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This Christian Woman Was Locked In A Shipping Container And Tortured - Because She Kept Saying The Name Of Jesus
This Christian Woman Was Locked In A Shipping Container And Tortured - Because She Kept Saying The Name Of Jesus

A young Christian woman from Eritrea has described how she was imprisoned in a shipping container, tortured and beaten and starved - all because she refused to stop saying the name of Jesus.

Why Was Moses\' Burning Bush Not Consumed?
Why Was Moses' Burning Bush Not Consumed?

The "angel of the Lord" appeared to Moses "in flames of fire from within a bush" while he was tending his father-in-law's flocks.

British Foreign Minister Condemns Assad For Failing To Protect Christians
British Foreign Minister Condemns Assad For Failing To Protect Christians

A senior Foreign Office minister has attacked President Bashar al-Assad of Syria for failing to protect Christians and said he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians.

How God\'s Changeless Nature Brings Comfort
How God's Changeless Nature Brings Comfort

How God's nature brings assurance amid a changing world.

Jesus Christ Superstar Cancelled In Russia
Jesus Christ Superstar Cancelled In Russia

A scheduled performance of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar has been cancelled in one of Russia's largest cities following protests by a group of conservative Orthodox Christians.

Why Patriarch Kirill Is Really Consecrating Cathedrals In London And Paris
Why Patriarch Kirill Is Really Consecrating Cathedrals In London And Paris

Behind the diplomatic front, however, are intrigues and power plays, both political and ecclesiastical.

Putin\'s Ally Patriarch Kirill Claims \'Full Understanding\' With Justin Welby
Putin's Ally Patriarch Kirill Claims 'Full Understanding' With Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury is willing to work with Vladimir Putin-ally Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Orthodox Church leader said on Tuesday.

Glenn Beck - Evangelical Divisions Over Trump Are More Damaging Than 1980s Televangelist Scandal
Glenn Beck - Evangelical Divisions Over Trump Are More Damaging Than 1980s Televangelist Scandal

Glenn Beck, the conservative talk-show host and Mormon commentator has agreed with the Christian ethicist Russell Moore that evangelical support for Donald Trump will be more damaging to the credibility of evangelicals than the televangelist scandals of the 1980s.

Site Of Moses\' Death Reopens After 10 Year Restoration
Site Of Moses' Death Reopens After 10 Year Restoration

The spot where Moses is supposed to have seen the Holy Land and died has been reopened after nearly ten years of closure.

Chibok Girls Don\'t Want To Come Home Because Of Stigma
Chibok Girls Don't Want To Come Home Because Of Stigma

More than one hundred Chibok schoolgirls do not want to go home either because they have been radicalised or because of the stigma they will face as Boko Haram captives.

Hundreds Of Christian Refugees Beaten And Sexually Abused In German Refugee Camps
Hundreds Of Christian Refugees Beaten And Sexually Abused In German Refugee Camps

Hundreds of Christian refugees have been beaten and abused in German refugee camps, a report by the persecution charity Open Doors revealed.

Not Lovin\' It: Cardinals Protest Over Proposed McDonald\'s At The Vatican
Not Lovin' It: Cardinals Protest Over Proposed McDonald's At The Vatican

The decision by the Vatican to rent out one of its properties to McDonald's has caused consternation among "princes of the Church" - especially those living in the building - with one reportedly writing to Pope Francis in protest at the world famous golden arches imposing themselves a stone's throw from St. Peter's Square.

Evangelicals And Martyn Lloyd Jones: Fifty Years Later The Debate Rages On
Evangelicals And Martyn Lloyd Jones: Fifty Years Later The Debate Rages On

Tuesday 18th October 1966 marked a major split among evangelical Christians.

Former Archbishop Carey Could Be Criticised In Child Abuse Report
Former Archbishop Carey Could Be Criticised In Child Abuse Report

Carey wrote to the director of public prosecutions at the time expressing concern at Ball's "fragile health".

Young Priests \'Too Scared\' To Perform Exorcisms
Young Priests 'Too Scared' To Perform Exorcisms

Priests in Italy are finding it difficult to encourage young clergy to take up the rite of exorcism, one of the country's top practitioners has warned.

Museum Backs Down Over Controversial Exhibit Which Allowed Visitors To \'Kick\' Virgin Mary
Museum Backs Down Over Controversial Exhibit Which Allowed Visitors To 'Kick' Virgin Mary

The new National Museum in Estonia has backed down over a controversial display that allowed visitors to kick an exhibit which then showed an image of the Virgin Mary shattering, with the word 'Reformation' appearing.