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'God is never absent': Southwark Cathedral preaches peace, reopens after London Bridge terror attack
Yesterday London's Southwark Cathedral opened its doors for the first time since the London Bridge terror attacks, just over a week ago, caused it to be shut down. The Cathedral dean declared: 'God is never absent'.

Theresa May lives on after promoting Gove and Green: divided over Brexit, united by Christian faith
Green and Gove come from different wings of the Tory party, but what they have in common is their faith: they are both practising Christians while being staunch social liberals.
North Korea arrests senior citizen for contacting Chinese Christians
A 61-year-old resident in North Korea's Ryanggang province was tied with rope, assaulted and arrested after he returned from China on charges of spying after allegedly contacting his Christian relatives

The Church: It's sick and it needs a doctor
The Selfish Gospel is a brief look at the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of one of the most complex patients I have ever encountered: the body of Christ, the Church.

Jesus cared about the scandal of food going to waste and so should you
As Tearfund launches its campaign to reduce food waste, Ruth Valerio writes on why it matters that each month, we throw away enough bread from our homes to fill St Paul's Cathedral to the brim.
ISIS the 'tipping point' for Christian mass-diaspora from Middle East
More than half, and up to 80 per cent of Christians in Syria and Iraq have fled the regions since the Syrian civil war began, according to a study.

Richard Dawkins: Islam is the most evil religion in the world
'If you look at the actual impact that different religions have on the world it's quite apparent that at present the most evil religion in the world has to be Islam.'

Welby rebukes conservatives as Scots' gay marriage move opens way for others
The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised conservatives for planting a 'missionary' bishop after Scotland's Anglicans approved gay marriage in church.

Too many churches are ignoring the Holy Spirit
I've heard some leaders say that as evangelical Christians we typically treat the Holy Spirit as that weird uncle or cousin of the family.

What can parents do to protect their kids from terrorism and disasters?
Terrorist attacks and disasters are becoming more and more prevalent these days, and Christian parents just like others are worried about keeping their children safe in an unpredictable world.

Already fallen into temptation? Some encouragement to get you walking with God again
It's easy to stay stuck in guilt and shame, but here's some help to get you moving forward and back towards God.

3 reasons why we go through spiritually dry seasons
The Christian faces different seasons at different times in his life. One of the seasons we face as Christ-followers is a dry season. Here are some reasons why we go through spiritually dry seasons.

Josh Duggar describes 'severe emotional distress' over scandals in lawsuit
Josh Duggar, former star of "19 Kids and Counting," is joining his younger sisters Jill, Jessa, Jinger and Joy-Anna in filing a lawsuit against InTouch Weekly and the police for publishing reports of his child molestation raps that he said caused him "severe emotional distress."

Hundreds march against Islamic Shariah law in US-wide protests
Hundreds across the US rallied yesterday in 'Marches against Shariah', protesting the perceived threat of radical Islam to American civilisation.

Is it OK for Christians to cherry pick from the Bible in order to win non-believers to Christ?
Should Christians cherry pick nice and pleasant verses from the Bible so that they can win people over to Christ?

Palestinians recall 1967 uprooting from Jerusalem's Old City
Days after capturing Jerusalem's Old City in a 1967 war, Israel razed the Moroccan Quarter, a ramshackle neighbourhood of Palestinian homes in front of the Western Wall, aiming to create an open space for Jews to pray at one of their holiest sites. The conflict's 50th anniversary has rekindled memories of the event.