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    Opinion

    Love your neighbour…unless they’re an archbishop?

    2025-04-04T08:40:00Z

    Newcastle Cathedral has cancelled a planned speaking appearance by the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, citing concerns over his handling of safeguarding. Rev Dr Christopher Landau argues that instead of resorting to worldly tactics of de-platforming, the Cathedral should heed the New Testament’s radical call for love and unity

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    Magazine Features

    Open relationships are growing in popularity. Here’s a Christian response

    2025-02-28T15:59:00Z

    The default of monogamy is being challenged in our media and wider culture. But the apparent “freedom” offered by open relationships is false and will only lead to heartbreak, says Peter Ladd. The biblical vision for marriage still stands the test of time

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    Magazine Features

    Can men and women really just be friends?

    2025-01-31T12:26:00Z

    If someone of the opposite sex asked you to pray with them during a church service, would you do it? Dani Treweek looks at why single Christian women are caricatured as threats to “good Christian marriages” while Christian men are stereotyped as incapable of relating to any woman without seeing her as a potential “stumbling block”

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    Opinion

    Christians in India can break the cycle of religious violence

    2025-01-30T12:25:00Z

    Despite the growing threat Hindu nationalism poses to the Christians already facing persecution in India, Joseph D’Souza urges the Church to resist retaliation and embody the love of Christ. It’s the only way to achieve lasting peace, he says 

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    Regular Columnists

    Who would Jesus shout at?

    2024-03-21T15:51:00Z

    Rend Collective’s Chris Llewellyn has been on the receiving end of abuse hurled by Christian protesters. It’s got him thinking - who would Jesus shout at?

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    Regular Columnists

    You’ve read your Bible and prayed. Now do this

    2024-03-21T15:39:00Z

    God’s heart for those in need is crystal clear throughout the Old Testament. In a cost of living crisis the call to love your neighbour as yourself is more relevant than ever, says Natalie Williams

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    Magazine Features

    The 3 sins of social action

    2024-03-04T13:59:00Z

    Church-based food banks, homeless shelters and warm hubs have all grown at an incredible rate in recent years. But are they really working to reduce poverty? 

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    Opinion

    8 top tips for wise Christian dating

    2024-02-14T09:25:00Z

    Just because you’re on a Christian dating site doesn’t mean that everyone you meet there will share your views on love, sex and marriage, says Abigail Thomas. In fact, her research showed just the opposite

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    Opinion

    How Valentine’s Day and Lent both point to God’s perfect love

    2024-02-13T12:24:00Z

    Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday fall on the same date this year. But what do a commercialised day celebrating romance and a period of religious fasting have in common? A surprising amount, suggests Andrew Bunt

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    Opinion

    Christians don’t have to choose between love and justice

    2024-02-09T11:11:00Z

    Love or justice? It isn’t really a choice, says Richard Reddie, as churches across Britain and Ireland mark Racial Justice Sunday by praying and taking action to address inequality and discrimination

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    Regular Columnists

    Jeff Lucas: My embarrassing first love stories

    2024-01-31T15:46:00Z

    The author and teaching pastor doesn’t want to go back to his first faith. But his first love is another matter

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    Regular Columnists

    More than just friends - early Church community was radical

    2023-11-28T13:46:00Z

    Being part of a community of believers wasn’t just a ‘nice-to-have’ for the first Christians. Fellowship was vital for a family’s wellbeing, explains David Instone-Brewer

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    Opinion

    Will Smith’s open marriage to Jada is the antithesis of Christian love

    2023-10-26T08:12:00Z

    Will Smith has described his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith using the portmanteau “brutiful”. John Reynolds explains how Jesus’ teaching about relationships offers us a much more fulfilling vision of romantic love

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    Reviews

    Have a little faith - Kate Bottley

    2023-10-25T11:08:00Z

    “That vicar off the telly” is how Rev Kate Bottley is known to millions. In her debut book, Bottley sets out her down-to-earth wisdom on success, love, strength, conflict, confidence, loneliness and grief. That sounds like it could be hard-going, except it’s not. It’s like sitting down ...

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    Reviews

    Transforming Love - Amy Boucher Pye

    2023-08-31T10:00:00Z

    Martha and Mary are often used to represent action or contemplation, while their brother, Lazarus, appears in one of Jesus’ most spectacular miracles. But by reducing the family to stereotypes, we miss so much argues Amy Boucher Pye in Transforming Love, which sees her bring a new ...

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    The pressure to impress

    2023-05-02T11:19:00Z

    I was eagerly looking forward to my annual school reunion. Inevitably, we’d pass the hours reminiscing about the classes we’d loved and loathed, the girls we’d fancied, the pranks we’d played. Our gaggle of teachers had included a few rather odd characters. There was the chemistry ...

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    Regular Columnists

    Better than fire

    2023-05-02T09:59:00Z

    Writing ahead of Pentecost Sunday, Lucy Peppiatt says the greatest gift the early Church received was not signs and wonders, but a fresh revelation of the love of God

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    Reviews

    The sexual reformation - Aimee Byrd

    2023-01-04T12:39:00Z

    The Song of Songs is a controversial book. Erotic poem or allegory of Jesus’ love for the Church? Aimee Byrd’s latest offering sets out to explore this often-misunderstood portion of scripture, using it as a lens through which to explore the issue of male-female relationships. The Sexual ...

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    Opinion

    Other Christians are sending me hateful messages after my comments on GB News. What happened to love?

    2022-12-05T20:08:00Z

    Writing from the midst of a Twitter storm, Michael Coren warns the reputation of our faith is being damaged by Christians who engage in venomous attacks against their fellow believers

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    Testimonies

    From attempted suicide to saving souls

    2022-09-29T11:43:00Z

    Jay Lowder was seconds away from ending his life when an unexpected interruption, followed by a dramatic revelation of Jesus’ love for him, changed everything