At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, seeking theological underpinning for his drive to raise taxes on the rich, President Obama invoked the highest possible authority. His policy, he testified “as a Christian,” “coincides with Jesus’s teaching that ‘for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.’ ” Read full article > >

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The Gospel according to Obama

Calls new contraception regulation “war on Christianity.”

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Newt: Obama’s Attacking Religion

The correspondent was blunt: “Why don’t you atheists just go out and kill yourselves right now?” True, most Christians phrase it rather more delicately, but atheists are regularly informed by a certain kind of believer that our lives can have no value if we do not believe in their God. What is the point, they ask, of being kind or loving, caring about suffering or doing anything at all, if one day we just die? Read full article > >

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Paula Kirby: ‘How do atheists find meaning in life?’

Christian Kist completes a remarkable Lakeside debut by beating Tony O’Shea to take the BDO world title.

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Kist beats O’Shea to take title

Basic differences about Scripture, the afterlife and the nature of God leads many, though not all, Christians to conclude that Mormons cannot be considered Christian.

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Evangelical Christians’ Unease With Romney Is Theological

Christian leaders voted to support the presidential candidacy of Rick Santorum in hopes of undercutting Mitt Romney’s dominance of the Republican field.

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Conservative Religious Leaders, Seeking Unity, Vote to Back Rick Santorum

Hundreds of people flee violence in north-east Nigeria, after dozens die in a 24-hour wave of violence apparently targeting Christian communities.

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Nigerians flee sectarian violence

The political world is once again buzzing about evangelical Christians. Former senator Rick Santorum ’s near-victory in the Iowa caucuses and his ascent in the ranks of Republican presidential contenders have fueled this new fervor, which is leading to the same tired debates and conversations that we’ve heard about evangelicals for a generation now. Read full article > >

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God’s quarterbacks: What Tebow and Roethlisberger reveal about evangelical politics

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Gunmen from a radical Muslim sect attacked a town hall Friday in rural northeast Nigeria, killing at least 20 people who had gathered for a meeting of a Christian ethnic group, police said. The attack at noon targeted a town hall where Christian Igbo people were holding a meeting, with gunmen chanting “God is great” as they fired Kalashnikov rifles. Read full article > >

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Police: At least 20 killed as militants attack town hall during meeting in northeast Nigeria

Germany’s President Christian Wulff says he will not resign over his conduct in a home loan scandal.

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German president refuses to quit

Germany’s President Christian Wulff comes under intense pressure to explain his conduct over a controversial home loan he received.

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German president in loan furore

A turf war prompts scuffles between groups of Greek Orthodox and Armenian Christian clerics armed with brooms in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity.

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Rival priests in Bethlehem brawl

Christian pilgrims and tourists have gathered in their thousands in the West Bank town of Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas.

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VIDEO: Christmas marked in Bethlehem

Thousands flock to Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations, culminating in Midnight Mass at the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born.

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Christmas Mass held in Bethlehem

Proponents of a boycott of the Salvation Army say people often know little about the organization’s evangelical Christianity and its opposition to homosexuality.

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Beliefs: Beliefs: Salvation Army Hears Dissent Over Gay Views