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Have you ever questioned God?
There are no easy answers to the hard questions about God, the Christian faith and the difficulties of life.

Morocco's Christian converts face arrest and harassment
A clampdown on Christianity in Morocco has led to the repeat arrests of Christians, Aid to the Church in Need reports.
82% of white evangelicals plan to vote for Donald Trump
A survey has indicated that 82% of white American evangelical Protestant Christians would vote for President Donald Trump or lean towards voting for him in the 2020 election despite concerns over his job approval ratings.

China orders Christians to renounce faith in Jesus & worship President Xi Jinping instead
China has ordered Christian villagers to renounce their faith in Jesus and worship the nation's Communist Party leaders instead.

Proportion of married people is declining - ONS
The proportion of adults in Britain who are marrying is in steady decline, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

Bombed cathedral rises from the ashes in Syria
A cathedral that was nearly destroyed in the Syrian civil war has been restored to its former glory.

JI Packer dies aged 93
Packer was author of the bestselling Christian book, Knowing God, and a hugely influential theologian.

Christian children's author Matthew Paul Turner announces he's gay and divorcing his wife
Christian children's book writer Matthew Paul Turner has announced that he is gay.

Liberty University launches $10m lawsuit against New York Times over Covid-19 stories
Liberty University is suing The New York Times for $10 million over a series of news stories published earlier this year about the evangelical Christian school's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fourth Christian killed in India in less than two months
Pastor Munshi Devu Tado was leading a worship service on his property for about 15 village families from 4pm to 6pm when three armed men and three women escorted him away

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
The portrayal of Jesus as a white, European man has come under renewed scrutiny during this period of introspection over the legacy of racism in society.

Horrific attacks on India's Christians continued despite Covid-19 - reports
Christians in India have experienced an increase in persecution during the coronavirus pandemic, a new report from the Evangelical Fellowship of India warns.

'Government should never have criminalised Christian worship,' says Christian leader
Christian leaders are still considering whether to pursue legal action against the Government for imposing blanket bans on churches during lockdown which carried the threat of criminal sanctions.

High Court approves legal challenge against Government U-turn on online age checks
The age checks were aimed at protecting children but were dropped by the Government last October.

It's 'crazy' to ignore the science on coronavirus, says NT Wright
Theologian NT Wright has called it both "fascinating and worrying" that some Christians are reluctant to believe the scientific community's expert opinion on coronavirus.

Tony Campolo 'making progress' after stroke
The stroke left the popular preacher partially paralyzed.