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“Farzana”, a Pakistani Christian woman, tells Barnabas Fund how she left Islam to follow Christ. It all began when, at the age of 17, she was working as a receptionist in her uncle’s orthodontist [...]

A fascinating incident in the history of Israel is recorded in 2 Kings 6-7. The king of Aram “mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.” As a consequence, “There was a [...]

I have on occasions heard Christians tell non-Christians that in order to be saved they must be “born again”. This has always seemed to me to be a rather unhelpful thing to say to someone who [...]

In Marcel Proust’s classic novel Remembrance of Things Past, tasting a sponge cake dipped in tea triggers memories by which the narrator explores how the past, and our recalling of it, make us [...]

Summertime is snaketime in Australia. The reptiles become active—and dangerous!—as the weather warms up. Mulga, tiger, dugite, taipan, death adder—these are some of our better known venomous [...]

The early Christians in Rome were renowned because they cared for all their own poor and needy and also for other people’s. While their care for outsiders brought them persecution, their care for [...]

Every four years the lead up to the Olympic Games is marred by complaints by athletes who have failed to win selection for their events. Most unsuccessful athletes accept their exclusion on the [...]

God loves us. Of the million things that point to this, one that is particularly wonderful is found in Psalm 68:6, where King David states, “God sets the lonely in families”. This is a strangely [...]

I grew up with stories of the Titanic. My Grandmother and Uncles had seen the great ship sail out of Belfast Lough at the beginning of her doomed maiden voyage. One of the many stories I heard [...]

Charles Colson, whose articles appeared regularly in Life News, went to be with the Lord in April. In tribute to him, we have included two moving eulogies in this issue of Life News (see also [...]