All Premier Christianity articles in June 2015
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Ordinary people
Lewis Smedes was an academic, author and pastor – his teaching changed the lives of people across the world. I was intrigued to read about the day he left seminary to take up his first job as the pastor of a small church. Just before he got into his car he spotted one of his teachers nearby and called out, ‘Professor, do you have any last words of advice for me?’
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Sing a new song
More worship songs than ever are flowing out of local congregations into the worldwide Church. Sam Hailes meets the UK churches generating today’s biggest worship anthems.
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Interviews
Q&A: William Morris
Rev William Morris is director of Global Tax Policy at General Electric and a priest in the Church of England. He talks to Lucinda van der Hart about his new book Where is God at Work?.
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The ZimZum of Love: A New Way of Understanding Marriage
Rob and Kristen Bell // HarperCollins
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Regular Columnists
The haircut
Hairdressers often make great evangelists. For one thing, they have a captive audience, keen to chat beyond the standard conversational fodder that they (and taxi drivers everywhere) have to endure: ‘So, have you been busy?’.
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Wrestling with God
Professional wrestler Shawn Michaels, otherwise known as ‘The Heartbreak Kid’, tells all.
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Songs for the hay fever season
Premier Christian Radio's Dave Rose puts another humorous selection together.
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The Humanist: I don't need God to be good
Atheists looking for a moral framework are turning to humanism. Justin Brierley meets humanist philosopher Stephen Law to find out what’s involved.
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Horror: the genre that refuses to die
Horror movies can help depict the reality of the spiritual world, says Jonty Langley. Christians have nothing to fear.
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The letter of RT Kendall to the UK Church
Best-selling author, speaker and the former leader of London’s Westminster Chapel, RT Kendall celebrates his 80th birthday this summer. Premier Christianity magazine asked him to pen an open letter to the UK Church.
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Jean Vanier: To be a Christian is to love people who are different
The founder of L’Arche recently won the Templeton Prize for his pioneering work to break down the stigma of disability. He talks to Justin Brierley about life, love and insignificance.
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Multiple Christian conferences on sexuality reflect diversity of views
Two Christian conferences arranged by those with opposing views on sexuality have been held within a week of each other.
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Campaigners urge Hillsong to cancel Mark Driscoll invitation
Mark Driscoll, the controversial ex-pastor of Mars Hill Church, Seattle, is due to be interviewed at Hillsong’s London conference this July. But campaigners say Driscoll’s reputation for ‘aggression, hate speech and misuse of funds’ means he should be removed from the conference line-up.
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Does individual life really begin at conception?
Writing in the June edition of Premier Christianity, David Instone Brewer argued that an individual life begins 14 days after conception. Read David’s controversial article, and Peter D Williams’ response below.