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Demons are 'fallen angels' and people who dabble in the occult are more vulnerable to attack, says psychiatrist
Demons are 'fallen angels' and people who dabble in the occult are more vulnerable to attack, says psychiatrist

A psychiatrist who claims to have witnessed numerous cases of demonic possession throughout his career says that dabbling in evil or the occult is the most common reason why people suffer from demonic attacks.

UK's first Christian legal charity launches to offer 'legally, biblically and pastorally appropriate' advice
UK's first Christian legal charity launches to offer 'legally, biblically and pastorally appropriate' advice

The UK's first Christian law charity has been set up to provide official legal advice specifically for Christian organisations.

Analysis: What good did Michael Curry's Royal wedding sermon do?
Analysis: What good did Michael Curry's Royal wedding sermon do?

Bishop Michael Curry's sermon at the Royal wedding lit up Christian social media for a good fortnight afterwards – an eternity in internet news terms.

Vicky Beeching's 'Undivided' trap: Why evangelicals need a better story
Vicky Beeching's 'Undivided' trap: Why evangelicals need a better story

Since coming out four years ago Beeching has become an advocate for a revisionist position on sexual activity in the evangelical world.

Kind on film: Death is the hero in 'No Country for Old Men', but we have a better story
Kind on film: Death is the hero in 'No Country for Old Men', but we have a better story

We feel safe when we watch Shane or something from the John Wayne canon, because there's a reassuring moral structure. But the hero in No Country is death itself.

Finsbury Park anniversary: Mosque head calls for National Day against Islamophobia
Finsbury Park anniversary: Mosque head calls for National Day against Islamophobia

Britain should hold a national anti-Islamophobia day in memory of the Finsbury Park terror attack, the head of the North London mosque targeted a year ago today has said.

Parliamentarians gather for prayer breakfast featuring Tim Keller, Keith Getty
Parliamentarians gather for prayer breakfast featuring Tim Keller, Keith Getty

Parliament's annual National Prayer Breakfast took place in Westminster Hall this morning, featuring Rev Dr Tim Keller as the event's main speaker.

Trapped in nail bars and car washes: New school resource aims to tackle modern slavery
Trapped in nail bars and car washes: New school resource aims to tackle modern slavery

Modern slavery is thought to be taking place in every town and city in the UK, with high risk areas including hand car washes and nail bars.

Dancing vicar becomes internet sensation with Whit Walk boogie
Dancing vicar becomes internet sensation with Whit Walk boogie

A 'boogieing vicar' has become an internet sensation after a video of him dancing on the streets of Ashton-under-Lyne was viewed more than 20,000 times in two days.

£750,000 grant to help Anglican bishops from developing countries take part in Lambeth Conference
£750,000 grant to help Anglican bishops from developing countries take part in Lambeth Conference

A £750,000 grant has been made available to help Anglican bishops from developing countries meet the costs of taking part in the Lambeth Conference.

Christians in Politics launches prayer network to support Christians serving in local government
Christians in Politics launches prayer network to support Christians serving in local government

A new prayer network is being launched to support Christian councillors as well as those working in other roles within local government.

Canadian Supreme Court upholds right of law societies to deny accreditation to Christian law school over homosexuality beliefs
Canadian Supreme Court upholds right of law societies to deny accreditation to Christian law school over homosexuality beliefs

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that law societies in Ontario and British Columbia can deny accreditation to an evangelical Christian law school due to its stance on homosexuality.

Mob attacks homes of Christians who complained about naked men swimming outside

A mob has reportedly attacked the houses owned by Coptic Christians after they complained about a group of young men swimming naked in a canal outside their homes in Upper Egypt's Beni Suef governorate.

Asia Argento shares Bible verse and prayer following suicide of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain
Asia Argento shares Bible verse and prayer following suicide of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain

Italian actress Asia Argento has shared a prayer and a passage from the Book of John as she mourns the death of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide in his hotel room in France earlier this month.

Christian beauty blogger says God commanded abstinence before marriage because sex creates permanent bond
Christian beauty blogger says God commanded abstinence before marriage because sex creates permanent bond

Courtney Raine said she believes that God prescribed abstinence before marriage to protect people emotionally and physically because people become attached to the first person they have sex with by forming a "chemical bond" during intercourse.

Canadian court rules two men and one woman in polyamorous relationship can be legal parents of child
Canadian court rules two men and one woman in polyamorous relationship can be legal parents of child

Two men and a woman involved in a polyamorous relationship can all be considered as the legal parents of a child born within the unconventional family, a Canadian court has ruled.