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The Power (Or Not) Of A Retweet
Whisper it, but our man Martin Saunders inadvertently created an Internet phenomenon last week. The fundraising efforts and sheer big-heartedness of his oldest son Joel (6) took Twitter by storm, and to date more than £5,000 has been raised for Tearfund.As life-affirming as this was, an interesting sub-plot appeared towards ...
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Old Testament warfare
Did Joshua commit genocide? Necessary rules of engagement or unnecessary slaughter? David Instone-Brewer on Old Testament warfare.
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Paul's Letters
Some scholars claim that as many as half of Paul’s letters weren’t actually written by him. Are they fakes, or did he just have a secretary?
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Mark 1
When the early Gospel manuscripts were being rapidly reproduced, mistakes were made. But did they change the message? David Instone-Brewer looks at omissions and additions in Mark 1.
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Why I Hate The ‘Shhh’ Factor
It was a surprise when my friend Lara sent a text on Sunday morning, asking could she come to the 10.30 service with us. She's been through a really rough time recently and left her church a while ago, so it was great to see her and her two little ...
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It Was Humility and Holiness That Got Him Through
Williams held the Communion, well, in communion.In spring, the sun reflects off the Cam, casting gentle ripples of light onto the ceilings of Magdelene College's river-facing rooms. It is as tranquil and timeless a grove of academe as it is possible to imagine. This time next year, Dr Rowan Williams ...
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The Hunger Games: Mirror To The Real World
'I volunteer as tribute!' The voice of teenage heroine Katniss Everdeen reverberates around a packed but silent town square, setting in motion a chain of events that will almost certainly lead to her death.Katniss has just volunteered to take her sister's place in The Hunger Games, a twisted TV show ...
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Appraising The Budget
I confess to being mystified, not about the budget but about the media responses to it. This is not because I am uncritical of the budget but I do not understand Thursday's headlines attacking Mr Osborne for his 'raid on pensioners'. His budget raised the basic State pension by £5.39 ...
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Budget 2012: A Christian Response
I am a winner. Not in terms of the important stuff like being handsome or sporty or dressing well, but in terms of the 2012 Budget. A quick spin on the BBC News Budget Calculator revealed that my wife and I will be about £300 better off thanks to Chancellor ...
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Fabrice Muamba And The Power of Prayer
The football world was shocked on Saturday evening after the on-field heart attack of Bolton Wanderers' Fabrice Muamba during his side's FA Cup tie at Tottenham Hotspur. The heroic actions of medical staff resuscitated the player, yet he remains in a critical condition in a north London hospital.Much has been ...
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Call Me Crazy, But I Love Mondays
Nothing could stop me this morning. I practically bounded out of bed. With too much energy and enthusiasm I leapt through the door of the tube several seconds after the 'closing doors' announcement had gone out. I was that annoying person; the one who gets stuck in the door and ...
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Guest Post: Jesus Came For Sun Readers
When I heard Archbishop John Sentamu was writing for the Sun on Sunday my first reaction was 'brilliant'.I'm no fan of the Sun for a number of reasons, but I don't have a problem with the readers. My uncle Chris is one of them. He's a retired boat-builder and lives ...
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Guest Blog: Should Christians Support Kony2012?
'I hated Joseph Kony before he was cool.' That's the thought I had to keep stifling on Wednesday, like some sort of humanitarian crisis hipster struggling with the fact his favourite band has 'gone mainstream'.Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a cult/militia that has been responsible ...
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One Jesus For Liberals, Another For Conservatives
How sad, but true. I'm borrowing the headline from a Guardian article on the subject. The article's intro and text clearly shows which version of the gospel that newspaper prefers (the leftie/liberal version) but it helps me to understand why I am deeply suspicious of any form of Christianity that ...
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The Church Of Bruce Springsteen
'We're going to build a house. We're going to take fear and build a house of love; we're going to take sadness and build a house of joy; we're going to take doubt and build a house of faith; we're going to take despair and build a house of hope.'It ...
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Five Reasons Why Grown-Ups Will Love The Muppets Too
It's time to play the music, It's time to light the lights...Unless you've been hiding in a cave for the past few months, you will be aware that the Muppets are well and truly back (and if you have been living in a cave for the last few months, why ...
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What Christians Can Learn From Richard Dawkins
It's difficult not to feel gleeful at militant athiest Richard Dawkins' gaffe in which he completely destroyed his own argument, made himself look foolish and called on the help of his maker (God) - all at the same time. It's a dangerous thing to be so sure you're right that ...
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I’m A Girl. Catholic Priests In Training Are Boys
Arriving only a few minutes before mass was scheduled to begin, I pelted along the cloistered corridor towards the chapel. Entering the room, service sheet in hand, I was greeted by 60 expectant faces. Not only was I a visitor - very evident among members of a tight-knit community like ...
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Is Christianity Really Under Attack?
If you believed everything you read in the papers, this could be the final piece published on this site. 'Christianity under attack,' screamed the front page of Saturday's Daily Mail after two separate court rulings last week.On the same day that the National Secular Society won a ruling that local ...
