All Premier Christianity articles in March 2012

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    It takes a whole church to raise a child

    2013-12-19T00:00:00Z

    With children fleeing our churches is it time to abolish Sunday School? Should we sack our youth workers because, despite two decades of unparalleled investment in youth ministry, the Church is still haemorrhaging young people? Is there another way to help children become mature young disciples?

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    The Sex Factor: Two

    2012-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Maggie Ellis answers your questions on sex and relationships...

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    The Hunger Games: Mirror To The Real World

    2012-03-30T00:00:00Z

    'I volunteer as tribute!' The voice of teenage heroine Katniss Everdeen reverberates around a packed but silent town square, setting in motion a chain of events that will almost certainly lead to her death.Katniss has just volunteered to take her sister's place in The Hunger Games, a twisted TV show ...

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    Appraising The Budget

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    I confess to being mystified, not about the budget but about the media responses to it. This is not because I am uncritical of the budget but I do not understand Thursday's headlines attacking Mr Osborne for his 'raid on pensioners'. His budget raised the basic State pension by £5.39 ...

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    Budget 2012: A Christian Response

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    I am a winner. Not in terms of the important stuff like being handsome or sporty or dressing well, but in terms of the 2012 Budget. A quick spin on the BBC News Budget Calculator revealed that my wife and I will be about £300 better off thanks to Chancellor ...

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    Fabrice Muamba And The Power of Prayer

    2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

    The football world was shocked on Saturday evening after the on-field heart attack of Bolton Wanderers' Fabrice Muamba during his side's FA Cup tie at Tottenham Hotspur. The heroic actions of medical staff resuscitated the player, yet he remains in a critical condition in a north London hospital.Much has been ...

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    Call Me Crazy, But I Love Mondays

    2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Nothing could stop me this morning. I practically bounded out of bed. With too much energy and enthusiasm I leapt through the door of the tube several seconds after the 'closing doors' announcement had gone out. I was that annoying person; the one who gets stuck in the door and ...

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    Guest Post: Jesus Came For Sun Readers

    2012-03-11T00:00:00Z

    When I heard Archbishop John Sentamu was writing for the Sun on Sunday my first reaction was 'brilliant'.I'm no fan of the Sun for a number of reasons, but I don't have a problem with the readers. My uncle Chris is one of them. He's a retired boat-builder and lives ...

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    Guest Blog: Should Christians Support Kony2012?

    2012-03-09T00:00:00Z

    'I hated Joseph Kony before he was cool.' That's the thought I had to keep stifling on Wednesday, like some sort of humanitarian crisis hipster struggling with the fact his favourite band has 'gone mainstream'.Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a cult/militia that has been responsible ...

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    One Jesus For Liberals, Another For Conservatives

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    How sad, but true. I'm borrowing the headline from a Guardian article on the subject. The article's intro and text clearly shows which version of the gospel that newspaper prefers (the leftie/liberal version) but it helps me to understand why I am deeply suspicious of any form of Christianity that ...

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    The Church Of Bruce Springsteen

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    'We're going to build a house. We're going to take fear and build a house of love; we're going to take sadness and build a house of joy; we're going to take doubt and build a house of faith; we're going to take despair and build a house of hope.'It ...