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Hobby Lobby\'s shame over antiquities smuggling: What you need to know
Hobby Lobby's shame over antiquities smuggling: What you need to know

Hobby Lobby – an evangelical craft-supply company – has been fined $3million for illegally smuggling ancient artefacts from the Middle East into the US.

It\'s time to book a holiday: Krish Kandiah\'s choice for Christian summer reading
It's time to book a holiday: Krish Kandiah's choice for Christian summer reading

There's nothing like immersing yourself in a well-crafted book on a long summer day.

Impossible is a dare: How a former opera singer is helping rid the world of slavery
Impossible is a dare: How a former opera singer is helping rid the world of slavery

Ben Cooley is a man on a mission, and he wants you to join in. The call: to rid the world of modern-day slavery.

North Korea's regime is brutal and terrifying. Here's what you can do

On July 4, 2017, America's Independence Day, the North Korean regime sent a message which was designed to strike fear into the hearts of revelling Westerners.

Another priest killed in Mexico as violence against Christians soars
Another priest killed in Mexico as violence against Christians soars

Another Catholic priest has been found stabbed to death in Mexico.

Cyprus reunification talks collapse, UN chief \'very sorry\'
Cyprus reunification talks collapse, UN chief 'very sorry'

Talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus collapsed amid anger and recriminations in the early hours of Friday.

President Donald Trump has given \'hope\' to desperate parents of baby Charlie Gard
President Donald Trump has given 'hope' to desperate parents of baby Charlie Gard

The offer of US President Donald Trump to intervene to help the sick baby Charlie Gard has given the parents hope, they said today.

\'What I have taught with my lips I now seal with my blood\': The life and martyr\'s death of Jan Hus
'What I have taught with my lips I now seal with my blood': The life and martyr's death of Jan Hus

Jan Hus, who died while singing a hymn as he was burned at the stake on this day in 1415, was, along with his mentor John Wycliffe, a key forerunner to the Reformation a century later.

A Monk\'s Tale: the Reformation musical comedy you didn\'t know you needed
A Monk's Tale: the Reformation musical comedy you didn't know you needed

I didn't know I needed an educational sketch-comedy musical about the Reformation in my life, but like Martin Luther before me – I've had a change of heart.

On International Kissing Day, 9 times the Bible talks about kissing
On International Kissing Day, 9 times the Bible talks about kissing

It's International Kissing Day, and all over the world people are marking the occasion with anything from a peck to a smooch.

Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz denies that Justin Bieber is paid to attend Australian gatherings
Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz denies that Justin Bieber is paid to attend Australian gatherings

The Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz has denied that the evangelical church pays Justin Bieber to attend, after the world famous singer jetted in to an Australian Hillsong gathering for the third time in two years.

Three Iranian Christians get 10 years in jail for \'illegal\' church activity
Three Iranian Christians get 10 years in jail for 'illegal' church activity

Three Iranian Christians have been sentenced to at least ten years in jail, charged with blasphemy and 'acting against national security' for their church-related activity.

When is it right not to take communion?
When is it right not to take communion?

But is it ever right for believers not to take communion? The answer is very challenging.

Christian unity a step closer as Reformed churches agree with Lutherans, Catholics on justification
Christian unity a step closer as Reformed churches agree with Lutherans, Catholics on justification

Christian unity took another small book significant step closer to reality this week as a group of Protestant churches added its voice to the cause.

Evangelical firm Hobby Lobby fined $3m for illegally smuggling ancient artefacts from Iraq
Evangelical firm Hobby Lobby fined $3m for illegally smuggling ancient artefacts from Iraq

The US Christian craft-supply company Hobby Lobby has agreed with the US Department of Justice to forfeit thousands of ancient artefacts illegally smuggled into the country from the Middle East.

Is America's tweeting President a madman or a genius?

Has Donald Trump proven himself to be mentally unstable to the point of being unqualified to be president? Or is he a genius who is always several steps ahead, tweeting with brilliant purpose and plan?