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Joseph Hartropp is Junior Staff Writer for Christian Today.
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'This room is filled with God': Jester Jim Carrey turns preacher – and Christians should listen up
The inimitable jester Jim Carrey has made surprising and profound statements about suffering, grace and how Jesus shows us the path to salvation. The comedian's comments weren't wholly orthodox, but Christians should listen and learn - his words offered more weight and wisdom than many Sunday sermons.
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Scottish Anglican cathedral is UK's first to host same-sex weddings
A cathedral in Scotland has become the UK's first Anglican cathedral to host same-sex weddings.
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Fuller Theological Seminary closes some campuses
The influential US evangelical institution Fuller Theological Seminary is closing several of its locations because of the growing for online education and the increase in online enrollment. The seminary said it was 'retooling for a different world'.
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Was this Catholic cardinal a saint or a pro-Nazi war criminal?
Representatives of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches have agreed to disagree on the legacy of controversial wartime cardinal – seen as a criminal by Orthodox Serbs, and a saint by Catholic Croats.
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More than 500 boys abused in German Catholic choir school over 60 years, report blames 'culture of silence'
At least 547 at a German Catholic choir school in Germany faced physical or sexual abuse in conditions likened to 'prison, hell and a concentration camp' over a period of 60 years, a damning report has found.
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Canon: How a Bible card game is helping students learn how Scripture began
The Bible and Star Wars have a lot in common - and a New Testament professor has invented a card game to show you how.
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'We didn't start the fire': How Nero used Rome's tragic inferno to persecute Christians
On this day in AD 64 began a fire of almost apocalyptic proportions in the city of Rome. The inferno was tragic and decisive, not just for the ancient metropolis, but for the Christians who were blamed for it.
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The face of Christ? Turin Shroud does contain the blood of a torture victim, research suggests
New research suggests that the Shroud of Turin, the notorious relic believed by some to bear the face of Christ, does contain the blood of a victim of torture.
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Hero or heretic? 6 lessons from the Christian outrage circus over Eugene Peterson
Was Peterson misunderstood, confused himself – or was he pressured to recant?
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Classical star Katherine Jenkins 'hugely excited' to join BBC's Songs of Praise
The world-renowned classical singer Katherine Jenkins is to join the BBC's flagship Christian worship programme Songs of Praise, as a main presenter.
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WATCH: Dash-cam footage released of US Episcopal priest's arrest on road rage gun charge
A US Episcopal priest was arrested last week after allegedly threatening someone with a gun from his car. Police dash-cam footage now shows his capture and arrest.
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Farewell, Eugene Peterson? Why evangelicals can do better than start a heresy hunt over gay marriage
Many have taken Eugene Peterson's 'change of mind' of gay marriage as a tragic apostasy, but should division really mean despair?
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'The Message' author Eugene Peterson backs same-sex marriage – Christian retailer plans to stop selling his books
Influential evangelical scholar Eugene Peterson, the author of The Message translation of the Bible, has said that he would officiate a gay wedding ceremony, appearing to now affirm same-sex marriage. The comments have divided progressive and traditionalist Christians, with the conservative retailer LifeWay now preparing to stop selling Peterson's books in response.
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Under Trump, most refugees entering the US are now Christians
Under the Trump administration, Christians now make up an increasing share of refugees entering the US, reversing a trend that had seen Muslim immigration outnumber that of Christians under President Obama.
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The 'death spiral' of decline looms for Southern Baptist churches – can it be stopped?
Southern Baptist Churches in America are facing a crisis of growth: 65 per cent of them are plateauing or diminishing in numbers, and many risk entering a 'death spiral' of decline. Can the trend be stopped?
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