All Premier Christianity articles in June 2022
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TestimoniesFrom idol worship to Christian evangelist
Nia-Cerise Conteh explains how a surprise encounter with the Holy Spirit in her kitchen radically changed the trajectory of her life
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Magazine FeaturesHow Iraq’s Christians are rebuilding their ancient churches
When Islamic State (IS) marched into the Nineveh region of northern Iraq in 2014 and declared it a caliphate under sharia law, it destroyed one of the oldest communities of Christians in the world. Jihadists desecrated ancient churches and 50,000 Christians fled. After its capital Mosul was liberated in 2017, Al-Bishara Church was the first to reopen. Five years on, local journalists Stella Martany and Meethak Al-khatib visited on Easter Sunday to speak to the Christians tentatively reassembling their lives.
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Magazine FeaturesChristianity is the air we breathe. Even your objections to Christianity are Christian
Whether we believe in God or not, we all value freedom, kindness, progress and equality. But far from being natural or inevitable, these values are the direct result of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, says Glen Scrivener
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Real Life‘A coma stole years of my life’
After contracting meningitis during childbirth, Marcy Gregg awoke to a world she no longer recognised
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Magazine FeaturesWombs for rent: Can Christians really support surrogacy?
Tim Wyatt explores the ethical implications of surrogacy for Christians seeking to fulfil their God-given desire to have children
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Regular ColumnistsWhy I’ve stopped using male pronouns for God
When you’ve spent your whole life referring to God as ‘he’, moving away from male pronouns for the divine takes a little getting used to. My decision to no longer ascribe a gender to God came during the process of writing my latest book God is ...
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Magazine FeaturesFather Stu is a Christian film…but not as you know it
Your enjoyment of Father Stu is contingent on your tolerance for both bad language and Mark Wahlberg, says our reviewer. Nevertheless, this movie does mark a positive step forward in the evolution of Christian filmmaking
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Magazine FeaturesDawkins vs Collins: The world’s most famous atheist meets a leading Christian geneticist
Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins recently sat down with Justin Brierley for a Big Conversation on science and faith…and they got on surprisingly well
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InterviewsBazil Meade MBE: Pioneering founder of London Community Gospel Choir
As London Community Gospel Choir celebrates its 40th birthday, their founder explains why he’s still intent on making music for the masses
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InterviewsHeidi Crowter: ‘We are amazing just the way we are. Please accept us.’
The Christian disability rights campaigner is heading back to court, continuing her fight for an equal right to life for all
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Regular ColumnistsHow (not) to speak the truth in love
Source: Flix Gillett There’s a sentence that sounds to my ears like the removal of a pin from a grenade, sending me scrambling for cover and bracing for a doctrinal explosion: “I just have to speak the truth in love.” This weaponised paraphrase of Ephesians 4:15 is ...
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Regular ColumnistsSolving the problem of holiness
David Instone-Brewer explains how the removal of sin enables us to survive God’s presence
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Regular ColumnistsCharlotte Gambill: What a skiing accident taught me about picking my pain
Illustration: Martha Ratcliff A few years ago, I went on a skiing trip. Everyone in the group was much more experienced than me. After a few days, it became apparent that I was holding the group back. One afternoon, I encouraged them to head off to ...
