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Australia's same-sex marriage vote: How did religious groups vote?
Australia's same-sex marriage vote: How did religious groups vote?

Was the vote as emphatic as it is being made out?

Are material blessings a sign of God's approval?
Are material blessings a sign of God's approval?

The Bible tells us that God is a good, good Father who gives us good gifts and provides for all our needs.

'Nones' are now the biggest religious group in the US - with families torn on priorities
'Nones' are now the biggest religious group in the US - with families torn on priorities

A new survey has found that 'nones' – the religiously unaffiliated, including atheists – are now the largest religious group in the US.

3 things I learned from fellowshipping with Christians from other churches
3 things I learned from fellowshipping with Christians from other churches

Here are 3 precious things I learned from fellowshipping with Christians from other churches.

3 wrong ideas about who is a 'man of God'
3 wrong ideas about who is a 'man of God'

Here are some of the twisted or wrong teachings about men of God.

How to be more like Christ and less like today's culture
How to be more like Christ and less like today's culture

We Christians can go to church confessing submission to a holy God, but still think, act, talk, and look like the world. Why is that?

Christian founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels launching new mission to bring healing to victims of sexual abuse
Christian founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels launching new mission to bring healing to victims of sexual abuse

From bringing smiles to the world through her pretzels, Anne Beiler, the founder of world-renowned Auntie Anne's Pretzels is launching a new mission: to bring healing to victims of sexual abuse.

Judging Jericho: What should Christians do with the Bible's God-ordained violence?
Judging Jericho: What should Christians do with the Bible's God-ordained violence?

The violent tale of Joshua and Israel's destruction of Joshua can be a deeply troubling one. What should Christians make of it today?

King Solomon's Pleasure Dome had sex, drugs and money. Why didn't it work?
King Solomon's Pleasure Dome had sex, drugs and money. Why didn't it work?

David Robertson continues his series on Ecclesiastes, looking at chapter 2 and where we find pleasure.

For God and country: What do the US military think of Christians, the Bible and America's 'moral decline'?
For God and country: What do the US military think of Christians, the Bible and America's 'moral decline'?

A new survey has polled the views of American military members on Christian faith and the Bible. Most military members have a 'very positive' view of believers, and say that American morality is in decline, while nearly half believe Bible doesn't have enough influence on society.

Pope Francis condemns 'perverse' climate change deniers
Pope Francis condemns 'perverse' climate change deniers

Pope Francis condemned the 'perverse attitudes' of climate change deniers and sceptics in an address to world leaders yesterday, in what may be taken as an implicit attack on the leadership of Donald Trump.

Robert Mugabe makes first public appearance as military insist 'no going back'
Robert Mugabe makes first public appearance as military insist 'no going back'

Robert Mugabe has made his first public appearance after a military take over on Wednesday appeared to be aimed at ending his 37-year rule.

'It was then I knew it was a coup': Life in military controlled Zimbabwe
'It was then I knew it was a coup': Life in military controlled Zimbabwe

Ben Freeth, a white farmer in Zimbabwe who took Robert Mugabe to court, describes the day after the military's bloodless coup.

Pro-ISIS group vows 'Christmas blood' inciting Vatican terror attack
Pro-ISIS group vows 'Christmas blood' inciting Vatican terror attack

Online propaganda from a pro-ISIS channel has threatened a Christmas terrorist attack against the Vatican, with a poster inciting 'Christmas blood'.

Houses of Parliament turns 'colour of blood' in stand against religious persecution
Houses of Parliament turns 'colour of blood' in stand against religious persecution

The Houses of Parliament will be bathed in the 'colour of blood' next Wednesday in a nationwide stand for people persecuted for their faith around the world.

3 words of advice for single Christian men longing to marry
3 words of advice for single Christian men longing to marry

Did you know that you can waste your present by thinking too much about your future?