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Rick Joyner thinks new mega-prophets will soon predict sports scores. Is it possible?
Rick Joyner thinks new mega-prophets will soon predict sports scores. Is it possible?

This month, pastor and prophetic teacher Rick Joyner suggested that the world is about to see a new wave of mega-prophets, able to see directly into the near future and correctly predict it.

Is homosexuality the worst sin?  Pastor John Piper shares his thoughts
Is homosexuality the worst sin? Pastor John Piper shares his thoughts

"I do not doubt that millions more people are ruined in this life and the next through greed and covetousness," the pastor shared.

Why now? The deeply strange timing of the renegade conservative Anglicans
Why now? The deeply strange timing of the renegade conservative Anglicans

There are deep problems, yes, but under Justin Welby there is a sense of tremendous excitement. Churches are being planted, lives are being changed and the Gospel is being preached.

Olive trees are a sign of hope as rebuilding starts in devastated Nineveh towns
Olive trees are a sign of hope as rebuilding starts in devastated Nineveh towns

Ceremonies in three Christian towns in Iraq's devastated Nineveh Plain on Monday marked the start of work to rebuild up to 13,000 homes damaged or destroyed by fighting.

Quantas boss \'face-pied\' by Christian campaigner over gay marriage support
Quantas boss 'face-pied' by Christian campaigner over gay marriage support

The CEO of Australia's Quantas airline has said he'll continue to campaign for same-sex marriage even after a Christian objector rubbed a pie in his face at a business breakfast.

Does science confirm what the Bible teaches about creation in Genesis?
Does science confirm what the Bible teaches about creation in Genesis?

Really, the fine tuning of the universe is impossible without a Creator.

Pope travels to Portugal to canonise two children of Fatima who saw visions of the Virgin Mary
Pope travels to Portugal to canonise two children of Fatima who saw visions of the Virgin Mary

Pope Francis has sent a special video message to the people of Portugal as he prepares to travel to Fatima to canonise on Saturday two of the three children who saw six visions of a woman dressed in white, believed to have been the Virgin Mary.

Proof the Bible\'s Tower of Babel really existed found on ancient stone tablet
Proof the Bible's Tower of Babel really existed found on ancient stone tablet

"Biblical scholars have long debated whether the Tower of Babel really existed. Now, a remarkable stone tablet never before shown on film appears to settle that question," the Smithsonian magazine says.

Dark arts or a healthy stretch? Why Christians should try yoga
Dark arts or a healthy stretch? Why Christians should try yoga

Should Christians do yoga? The Eastern practice is spiritual for some – rooted in the Hindu religion – while for others it's simply a way to keep fit. Christian Today spoke to one avid Christian yoga student to find out why Christians shouldn't fear the ancient art.

Analysis: Prayer, politics and unlikely success as Justin Welby completes 12-day tour of the Holy Land
Analysis: Prayer, politics and unlikely success as Justin Welby completes 12-day tour of the Holy Land

For a man who has endured more than 80 meetings over 12 days during what has been his longest official visit as Archbishop of Canterbury in probably the most complicated region in the world, Justin Welby was in remarkably good spirits as he ended his tour of the Holy Land this afternoon.

Go Sokolovsky! Russian blogger free to Pokemon Go – just not in church
Go Sokolovsky! Russian blogger free to Pokemon Go – just not in church

The Russian atheist blogger who faced jail for playing Pokemon Go in a church has been handed a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence in a rebuff to prosecutors.

Israel-Palestine – it\'s all about teamwork. Archbishop Welby takes to the football pitch to make a point
Israel-Palestine – it's all about teamwork. Archbishop Welby takes to the football pitch to make a point

The Archbishop rounded off his Middle East trip with a kickabout at the British Foreign Office-funded Equalizer Project in Jaffa, where Arab teams from the town come together to play soccer with Jewish kids from neighbouring Tel Aviv.

Is it time to abandon the dream of Christian unity?
Is it time to abandon the dream of Christian unity?

One way to deal with the present crisis would be to think outside the disintegrating box of ecclesiastical unity and embrace a more generous concept of unity in the figure of Christ.

Can President Trump \'do a deal\' on Israel-Palestine?
Can President Trump 'do a deal' on Israel-Palestine?

It has eluded Presidents, Prime ministers and Prelates since the 1940s, but one significant Christian voice thinks Donald Trump might be able to make progress on peace in Israel – Palestine.

Rabbi apologises for popular video of Pope Francis dancing with Hasidic Jews
Rabbi apologises for popular video of Pope Francis dancing with Hasidic Jews

A popular video of Pope Francis dancing with a group of Hasidic Jews at the Vatican has drawn criticism from some Orthodox Jews and 'deep regret' from one who took part

Jewish leaders say Belgian ban on kosher slaughter is worst assault on their rights since Nazis
Jewish leaders say Belgian ban on kosher slaughter is worst assault on their rights since Nazis

European rabbis have condemned a decision by the French-speaking Walloon parliament in Belgium to ban kosher and halal meat.