All Premier Christianity articles in February 2014
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Archive contentI wish they’d taught me…
How far does Bible college prepare students for the different spiritual, practical and emotionally demanding tasks they will encounter in their ministry? Lucinda van der Hart investigates...
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Archive newsRemember the Philippines?
The response to the Philippines disaster tells us uncomfortable truths about ourselves and our media.
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Regular ColumnistsTougher than nails
Christians don’t usually arm themselves with crowbars. But on a crisp autumnal day, Kathleen Folden, a truck driver, marched into our local museum, and began smashing the glass that surrounded a painting by a Stanford-based artist, Enrique Chagoya.
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Archive contentLife with Leprosy
Sarah Lothian meets Dan and Babs Izzett, who are a living reminder that leprosy is not a thing of the past, but neither is it the final word.
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Archive newsHero-worship and hypocrisy: the world remembers Mandela
Even in death, Nelson Mandela had the power to command respect from those of all political persuasions.
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InterviewsProfile: Malcolm Duncan
‘We have a fundamental responsibility to get over ourselves’ It takes a certain confidence to be able to pastor a church where not one but two well-loved former pastors remain in the congregation. It takes even more confidence to do things very differently with them watching.
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Archive contentChav Christianity
In 2011, the leftist social commentator Owen Jones’ book Chavs brought the issue of the demonization of the working class to a wide audience. Has the Church been guilty of this too? Two years on, a new Christian author has made a case for reclaiming the word ‘chav’ and encouraging authentic working class Christian communities. Lucinda Borkett-Jones evaluates his approach.
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Archive newsDoes the Pope like Catholic Memes? It’s possible...
Humour may be the next big online evangelism tool for the Catholic Church.
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Reviews
Reviews: February Books
Books by Peter Shaw / Colin Shaw, Roma Downey / Mark Burnett, Rachel Gardner / Andre Adefope, Andy Peck
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Archive contentBible Stories Uncensored: Ruth the Maneater
When are feet not feet? When they are used euphemistically to spare blushes, as David Instone-Brewer discovers in the story of Ruth and Boaz.
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Archive contentA Problem Shared: Has our elder been breaking the law?
The husband of one of our senior elders has been arrested for high-level business fraud. The local papers ran the story and pointed out that his lifestyle was well above his apparent pay grade. The insinuation is that his family must have realised that something illegal was going on. When I challenged the elder on this, she denied all knowledge of his wrongdoing. But people in the church are unconvinced by her protestations of innocence. What should I do?
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Christian and Atheist to swap faiths
A convinced atheist and committed Christian are currently swapping religious lives as part of an experiment to foster mutual understanding.
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Pilling report fails to please everybody. Or anybody.
CofE report on human sexuality provokes criticism from all quarters The Church of England’s Pilling Report on how the Church should approach human sexuality has drawn strong criticism from opposing sides of debates surrounding sexuality within the Anglican Communion.
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InterviewsQ&A: Ann Voskamp
Previously unknown author Ann Voskamp became a publishing phenomenon in 2013. Her book One Thousand Gifts came from nowhere and ended up spending more than a year on the New York Times’ best-seller list. Ruth Mawhinney finds out more.
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Archive contentWhy I am a Christian: Howard Storm
My church experience was very pleasant as a child.
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Archive contentThe Gender Agenda
In these enlightened times, we might imagine our children are finally growing up in an age of gender balance. Yet, as Martin Saunders discovers, various cultural factors suggest the picture isn’t quite so rosy.
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Archive contentHappily Ever After?
We all know deep down that the Hollywood picture of marriage does not portray reality. But why, asks Ruth Mawhinney, do we find that so hard to admit?
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Archive contentRob Parsons: Do you dare to be vulnerable?
Somebody once said that with regard to our children’s lives, ‘The days are long, but the years are short.’ That has certainly been true in my experience, but as we celebrate our 25th anniversary at Care for the Family I believe it is also true in respect of those years of ministry.
