, even if it's messy
Life is art, even if it's messy

When I think of my life through the lens of art it looks messy, incomplete, rough around the edges, full of pencil markings, and faint lines I've tried to erase. It doesn't look anything like the works of art I admire so much in the Art Institute of Chicago.

One man's painful gender detransition journey
One man's painful gender detransition journey

Now suffering from a host of medical complications as a result of years of hormone treatment, including phantom pain in his groin and bouts of severe depression, 'Fitz' is five years into his detransition journey and is reintegrating with his anatomically male body.

Entertainment has replaced Jesus as the way, the truth, the life
Entertainment has replaced Jesus as the way, the truth, the life

The tragedy is that entertainment now not only permeates our time, but also our ways of living, thinking, relating, and even worshipping.

A good children's programme is a draw for many Christian parents
A good children's programme is a draw for many Christian parents

Committed Christian parents are attracted to churches with strong children's programmes, new research by Barna has found.

The lessons in faith I learned from my baby
The lessons in faith I learned from my baby

It is a brand new year and I have been reflecting on what I learned the past year. Interestingly, because I had been staying home to look after my little one, I had learned a lot from him.

Make time for a Soul Journey this Lent
Make time for a Soul Journey this Lent

For many Christians, Lent offers an invitation into an extended period of reflection, an opportunity to re-calibrate our lives and align ourselves more fully to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Find the most compatible person or be one?
Find the most compatible person or be one?

The down side to seeking total compatibility is that in the end, no one is!

Pastor who came back to life after being dead for 15 minutes credits prayer
Pastor who came back to life after being dead for 15 minutes credits prayer

A pastor in the UK who miraculously came back to life after being dead for 15 minutes has credited the "power of prayer" and "divine providence" for saving him.

Golden moments among the mess
Golden moments among the mess

Have you ever had an idea of how something is going to go and then reality happens, and it all goes quite differently? Whilst this happens at any stage of your life, I think it is especially true when you have small children.

I'm giving you one last chance God
I'm giving you one last chance God

Outwardly I was making my way through life "okay," but the internal gears were grinding hard.

How I became the rich fool
How I became the rich fool

We want to be wealthy, yet so many of us fall into the same trap of the rich fool in Jesus' Parable of the Rich Fool found in Luke chapter 12.

Cat owners are less likely to go to church - study
Cat owners are less likely to go to church - study

The furry felines that have a reputation for living on their own terms were more likely to be the pet of choice for atheists, the study of 2,000 Americans found.

Should Christians make New Year's resolutions?
Should Christians make New Year's resolutions?

We tend to think of making new year's resolutions as a secular practice and yet it pops up in some form or other throughout the church's history.

The books you should not leave off your 2020 reading list
The books you should not leave off your 2020 reading list

Christian Today's contributors and advisers share their favourite reads from the last year.