• Stormzy just set the standard for bringing God to secular spaces

  • Amazon Prime’s House of David is a masterpiece

  • Trump and Vance’s attack on Zelenskyy was the antithesis of Christian values

  • A conversation in a gay bar changed my opinion on sexuality

  • The Church of England is in couples therapy. Can we work through our issues without splitting?

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What God did at Gather 25 is just the beginning

2025-03-06T09:32:00+00:00By

Lauren Burnett is part of the team which hosted the London site of Gather25, a spectacular, global gathering of 7 million Christians. She reports from SAINT church on what God is doing among the next generation, how praying for unity changes things and why the future looks bright 

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Trump and Vance’s attack on Zelenskyy was the antithesis of Christian values

2025-03-05T09:23:00+00:00By

Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelenskyy on an international stage last week, says Tim Farron MP. The Christians who voted the US president into power must now hold him to account

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Stormzy just set the standard for bringing God to secular spaces

2025-03-04T16:46:00+00:00By

Gratitude to God is often vague at big awards shows, but at this year’s BRITs, Stormzy and Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso clearly honoured Jesus Christ. Such powerful expressions of faith will inspire other Christian creatives to do the same, says Maxine Harrison

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It isn’t blasphemous for Jesus to be played by a woman, it’s inclusive

2025-03-04T14:15:00+00:00By 1 comments

Grammy award-winning British actor, Cynthia Erivo, will become the first woman to play Jesus in a major production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Emma Gyasi says those criticising the decision shouldn’t judge what they haven’t seen

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A female Jesus? Christians are right to be offended

2025-03-04T14:14:00+00:00By

Grammy award-winning British actor, Cynthia Erivo, will become the first woman to play Jesus in a major production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Kate Orson says the decision is blasphemous, but Christians should take care in expressing themselves

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A conversation in a gay bar changed my opinion on sexuality

2025-03-04T09:42:00+00:00By 2 comments

A conversation on the dancefloor of a gay bar in Chicago challenged much of Christopher Landau’s beliefs about LGBT people and Christianity. But perhaps not in the way you might expect

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5 reasons why Christians should keep up with the news

2025-03-03T16:41:00+00:00By

Faced with an endless cycle of negativity in the headlines, many people are choosing to abandon the news in order to protect their mental wellbeing. But Rev Peter Crumpler believes Christians should resist this trend. He explains why

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The Church of England is in couples therapy. Can we work through our issues without splitting?

2025-03-03T13:02:00+00:00By 1 comments

As debates over sexuality intensify, most people in the CofE are nevertheless desperate to avoid a break-up, says Bishop Martyn Snow. He’s suggesting two new approaches which might help the Church better imagine its future

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Elizabeth Oldfield: The Christian apologist on why she’s not afraid to quote poetry to the philosophers

2025-02-27T11:57:00+00:00By

The podcaster and former director of Theos opens up about her unconventional faith journey, what living in Christian community has taught her about discipleship and why she’s writing about sex

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Superbowl champion BJ Daniels: 'I haven't always walked with God. But he has never left me'

2025-02-26T10:11:00+00:00By

The NFL star speaks to AJ Gomez about defying the odds, trials and triumphs and God’s radical way of changing our plans

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Amazon Prime’s House of David is a masterpiece

2025-03-05T11:25:00+00:00By

House of David charts the rise of David from shepherd boy to the most celebrated king of Israel. Giles Gough says the big-budget series features a strong opening with stellar performances and will give viewers insight into the strength and humility of one of the Bible’s most enigmatic characters

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This Oscar-nominated drama is a terrifying glimpse into what persecuted Christians face

2025-03-03T13:58:00+00:00By

Seeing a big-screen dramatic portrayal of a brutal and unjust regime brings to life the stories we hear from persecuted Christians, says Steve Dew-Jones. Here’s what he made of the Iranian film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig

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How one weekend can give you everything you ever wanted

2025-03-03T12:38:00+00:00By

Can one weekend really change everything? In this new evangelistic book, Graham Alban takes readers on a journey through the Easter weekend, unpacking its significance with clarity, warmth, and relatable storytelling

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Can movies help us understand life? This flawed book attempts to find out

2025-02-25T10:14:00+00:00By

A Whole Life in Twelve Movies promises readers “a journey through life, spirituality and what it means to be human”. But our reviewer says it stumbles along the way

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Miracle encounter transforms mother’s life

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'Drink, drugs, sex, career, travel - I’ve tried it all. Nothing satisfies like Jesus Christ'

Calum Mackenzie grew up in a Christian family, but walked away from faith while at university. During the next 22 years he tried everything the world could offer, but nothing seemed to satisfy him. Until one day, a desperate expletive-laden prayer changed everything

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‘My once-atheist friends are turning to God’

When The Times run an article about Gen Z coming back to Christian faith, you know something must be going on. It is, says Premier’s Jess Stark. It’s the beautiful witness of a generation of young people living in radical holiness

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‘People don't recover from locked-in syndrome. I’m a walking miracle’

Rev David Hazeldine surprised medics by making a near-full recovery from locked-in syndrome. The experience revolutionised his understanding of God’s mercy 

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The charity bookshop manager: ‘It’s striking how often people ask for Bibles’

The Church is made up of Christians from a myriad of different professions, and yet their ordinary tales of God at work rarely get told. In this series, we bring you stories of faith on the frontline

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‘My husband abused me. The church told me to forgive him’

Jill was told by church leaders to “forgive” her abusive husband. She explains why such advice amounted to spiritual abuse

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I help drug addicts get clean…but they often relapse. Here’s what it’s teaching me about God’s grace

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Working at a drug detox centre certainly has it’s challenges, says DB Ryen. But it’s taught him more about forgiveness and second chances than he ever thought possible 

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How fighting cancer strengthened my faith

On World Cancer Day, Heather Tomlinson reflects on the gifts that emerged from her battle with cancer, revealing the profound blessings and insights she never anticipated would come from such a trying time

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‘We only had sex three times in the first three years of our marriage’

As a Christian couple, Hannah and Ben Tarbuck thought they were doing everything right by saving sex for marriage. But it didn’t result in the passionate wedding night they were expecting