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    Controlling Consumerism

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    In the concluding part of our series on escaping consumer culture, we look at finding freedom in an abundant life in Jesus...

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    Cinema Panorama

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    If movies are a mirror of reality, then the reality of 2011 was certainly eclectic. Nev Pierce gives a run down of the year in film, from stuttering sovereigns to talking chimp...

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    Children's ministry matters

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    The number of children attending church continues to drop. John Buckeridge asks two leading children’s ministry experts about the key trends in children’s ministry. 

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    Pay Check

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    Heather Tomlinson braves the important but awkward subject of how much we should pay our church leaders

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    Game changers

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    After the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canadian churches felt they could have done much more to engage. How can we make the most of the London Games next year?

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    ‘If I get out of touch I can't do my job'

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    Some might say that a ‘culturally relevant bishop’ is a contradiction in terms. But for Bishop Graham Cray, understanding and engaging with culture is essential for reaching people with the gospel

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    Faith in Britain

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    The Olympics triggered a palpable shift in national mood, brought about by the opening ceremony and then enthusiasm for the Games themselves. The British seemed to suspend their trademark cynicism to come together and be proud of their nation. Has faith played a part in this, and can Christians learn anything from it?

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    Gagged and bound

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    Half of all Christian men use Internet pornography. Some claim it’s the reason men are leaving churches in their droves. And yet, we’re not talking about it. So just how did it become the silent menace to the church?

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    Beyond political correctness

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    Following the success of the Paralympics, Fiona Maccabe reflects on letting God reshape our attitudes to disability.

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    Rob Bell

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    He’s the most talked about pastor this year, and he’s finally having his say about Love Wins, the book which has seen him branded a hero in some quarters and a heretic in others...

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    Should the Bride be Beautiful?

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    In a world which says that attractiveness is everything, does the Church look any different? Or have we all succumbed to the cult of beauty?

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    The Bishop of Baghdad

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    When the church told him his MS made him too ill to minister he became ‘the vicar of Baghdad’. Even though many in his congregation have been murdered, including a family he baptised in January, Andrew White continues to love his mission in Iraq...

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    Amy Grant to tour the UK

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    Legendary pop and CCM artist Amy Grant is to visit the UK in July for three acoustic shows in Glasgow, Belfast and Croydon...

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    Marcus Brigstocke: Why I am not a Christian

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    The God of Abraham that I was introduced to as a child, the politics – right-leaning, selective, unmoving ethical standpoints on issues such as sexuality – bump up against my politics very quickly...

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    Ralph Jones: Why I am not a Christian

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    Neither of my parents believes in any religion but, given that they are both very unassuming people, I don’t think I fully realised this until I became increasingly aware of my convictions.

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    Hugh Ross: Why I am a Christian

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    My mother had no confidence in God, and my father thought pastors and evangelists were ‘charlatans’...

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    Why I am not a Christian: Mark Thomas

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    Mark Thomas was brought up a Christian, but is now convinced we are on our own...

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    Linvoy Primus: Why I am a Christian

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    For about three years I was searching for the meaning of life...

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    Alain de Botton: Why I am not a Christian

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    I was brought up by a father who made Richard Dawkins look open-minded on the matter of there perhaps being a supreme being...

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    The age of dependence

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    Becoming a truly radical disciple means times of total dependence on others, which God will use to mature us