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Holy Saturday â The Christian Today contemporary Spotify playlist
Here is the third of four Passion playlists from Christian Today. It features Christian and secular artists, including Laura Marling, Lucinda Williams and Sam Cooke.
'Jesus absorbs all the hatred, anger, evil of the world - all the darkness hidden in the corners of our hearts'
The Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke as hundreds of people turned out to watch the Wintershall Players enact the Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square, London
Holy Saturday: The space between grieving and rejoicing
The space between celebration and grief, between tragedy and triumph, is a difficult place to occupy. It's why Holy Saturday is such a strange day.
Mike Pence to visit South Korea on Easter Day as tensions escalate
The US Vice President Mike Pence, a deeply committed Christian, is to visit South Korea on Easter Day as tensions escalate over the nuclear testing programme of its neighbour North Korea.
Ex-New Age blogger warns: you're inviting demons into your house if you have these occult objects
Former New-Age blogger turned born-again Christian Steven Bancarz is warning people not to keep occult objects in their house
Easter Prayers: 5 Things You Should Pray For This Easter
With Easter upon us, now is the time to come once more to God through prayer and petition both corporately and individually to remember the greatest gift God has given us - His one and only Son.
Wife of driver who died in Texas church bus crash that killed 13 is found dead at home
Just two weeks after 13 members of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels in Texas were killed in a bus crash on their way home from a church trip on March 29, the wife of the bus driver who also died, was found dead in her home on Tuesday.
Devout Christians in the Philippines literally nail themselves to the cross in Good Friday re-enactment
One of the actors has had his hands nailed every year for the last 31 years.
What did Jesus mean when He said 'It is finished!' in John 19:30?
There is a lot we can learn from 'tetelestai', the word uttered by Jesus as he died on the cross.
What was the charge against Jesus that resulted in His execution by crucifixion?
The religious leaders made sure there was only one outcome to the trial of all trials.
Understanding the Atonement: Why Did Jesus Die?
A fundamental belief of the Christian faith is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on the cross for the sins of the world.
Muslim parents are turning to Jesus after seeing their children embrace Christianity
Muslim families displaced by the Islamic State terror group are reportedly turning to Jesus Christ, following in the footsteps of hundreds of children who've embraced Christianity through educational programmes.
Young British woman stabbed to death in Jerusalem in Good Friday attack
A young British woman has been stabbed to death in Jerusalem amid the ancient city's Good Friday commemorations.
China says North Korea tension must be stopped from reaching 'irreversible' stage amid fears of nuclear test
China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an 'irreversible and unmanageable stage' as a US aircraft carrier group steamed towards the region amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuclear weapons test.
'I forgive you': Widow of guard who died protecting Coptic Pope in Egypt's Palm Sunday bombings addresses his killer
The widow of the Egyptian Christian guard who died protecting Coptic Pope Tawardos II during ISIS' Palm Sunday bombings has said she forgives her husband's killer.
US 'mother of all bombs' killed 36 ISIS militants in Afghanistan
As many as 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan when the United States dropped 'the mother of all bombs,' its largest non-nuclear device ever unleashed in combat, the Afghan defense ministry said on Friday.