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Beheadings in Libya: One year on forgiveness trumps hatred
On 15 February 2015, a video was released depicting masked ISIS militants dressed in black marching 21 Coptic Christians in orange jump suits along a beach in Libya.

Swiss Catholics accuse Pope's representative of disloyalty
The Pope's representative in Switzerland, US Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, has been accused by 12 Catholic reform groups of publicly criticising him.

Love is more than a Valentine's card: 10 Bible verses that tell the truth about love
Scripture reveals the depths of love and its wide-ranging aspects that encompass more than just romantic feeling

70,000 US teachers aren't telling their students the facts about climate change
Thousands of US middle and high school teachers are telling their student climate change has nothing to do with human activity.

What can we learn from Elijah? #5 God sometimes speaks in whispers, not shouts
Sometimes God doesn't give us what we want; he gives us what we need, writes Mark Woods.

Ted Cruz campaign defends endorsement by pastor who believes Jews brought Holocaust on themselves
Ted Cruz' campaign has been forced to defend an endorsement he received from a prominent pastor who has made highly controversial statements about Jews.

10 questions to help strengthen your marriage
Are you building and strengthening your marriage, or are there behaviours which are causing harm?

Archbishop of Canterbury: Church has key role in London's future
Justin Welby was speaking alongside politicians, planners, theologians and developers at Lambeth Palace. The group had been brought together for the launch of From Battersea to the Barrier. The initiative seeks to use the "Church's history, lived experience and rootedness in community to bear" on the future of London â and particularly the riverside area in the heart of the city.

UN call for Zika abortions is like King Herod's slaughter of the innocents, says Peru Cardinal
The Archbishop of Lima in Peru has compared the United Nations to King Herod because the organisation has encouraged Latin American governments to allow women affected by the Zika virus to have abortions.

Richard Dawkins' stroke prompts Twitter debate on praying for him
Richard Dawkins has suffered a 'minor stroke' and Twitter is debating whether to pray for him.

Charles Darwin: Atheist? Christian? Agnostic?
Charles Darwin was born 217 years ago today. But did the great man believe in the existence of God?

Houston megachurch to baptise 300 people in one service
A Texas pastor is to baptise more than 300 people at once before Easter.

Oldest Hebrew Bible in existence gets UNESCO recognition
The oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible in existence has been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

The failure in making mistakes: How not to fail in ministry
One thing that many leaders don't know is that there is a right way to make mistakes and there is also a mistaken way of making mistakes.

Canada's plans to scrap religious body expose 'radical secularism' agenda, say critics
Christians in Canada are protesting against the Liberal government's suggestion that it might scrap the Office of Religious Freedom, which promotes religious liberty as a foreign office priority.

How to battle distractions that remove our eyes from Jesus
Distractions are everywhere and the human attention span is diminishing, and we may not be seeing the level of danger that our distractions hold.