All articles by Justin Brierley – Page 8
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Archive contentRichard Dawkins vs. The Old Testament
Justin Brierley sat down with Old Testament scholar Chris Sinkinson, Rabbi Josh Levy and leading atheist Richard Dawkins, to talk about the Old Testament.
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New perspectives on Paul
With a whopping 1,700 pages, Paul and the Faithfulness of God (SPCK) is NT Wright’s most comprehensive work on Christianity’s most famous apostle. He talks to Justin Brierley about his love affair with the first century evangelist, and why his new book will continue to upset some Calvinists.
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Archive contentWill the real Jesus please stand up?
Justin Brierley examines the latest reinventions of the Jesus of history. Ten years on from Dan Brown’s bestselling The Da Vinci Code, fresh rumours of who Jesus really was still shift books in their hundreds of thousands.
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InterviewsQ&A: Graham Kendrick
Remembering God in our worship. Following the release of his latest album, Worship Duets, Graham Kendrick chats to Justin Brierley about hymns, collaborators and the future of Christian music.
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Archive contentA New Era for Catholics... and Evangelicals
Can the down-to-earth leader meet the challenges posed by evangelical Christianity in Latin America? When the Senior Cardinal Deacon pronounced the words ‘Habemus Papam’ from the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square, tens of thousands of pilgrims erupted in a cheer of joy, but the name which followed was initially greeted with silence by the crowd. Cardinal who? Argentine Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was not a frontrunner for the papacy; nevertheless, as he appeared at the balcony in person, renamed as Pope Francis, the crowds immediately warmed to him.
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Archive contentCanterbury Tales
Rowan Williams led the Church of England as the Archbishop of Canterbury during one of the most turbulent decades in its history. Here he talks to Justin Brierley about some of the challenges, frustrations, hopes and dreams, and the discipline of his own personal faith.
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Archive contentThe making of The Bible
This December, Channel 5 will be screening 10 hours of biblical stories and expecting huge audiences. But will the series that drew millions of viewers in America have the same success here?
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Archive contentThe Evolution of Rob Bell
In 2011 mega-church pastor Rob Bell caused controversy by apparently affirming universalism. Two years on, he has left his church and is heading for Hollywood. Justin Brierley finds out why he’s still raising eyebrows among evangelicals.
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Why I am a Christian: Holly Ordway
I grew up in a completely non-religious home in the USA, but not a hostile one.
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Archive contentCan faith survive Bible college?
Should going to theological college come with a warning sticker? Justin Brierley explores what happens when students put their faith under the academic microscope.
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Magazine Features
Parent Power
Parenting in the UK is in crisis. So just how effective are the plethora of church courses which Christians are using to try and reach their communities?
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Michael Reiss
Scientist and teacher Michael Reiss made headlines for appearing to claim that creationism should be taught in science lessons. Find out what happened next...
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A Conservative Revival
Clover Creek Bible Fellowship was once a conservative evangelical church in which solid biblical teaching was the bedrock of the ministry. So how did pastor Mike Riches cope when his congregation suddenly started reporting miraculous healings, prophetic words and angelic visitations?
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Interviews
Profile: Alister McGrath
Professor Alister McGrath is best known for his robust defence of Christianity in the face of aggressive attacks from atheists, led by Richard Dawkins. But he’s tiring of that, he says, and turning his attention elsewhere...
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InterviewsProfile: Judah Smith
In a confessional interview, Judah Smith talks to Justin Brierley about celebrity, significance and pastoring Justin Bieber.
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InterviewsPete Greig: The bewildered founder of 24/7 prayer
“We weren’t trying to start a movement. I just got hungry for God”. In 1999 Pete Greig received a vision from God. Fourteen years on, 24-7 Prayer has become an international movement with countless stories of God breaking in across the world. We meets its leader.
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PROFILE: Jeffrey John
Gay church leader Jeffrey John made headlines in 2003 when his name was withdrawn from nomination as bishop of Reading. Nearly ten years on, he talks to Justin Brierley about gay marriage, Church unity, and life as Dean of St Albans.
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Profile: Francis Chan
Why is mega-church pastor and bestselling author Francis Chan walking away from the limelight?
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The Bishop of Baghdad
When the church told him his MS made him too ill to minister he became ‘the vicar of Baghdad’. Even though many in his congregation have been murdered, including a family he baptised in January, Andrew White continues to love his mission in Iraq...
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InterviewsWilliam Lane Craig: The Christian professor who 'puts the fear of God' into atheists
He’s been dubbed the Christian apologist who puts the fear of God into leading atheists. So what’s so scary about William Lane Craig?
