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Regular ColumnistsWhy a freshly cooked meal is one of the Church’s greatest evangelistic tools
Source: Yuliya Trukhan / Alamy Stock Photo There are few things that say church and community more than a meal train. If you’ve not heard of it, it’s the practice of providing a rota of meals for church members who are going through a major life ...
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ReviewsFinding faith in unexpected places by Geoff Walvin
This vibrant travelogue describes Geoff Walvin’s remarkable expedition across Asia in the 1970s, which led him to pioneer several radical church-planting missions.
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ReviewsThe gift of kindness - Debbie Duncan and Cathy Le Feuvre
If someone asked you: “Do you think you are kind?” what would you say? You may think of yourself as a kind-hearted person but, sometimes, kindness is associated with niceness. This book helps to differentiate the two. Quoting Titus 3, the authors write: “‘When the kindness and ...
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ReviewsA little book of rest - Sheila Jacobs
Sheila Jacobs found herself wrestling with anxiety in her early 30s when she contracted Ménière’s disease, which causes severe vertigo.
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Reviews12 Things God can’t do - Nick Tucker
This book will put you to sleep…in a good way. Nick Tucker firmly believes that good theology is a source of rest and peace from our anxieties and, in this book, he sets out to prove it.
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Magazine FeaturesHow to raise anti-racist children and grandchildren
It’s not good enough to be merely ‘not racist’, Christians must teach their children and grandchildren to be ‘anti-racist’, says Loretta Andrews. She unpacks the distinction and provides practical tips for acting justly when it comes to raising the next generation
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Magazine FeaturesFinding peace in the age of anxiety
In a world overcome by fear and riven with conflict, Mark Sayers says pressing into God is the only way to find peace - and influence the culture around us
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Real Life‘I helped capture Saddam Hussein’
Eric Maddox’s pioneering interrogation techniques led to the capture of one of the world’s most wanted men. But if it wasn’t for hearing the voice of God, Eric never would have joined the military
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Magazine FeaturesManifesting: This positive thinking trend is popular with young people. Here’s a Christian response
Can you really think yourself rich, married or successful? Carrie Lloyd investigates
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Magazine FeaturesKeith Green: 40 years since his untimely death, the music lives on
The American singer-songwriter famous for his outspoken evangelistic style died in a plane crash in 1982. Derek Walker looks back on his life, faith and music ministry
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Regular ColumnistsThe road less travelled: How to live for God alone
The temptation to seek affirmation from people rather than God will send you down an unfruitful path, warns RT Kendall
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Regular ColumnistsShould Christians go on expensive holidays?
Bible scholar NT Wright gives his answer
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Regular ColumnistsWe’ve misunderstood the Pharisees. Jesus wasn’t that critical of them
When read in their cultural contexts, Jesus’ responses to the Jewish teachers look far less harsh than what many have assumed, says Lois Tverberg
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Thank God it's MondayGod on the ward: ‘Being a follower of Jesus affects everything’
The Church is made up of Christians from a myriad of different professions, and yet ‘ordinary’ tales of God at work rarely get told. In the first of a new series, Paul Woolley discovers stories of faith on the front line
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InterviewsJendella Benson: ‘When I was charged with money laundering I thought God would deliver me’
In this exclusive interview, the British-Nigerian novelist opens up about the unexpected conviction for money laundering which radically changed her theology and how the love and support of her church family helped keep her faith alive while her husband was in prison
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InterviewsMpho Tutu van Furth: Apartheid, my famous father and gay marriage
The daughter of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu explains how her gay marriage led to a break with South Africa’s Anglican Church
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Magazine Features'Simultaneously joyous and exhausting' 5 Christians share their stories of adoption
This year in the UK, around 35,000 children and young people will enter the care system. That’s 95 children every single day. Claire Musters speaks to five different families who have opened their homes and hearts to foster or adopt some of them
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TestimoniesFrom witchcraft to Orthodoxy
The writer and environmentalist Paul Kingsnorth was attracted to nature religions, but says Jesus ‘dragged’ him out of Wicca and towards him
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Regular ColumnistsMurky Merch: Should Christian bands like Rend Collective sell T-shirts?
Rend Collective frontman Chris Llewellyn confesses he still isn’t entirely comfortable with the commercial side of his ministry
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Regular ColumnistsBulls, rear ends and seeing the world from God’s perspective
Jeff Lucas had to quietly control the urge to weep when his farmer friend asked him to help castrate a bull. Here’s what it taught him about perspective.
