The FIFA erased the Brazilian football player's reference to the Christian faith in a video introducing the finalist. 

Being in the background does not absolve us from living by faith. Indeed, it is often in background roles that God can most effectively develop our character and our faith.

Today, aged 17, approaching his birthday and official adulthood, José is facing up to the prospect of having to leave the shelter and create a life for himself beyond the familiar walls.

We Christians have so much to offer people in a post-conflict situation.

So was Abraham a superhero? In fact, he started life rather unpromisingly as a refugee from Iraq (Ur of the Chaldees), settling in Turkey (Haran), then he became a nomad in Palestine, and lived for a time as a foreigner in Egypt.

Spiritual counsellor of several football stars Jaime Fernández gives his perspective on the FIFA scandals.

Sixty signatures from people of a different faith and a permission from the local authority are needed to build a church. Closures and violence against Christians have not stopped the Church from growing.

Evi Rodemann, director of the Mission-Net Congress (December 28 - January 2), talks about the role of youth in church and missions, the challenges Europe is facing, and the importance of real discipleship.

We discover that a small physical problem can paralyse the body of a great sportsman. How much more, in our spiritual life, can just one sin come to be the destruction of our life.

Are our emotions and feelings, our explosive characters or our desires more authentic than our responsibilities?

While we knew that Muslim Extremism was a relevant topic for our bi-annual breakfast seminar, never did we expect this seminar to be so timely, as the Parisian attacks happened on the eve of this seminar.

Noah was prepared to engage in a 100-year building project on the basis of a warning from God about things that he had not seen and could not yet see.

Jesus left an established model only for those who are brave, be it men or women. A model for people who are not ready to fall into social trends propelled by discrimination or frustration.

“The righteous shall live by faith.” It represents the ultimate summary of the Reformation, as well as a synthesis of the Bible.

Only those who are full of the Spirit of God will have learned to wait for the right moment, to have patience and not become frustrated.

Finance is not a subject that gets dealt with much in church life or teaching, except perhaps occasionally in terms of personal debt and giving. Even less is said about how our Christian faith works out in practice when facing the challenges of running a business.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has called on the state to ensure that hundreds of people facing imprisonment under controversial blasphemy laws have not been falsely charged.

Jirí Unger, General Secretary of the Czech Evangelical Alliance, analyses the current situation of the evangelical church in Czech Republic, which is is “viewed with deep suspicion.”

Morales, a political neophyte and an evangelical Christian, promised to “ fight against the corruption that is consuming us.”

When Jesus saw the multitudes he cried . And how de we react?

Do you know that future history depends in part on what we do? God has named us co-workers in reconciling the world to him.

Expert Steve Lowisz on how social media affect journalism, education, law enforcement and other areas of society.

Although it’s licit and appropriate to enjoy what we have, it’s not if we do so at the expense of the One who gave it to us, and less so if we sacrifice His call for our own.

We all run the serious risk of falling into self-centered motivation. We want people to admire us; we appreciate it when people look up to us! And God says that this attitude is of the world and the Devil.

In the world basketball championships in Spain in 1996, one man stood out above all the others, Tyrone Bogues.