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  New Bible board game takes children on a 'pilgrimage to paradise'

  Joseph Hartropp | Thu 26 Apr 2018 15:19 BST

  A new Bible-based board game challenges players knowledge of Scripture in a fun, challenging and even morally formative 'pilgrimage to paradise'. A sort of Christian 'snakes and ladders', is this the game your kids (or you) have been waiting for?

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  Khloe Kardashian chooses Bible stories for bedtime reading with baby girl True

  Jardine Malado | Wed 25 Apr 2018 17:19 BST

  Khloe Kardashian says she is excited to read to her baby True and some of the bedtime reading she has picked for her newborn were religious children's books like illustrated Bible stories and a baby prayer book.

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  Singing sabbatical beckons for Ray Kelly, priest who stunned Britain's Got Talent judges

  Christian Today staff writer | Wed 25 Apr 2018 10:44 BST

  Father Ray Kelly, the Irish priest who wowed the judges and audience on Britain's Got Talent with his soulful rendition of REM's 'Everybody Hurts', has said he's prepared to take time away from his parish duties to follow up his singing success.

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  Jeremy Lin news: Lin wants his legacy to be for God following NBA career that has 'God's fingerprints all over it'

  Czarina Ong | Tue 24 Apr 2018 14:20 BST

  Nothing lasts forever, and NBA star Jeremy Lin knows his basketball career will soon come to a close - especially given his fight against injury.

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  Singing priest wows Simon Cowell – what does the public reaction tell us?

  Martin Saunders | Mon 23 Apr 2018 12:43 BST

  Fr Ray Kelly enraptured, surprised and delighted the show's packed audition theatre – and millions of television viewers – with an extraordinary rendition of REM's 'Everybody Hurts'.

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  GQ magazine attacks Bible as 'foolish, repetitive and contradictory', tells readers it's not worth reading

  Czarina Ong | Mon 23 Apr 2018 10:48 BST

  The editors of GQ magazine have sparked outrage after placing the Bible in their list of "21 Books You Don't Have to Read."

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  Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge admitted to hospital in 'early stages of labour'

  Christian Today staff writer | Mon 23 Apr 2018 10:40 BST

  The Duchess of Cambridge is in hospital in the early stages of labour, Kensington Palace announced this morning.

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  What can ski school teach the church?

  Esther Stansfield | Fri 20 Apr 2018 16:15 BST

  How a skiing holiday taught me to show up, get close and personal and be all in.

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  Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams announces engagement to pastor

  Jardine Malado | Fri 20 Apr 2018 16:01 BST

  Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams took to social media to tell her followers that she recently got engaged to Pastor Chad Johnson.

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  Did '13 Reasons Why' encourage this young girl to commit suicide? Petition asks Netflix to pull plug on Season 2

  Czarina Ong | Thu 19 Apr 2018 19:21 BST

  The parents of a 14-year-old girl who killed herself last year believe the show was connected to their daughter's death and want Netflix to pull the plug on the second season

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  Stephen Baldwin says God doesn't need a revival: 'The Holy Spirit is always who He is'

  Czarina Ong | Thu 19 Apr 2018 19:05 BST

  Many Christians have long been calling for a spiritual revival, but Oscar-nominated actor Stephen Baldwin believes there's no need for one because God's power and strength have always been consistent.

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  Israel Folau hits back at gay hell criticism: 'I would sooner lose everything than abandon Jesus'

  Harry Farley | Wed 18 Apr 2018 9:08 BST

  Israel Folau, the Australian Christian rugby player under fire for saying gay people are going to hell, has spoken out given a lengthy defence of his faith and attacking Rugby Australia.