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  Gospel artist Kirk Franklin shares struggles with grief, depression and anxiety

  Jeannie Law | Mon 20 Jan 2020 9:13 GMT

  Gospel pioneer Kirk Franklin shared some advice he received for the new year while battling depression and anxiety amid a string of deaths among his friends.

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  Liverpool star Roberto Firmino gets baptised

  Jeannie Law | Mon 20 Jan 2020 9:09 GMT

  Brazilian soccer star Roberto Firmino, who now plays for Liverpool, recently shared on Instagram about his emotional baptism ceremony with his teammate, Alisson Becker, and wife by his side.

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  Seventeen Magazine's must-see romantic movie for 2020 is Jeremy Camp biopic

  Staff writer | Sun 19 Jan 2020 14:30 GMT

  Seventeen Magazine, which some Christians have even shunned because of its secular content, has a surprising pick for its number one romantic movie of 2020 - Christian movie "I Still Believe".

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  Gospel artist Carman asks for prayers as cancer returns

  Staff writer | Wed 15 Jan 2020 22:28 GMT

  Veteran Christian singer Carman Licciardello is asking fans to pray for him after being told by doctors that his cancer has returned.

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  Faith-themed movies receive Oscar nominations

  Staff writer | Tue 14 Jan 2020 9:36 GMT

  One of the biggest faith-based movies of 2019, Breakthrough, has picked up an Oscar nomination.

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  Supreme Court says Netflix can stream comedy depicting Jesus as gay

  Staff writer | Sun 12 Jan 2020 14:09 GMT

  The Supreme Court in Brazil has given the go ahead to Netflix to continue streaming a comedy that depicts Jesus as homosexual.

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  TobyMac releases new song dedicated to late son Truett

  Staff writer | Fri 10 Jan 2020 19:02 GMT

  TobyMac has released a new song in memory of his son, Truett Foster McKeehan, who died unexpectedly last October at the age of 21.

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  Netflix's Messiah: what's it all about and is it any good?

  Mark Vernon | Fri 10 Jan 2020 10:40 GMT

  The show has prompted controversy - Netflix has been asked not to stream it in Jordan. But my sense is it brilliantly explores what might happen if a figure akin to the Jesus of the Bible appeared today.

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  Pro-lifers criticise Michelle Williams' 'sad' abortion comments

  Staff writer | Wed 8 Jan 2020 11:47 GMT

  Pro-lifers have criticised Michelle Williams for using her Golden Globes speech to promote abortion.

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  Country singer's wife says she became closer to God after tragic death of 3-year-old son

  Jeannie Law | Tue 7 Jan 2020 8:52 GMT

  "2019 — The year that brought me to my knees. The year our beautiful red-headed boy turned 3 and went Home."

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  'God has huge plans for every one of you,' Justin Bieber tells his fans

  Staff writer | Sat 4 Jan 2020 10:14 GMT

  He also told fans he loves following the plans God has for him.

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  Kanye West dominates Billboard's gospel charts

  Staff writer | Fri 3 Jan 2020 13:57 GMT

  A gospel album released by Kanye West over Christmas has reached number two on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart, second only to his first Christian album released last October.