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Benny Hinn rebukes prosperity Gospel, but admits 'I think I'm as guilty as others'
Benny Hinn rebukes prosperity Gospel, but admits 'I think I'm as guilty as others'

Israeli televangelist Benny Hinn, who is well-known for his regular "Miracle Crusades," has now criticized the prosperity gospel and even admitted that he is as guilty about promoting it as many other evangelical figures.

'Guitar hero for bellringers': Virtual bells at Victorian church will ring the changes
'Guitar hero for bellringers': Virtual bells at Victorian church will ring the changes

Electronic sensors will allow trainee bellringers at a Victorian church in Cumbria, northern England, to practise their art without disturbing local residents.

Anti-religious bias in school textbooks could fuel next genocide, report warns
Anti-religious bias in school textbooks could fuel next genocide, report warns

Religious bias and stereotypes in school children's textbooks around the world could fuel the next genocide, a new report is warning today, saying a failure to address the issue could be deadly.

Victory for Jerusalem's church leaders as Israel backtracks on lands bill and taxes after closure of Holy Sepulchre
Victory for Jerusalem's church leaders as Israel backtracks on lands bill and taxes after closure of Holy Sepulchre

Church leaders in Jerusalem appear to have won a stunning victory over Israeli politicians today, after it emerged that the country's government will freeze a controversial church lands bill and the Jerusalem municipality will postpone a recent bid to collect taxes from church-owned properties.

Joaquin Phoenix on how playing 'heart-wrenching' Jesus in 'Mary Magdalene' inspires him to be 'more empathetic, considerate and forgiving'
Joaquin Phoenix on how playing 'heart-wrenching' Jesus in 'Mary Magdalene' inspires him to be 'more empathetic, considerate and forgiving'

Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that he studied the four New Testament Gospels in preparation for playing Jesus in the new movie Mary Magdalene, and spoken movingly about how Christ's 'heart-wrenching' example in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross make him want 'to be more empathetic and considerate and forgiving'.

Punishing perfectionism: Why we should make more mistakes, not fewer
Punishing perfectionism: Why we should make more mistakes, not fewer

Dear Lord, please help us to make more mistakes.

When God delays: The question that twists like a fish-hook in the heart
When God delays: The question that twists like a fish-hook in the heart

It was not just the sinfulness of the people that brought Habakkuk close to despair, it was also the delay in God's action.

5 reason white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump
5 reason white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump

Katie Harrison on why Trump's evangelical supporters have knowingly embraced with open arms a man who makes no apology for his behaviour.

Banning circumcision would give Hitler a posthumous victory
Banning circumcision would give Hitler a posthumous victory

To ban the practice would be to perpetrate a new Shoah all over again, and there is no doubt that the Jewish communities of Europe will resist any banning of this covenantal act, the key practice of our faith.

George W Bush joins crowds mourning Billy Graham in North Carolina
George W Bush joins crowds mourning Billy Graham in North Carolina

The former president George W Bush and his wife Laura joined the crowd mourning the passing of Billy Graham in Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday, and paid tribute to the late evangelist.

Islamic State targets Russian Orthodox Church head and Putin
Islamic State targets Russian Orthodox Church head and Putin

Islamic State is taking aim in new propaganda posters at the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, as well as the Russian president Vladimir Putin alongside previous posters depicting the US and London as targets, according to orthodoxia.info and the SITE Intelligence Group.

Donald Trump will attend Billy Graham's funeral, White House confirms
Donald Trump will attend Billy Graham's funeral, White House confirms

Donald Trump will attend Billy Graham's funeral on Friday, the White House has confirmed.

Young people aren't even curious about God, new research suggests
Young people aren't even curious about God, new research suggests

Young people are showing little interest in God or questions of faith, new research is claiming.

Jews, Christians and Muslims rally to defend religious circumcision as calls for ban intensify
Jews, Christians and Muslims rally to defend religious circumcision as calls for ban intensify

Calls for a ban on religious circumcision are growing as Iceland considers a bill prohibiting the practice for non-medical reasons.

Christians in Politics appoints Andy Flannagan as new executive director
Christians in Politics appoints Andy Flannagan as new executive director

The cross-party group Christians in Politics has appointed Andy Flannagan to the new post of executive director. Flannagan is a Luton-based, Irish singer-songwriter who was previously a hospital doctor. He has spent almost a decade as director of Christians on the Left.

Dagestan's deadly church attack: 3 arrests made
Dagestan's deadly church attack: 3 arrests made

Three people have been arrested in connection with the gun attack at a Russian Orthodox Church in Dagestan which took placeon February 18 in which five people died and five others were injured, World Watch Monitor (WWM) reported.