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Canon: How a Bible card game is helping students learn how Scripture began
Canon: How a Bible card game is helping students learn how Scripture began

The Bible and Star Wars have a lot in common - and a New Testament professor has invented a card game to show you how.

New Anglican cracks emerge as rebel clergy group condemns \'tragic developments\' on sexuality issues
New Anglican cracks emerge as rebel clergy group condemns 'tragic developments' on sexuality issues

Rebel conservative Anglican clergy have signed a document saying that the General Synod 'crossed a line' when it voted to condemn so-called gay 'conversion therapy' and to consider liturgical support to Christians who 'transition' from one gender to another.

Tim Farron: Marginalised Christians are \'doing something right\'
Tim Farron: Marginalised Christians are 'doing something right'

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said he doesn't feel marginalised as a Christian in the UK, but said that Christians should expect to struggle as they 'go against the grain' of society.

\'Orange Is The New Black\' creator says she\'s bought terrorism insurance because of new Jesus TV show she\'s working on
'Orange Is The New Black' creator says she's bought terrorism insurance because of new Jesus TV show she's working on

The creator of "Orange Is the New Black" recently said she's working on a new fictional series about Jesus' teenage years

Archaeologists find clues in search for the Ark of the Covenant
Archaeologists find clues in search for the Ark of the Covenant

Archaeologists searching for the Ark of the Covenant at Shiloh in the West Bank say they have discovered ancient clues that suggest they're getting closer to determining whether the site really held the stone tablets bearing the 10 Commandments.

Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim
Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim

An Israeli Christian has been charged with the murdering his daughter after she refused to end her relationship with a Muslim and said she was converting to Islam.

Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp
Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today visited the site of a former Nazi concentration and death camp at Stutthof in a trip organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).

\'We didn\'t start the fire\': How Nero used Rome\'s tragic inferno to persecute Christians
'We didn't start the fire': How Nero used Rome's tragic inferno to persecute Christians

On this day in AD 64 began a fire of almost apocalyptic proportions in the city of Rome. The inferno was tragic and decisive, not just for the ancient metropolis, but for the Christians who were blamed for it.

Trump\'s relationship with Putin \'will help save human lives,\' says leading Russian Orthodox bishop
Trump's relationship with Putin 'will help save human lives,' says leading Russian Orthodox bishop

Donald Trump's recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin 'will help save human lives,' according to the head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church.

How the least perfect people are sometimes the most important for God\'s plan
How the least perfect people are sometimes the most important for God's plan

You may not feel special or important, but as a Christian it is very possible that God may already have a plan that requires your assistance. It might be something big, or it might be something small; but whatever it is, if it is God's plan, it will be important, because you are important to God.

Muslims in Quebec denied cemetery despite Mosque shooting victims being sent abroad for burial
Muslims in Quebec denied cemetery despite Mosque shooting victims being sent abroad for burial

Muslims in Quebec City are protesting after being left without their own cemetery following a local referendum, despite an atrocity in January in which a gunman killed six members of a mosque, with five victims being sent abroad for their burial.

Alt-right popularity drives black Southern Baptist pastor to leave denomination: \'I\'ve had enough\'
Alt-right popularity drives black Southern Baptist pastor to leave denomination: 'I've had enough'

A black Southern Baptist has said he is leaving the denomination because be believes it is 'complicit' in the rise of the Trump-supporting 'alt-right' movement.

Muslims worshipping in Jerusalem streets after call for boycott of Temple Mount over metal detectors
Muslims worshipping in Jerusalem streets after call for boycott of Temple Mount over metal detectors

Islamic leaders have called on Muslims to boycott the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in protest after Israel installedmetal detectors at the site's entrance gates following a deadly attack there by Arabs last week.

The face of Christ? Turin Shroud does contain the blood of a torture victim, research suggests
The face of Christ? Turin Shroud does contain the blood of a torture victim, research suggests

New research suggests that the Shroud of Turin, the notorious relic believed by some to bear the face of Christ, does contain the blood of a victim of torture.

Netanyahu tells Christian evangelicals they are Israel\'s best friends in the world
Netanyahu tells Christian evangelicals they are Israel's best friends in the world

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday told the annual conference of Christians United for Israel(CUFI) that Christian evangelicals were Israel's best friends in the world.

Man shot dead on son\'s first birthday in India \'over inter-faith marriage\'
Man shot dead on son's first birthday in India 'over inter-faith marriage'

A man in India was shot dead on his way home with a cake for his son's first birthday yesterday, allegedly targeted over his inter-faith marriage.