By Justin Brierley2015-11-28T00:00:00
Britain's Tyson Fury has just become world boxing's heavyweight champion having beaten Wladimir Klitschko. The controversial character also claims a Christian faith. Justin Brierley investigates
When Premier Christianity magazine put together a list of 33 influential Christians aged 33 and under it included Tyson Fury. The piece caused controversy, partly because of some of the language quoted by Fury, but mainly because Fury himself is a controversial character.
‘Jesus was a man’s man. He was a carpenter. He worked every day, he went out and spread the word of God and wasn’t afraid of dying.’ These are the words of the unbeaten 27-year-old heavyweight champion boxer. ‘God has given me a talent to box, so I’m going to fulfil it with all my potential and just keep going as far as God will allow me,’ he says.
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Tyson Fury is a world champion boxer and an outspoken - if often controversial - Christian. So Tim Bechervaise was keen to see how his faith would be portrayed in the new Netflix docuseries that follows the family in the aftermath of Fury’s retirement from professional sport
2021-09-28T10:34:00Z By Arthur White
The new world champion’s unashamed declaration of his love for God is an inspiration, says Arthur White
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It’s easy to celebrate when high-profile people express faith in Christ. But what about when they falter? We should be slow to judge and quick to pray for them, says Billy Hallowell
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Andy Flannagan introduces a new song for the church, which invites Christians to relinquish control and submit to God’s authority
2025-07-18T08:11:00Z By Chris Sinkinson
More than 1,000 people from five different churches gathered on Bournemouth beach last weekend. As 92 people came forward to be baptised, local church leader Chris Sinkinson says that it’s another example of the changing spiritual atmosphere in Britain
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Maro Itoje captains his club, his country and now, the British and Irish Lions. The 30-year-old rugby player says he hasn’t always taken his faith as seriously as he should. But he is now - and it shows on the field, says Tim Bechervaise
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