All Premier Christianity articles in June 2016
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Archive newsPope Francis takes 12 refugees back to the Vatican
The Pope has taken 12 Syrian refugees from Greece back to the Vatican with him.
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Archive content4 facts that only fit the Resurrection
A new argument is changing the way Christians are seeking to persuade sceptics of the truth of the resurrection. Justin Brierley presents the ‘minimal facts’.
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Archive contentThe Servant Queen: Celebrating 90 years of Christian witness
Ahead of Society Sunday and Queen Elizabeth II's 90th 'official' birthday, Mark Greene writes on her often overlooked faith
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Archive content‘Jesus came to my prison cell and told me to not be afraid’
Shahla was imprisoned in Iran for sharing her faith. She tells Sam Hailes her testimony
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Archive newsAlpha reimagined
The Alpha course has been revamped to offer an alternative way for people to think about faith. The documentary-style short films are being offered to churches as an alternative to the traditional Alpha talks.
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Archive contentMy unlikely friendship with the world's most notorious atheist
Christian apologist Larry Taunton tells the story of his friendship with the well known atheist Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
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Archive newsJustin Welby’s biological father revelation ‘a complete surprise’
The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken of his surprise at learning that his real father is Sir Winston Churchill’s last private secretary, the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne
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Archive contentTransgenderism: Born with the wrong body?
With an increasing number of high-profile individuals coming out as transgender or ‘gender fluid’, Lucinda van der Hart explores how we can begin to formulate a biblical response to transgenderism
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Archive contentNadia Bolz-Weber: The unorthodoxly orthodox pastor
Ahead of her appearance at this summer’s Greenbelt Festival, Justin Brierley meets the unorthodoxly orthodox pastor of the House for All Sinners and Saints
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Archive contentBono and Eugene Peterson discuss love of the Psalms
A new 21-minute film featuring U2 frontman Bono and translator of The Message version of the Bible, Eugene Peterson, has been released.
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Chinese pastor’s wife killed during church demolition
A Chinese pastor’s wife has been killed after she was buried alive during the government sponsored demolition of her church
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Archive contentMuslims turning to Christ - a global phenomenon
An unprecedented number of Muslims are becoming Christians. David Garrison, who has spent years researching the phenomenon, shares his findings.
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Archive contentChristians shouldn't be embarrassed by sex
John Piper explains why he believes sex is an act of worship
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Regular ColumnistsWhen God took over my church meeting
Jeff Lucas tells the story of how the Holy Spirit took over a Christian meeting in a remarkable way.
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When it comes to paternity doubts, Welby is in good company
No one was more surprised than Justin Welby himself when DNA tests revealed that his father was not Gavin Welby, the man who brought him up.
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Archive contentThe equality of death
As musical icon Prince joins a growing list of well known people who have died in 2016, David Robertson asks whether our secular culture is ready to face its own mortality
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CONCERNED ABOUT WITCHES Having experienced something of the dark and dangerous world of the occult in my past, I read with alarm ‘Meet the Real Life Witches’ (April). Rev Peter Laws quotes a witch as saying, ‘I’m sceptical about Satan possessing people. Because witches don’t think Satan exists.’ This ...
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The Month in figures
57%of the British public are expected to vote in this month’s EU referendum £24bnA proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset will become the most expensive object on earth if built. Greenpeace estimate the project could cost as much as £24bn 8.6%The latest figures from the Office for ...
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Archive contentWhat will it take to stop the genocide?
An increasing number of world leaders and institutions are finally recognising ISIS atrocities as genocide. Sam Hailes reports.
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Archive contentMaking sense of sacrifice
Continuing his series on the significance of the cross, David Instone-Brewer examines what it means to say that Jesus died as a ‘sacrifice’ for our sins
