All Premier Christianity articles in December 2001
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Microwave Theology
What stance does scripture have on microwave ovens and the development of out-of-town shopping centres? Mark Greene believes that their impact on relationship could be the key.
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Looking to God
The American mega-church can seem like it exists in a different world for UK believers. Andy Peck visits a mega church based on principles which apply just as well to a church of 25 as they do to one of 20,000 - because that's where it all began.
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Focus, Focus, Focus. What's Your Mission?
Faithworks research reveals that there are already around 120,000 church-based welfare projects operating across the UK. In the fourth of his Faithworks series, Steve Chalke considers how local churches can grasp the opportunities ahead and build on that success.
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Sacred Secular Divide
Dividing life into two distinct camps - the church and the world - holds us back from knowing the true depth and richness of God. Gerard Kelly suggests ways to overcome this false dualism.
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On Patrol in Cyberspace
Many young people use internet chat rooms. The danger of predatory adults who seek to make contact with children online is well known. Catherine Butcher reports on one Christian who is actively involved in protecting kids online.
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Church Invisible: Episode Six - The Set Menu
Returning from a meeting on 'the future of the church' Nick Page is flung into the future, to the year 2040. He discovers that church buildings are now regarded as museums and the Anglican Church in Britain a pale shadow of its former life, with the recent General Synod held in a back room of the Rose and Crown and Tooting. He finds that bureaucracy, outdated training methods and increasing detachment from community were amongst the reasons for the demise.
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Old Testament Prophecy: Simply The Best?
Some charismatics put prophecy centre-stage, is that right? Is New Testament prophecy as weighty as Old Testament prophecy - and how does contemporary prophecy compare? In the first of a two-part feature Rob Warner explores the Old Testament and discovers seven different kinds of prophet.