All Premier Christianity articles in December 2014
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Archive newsEbola fears may keep West African Christians from church
Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has urged churchgoers in West Africa not to meet ‘in big numbers’ in a bid to reduce the spread of Ebola. He told the BBC: ‘Don’t think that by not going to church because you are infected somehow there will be a bolt from the blue really smashing your head.’
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Archive newsAnimated film provides unique slant on Nativity
Animated family film On Angel Wings, based on Michael Morpurgo’s picture book, will premiere on the BBC this Christmas.
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Asia Bibi takes death sentence appeal to Supreme Court
The Pakistani High Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from mother-of-five Asia Bibi, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2010.
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Magazine Features
Why Jesus wouldn't win The Apprentice
The BBC’s long-running TV show The Apprentice returned to our screens this autumn. Once more, a set of candidates with egos larger than their actual business acumen are battling it out for the chance to become Lord Alan Sugar’s business partner.
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RT Kendall: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised to see Arafat in heaven’
Church leader RT Kendall has said that he believes Yasser Arafat may have accepted Christ before his death a decade ago.
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Archive contentDealing with the 'Big C'
Salvation Army officer Shaun Skinner shares his story of living with a brain tumour but being used by God regardless.
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InterviewsProfile: Susan Boyle
Pam Rhodes interviews once-unlikely star Susan Boyle, who has just released her sixth album, Hope.
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Archive contentChristmas Scandals
Festive cards usually depict a serene tableau set in a stable complete with shepherds, wise men and baby Jesus with a halo. But the first Christmas was anything but respectable. David Instone-Brewer reveals the unconventional nativity characters that would have made even a tabloid journalist blush.
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Archive newsGod TV co-founder leaves wife
God TV co-founder Rory Alec has left his wife Wendy for another woman and will no longer have any involvement with the station, which he and Wendy set up in 1995.
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St Paul’s to serve outdoor Communion
Christians watching the Midnight Eucharist at St Paul’s Cathedral from the street this Christmas Eve are to be given Holy Communion for the first time.
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Archive newsOpinion divided at Vatican’s family synod
Hundreds of Catholic leaders gathered in Rome in October for an Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
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Archive contentNo m'Lord: Why doesn't Downton do God?
Downton Abbey is now regularly enjoyed by more than 120 million viewers around the world. But why is a show set in the God-fearing 1920s so reluctant to mention faith?
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Archive newsThe rise and fall of Mark Driscoll
The embattled pastor has resigned from the church he founded following accusations of bullying and mismanagement. After a steep decline in attendance, Mars Hill church is also disbanding.
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Regular ColumnistsNo Turning Back
It all started when I lost my feet. Unable to see them because of the partial eclipse of a spreading abdomen, and becoming quite breathless after navigating a single flight of stairs, I decided to get fit.
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Archive contentThe Billy Graham legacy
Sixty years on from Billy Graham’s 1954 Harringay ‘crusade’, Justin Brierley examines the evangelist’s lasting impact in the UK.
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Reviews
Cringeworthy Carols
What are the worst festive hymns? Premier Christian Radio's Dave Rose gives his lowdown.
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Archive contentFrom Muslim to persecuted Christian
Asylum seeker Javaid Khan, 36, tells of his conversion from Islam to Christianity, and the consequences of following Jesus Christ.
