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Leonard Cohen: 10 of his best songs about faith, God and spirituality
Cohen's music has a deep spiritual thread running through it and people of many backgrounds have found it challenging and inspiring.
The Christian comeback is coming, says Brian McLaren
Despite narratives of Church decline, Christianity is on the brink of a comeback, says popular author and activist Brian McLaren.
Bad news for Hillary: Religious 'nones' are on the rise, but they aren't voting for her
People who do not identify with any religion is at an all time high in the United States as more and more people are leaving church, a new study has shown.
Trump says he is 'very troubled' by police shooting of pastor Terence Crutcher
Crutcher was first tasered and then fatally shot after police arrived at the scene of his broken down SUV vehicle at around 8pm on Friday.
Pakistan: Drunk Muslims beat up Christians in their own homes
Seven Christians were injured and five hospitalised in Pakistan after they were attacked in their own homes with metal bars by a mob of angry Muslims.
Justin Bieber covers Delirious? worship song in Paris concert
The committed Christian performed an acoustic version of I Could Sing of Your Love Forever on a sofa during the Paris leg of his Purpose Tour.
Christians in Egypt urge Coptic Church to stay out of politics
800 Christians have signed an online letter which protests against the Church's increasingly prominent political stance.
Christians fear state control of religion in Zambia
Zambian president Edgar Chagwa Lungu Lungu appointed Rev Godfridah Sumail as head of the new ministry of religious affairs last week.
State of emergency declared amid protests in Charlotte, North Carolina
One person was shot and gravely wounded on Wednesday in a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina
The Girl With All The Gifts review: Zombie kids and a new kind of hope
Martin Saunders reviews The Girl With All The Gifts, the latest zombie-thriller to hit cinemas.
After centuries of separation, evangelicals and Catholics look to shared future
The 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation is an opportunity for a "healing of memories", the leaders of the Catholic and evangelical churches in Germany have announced.
Evangelicals in Italy back school head who bans Catholic mass
The Italian Evangelical Alliance (AEI) has expressed its "complete solidarity" with a state school head teacher who refused to give permission for Catholic Mass to be celebrated in school hours.
Magistrates can refuse to marry gay couples in North Carolina, judge rules
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a challenge to a North Carolina law that allows government officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if they cite religious objections.
The problem behind bringing people to church
Somewhere along the line we have forgotten that the service, the place, the preaching is not the church. The people are the church and we don't necessarily have to bring people to the church. We can bring the church to them.
Faith in the hard times: What it means to be 'struck down, but not destroyed'
Have you ever felt like such a failure that any direction you'd turn you'd still feel trapped? Guess what? It's not as bad as it looks.
A lesson on Lazarus and why we need to let God 'kill' some things in our life today
We all have a dream or ambition that has died a natural death maybe due to neglect or old age. From one story in the ministry of Christ, we can learn a thing or two about dead dreams and what Jesus intends to do with them.