All Premier Christianity articles in March 2022
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Magazine FeaturesHow to reach your agnostic friends
The angry atheism once popularised by Richard Dawkins is now widely considered to be just as dogmatic as fundamentalist religion. But with growing numbers of people preferring a gentler, more agnostic approach to faith, Andrew Sach and Jonathan Gemmell explore how we can best reach the fence sitters
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Real Life‘Everything mum told me was a lie’
Helen Naylor grew up thinking she was the daughter of two disabled parents, but a discovery in adulthood turned her world upside down
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Real LifeI’m a Christian with OCD. This is my story
From the age of 17, Sarah Clarkson’s imagination has been bombarded by unwanted and disturbing images. She explains how the love of God has been present, even while she has learned to live with OCD
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Regular ColumnistsPlease make the effort to say my name
At this year’s Brits, rap artist Little Simz proudly walked on stage to collect her award for best new artist. “My name is Simbiatu Ajikawo. I’m from north London, Islington. I grew up on a council estate, I’m an independent artist and to be here tonight receiving ...
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Magazine FeaturesCost of living crisis: 3 leading campaigners share how the Church can respond
Faced with the aftermath of a pandemic, rising food bills and soaring energy costs, more people are finding themselves struggling to make ends meet. Premier Christianity brought together three leading activists for a roundtable discussion on how the Church can provide hope, practical help and campaign for change
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ReviewsEyes To See - Tim Muehlhoff
The goal of Eyes to See, as Muehlhoff states, is to recognise that “all good gifts come from God”, to paraphrase James 1:17. His argument is that God’s handiwork is all around us and, if we can see and better appreciate it, it will enhance our faith ...
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ReviewsThe publishers say this book has a 'raw hip hop style'. But it read like a sermon to me
At less than 70 pages long, Are You Good With God? is more of a long tract than a book. Imagine those leaflets that evangelism teams hand out to shoppers on the high street, expand the points into a few paragraphs, throw in the odd anecdote and ...
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ReviewsThe Da Vinci Fraud: Did Dan Brown guilty of theft?
Dan Brown’s popular novel The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction which sets the hero, Robert Langdon, on a knight’s quest to find the holy grail – a supposed last descendant of the “marriage” between Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. You might expect The Da ...
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ReviewsNeed to give your pain to God? Sheila Walsh's encouraging book will help
To be human is to want to give up when life gets too much; to be a Christian is to cling to the promises and the hand of God when life feels overwhelming. This is the encouragement of Scottish songwriter Sheila Walsh in her latest book. It ...
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ReviewsEquipping Christians to counter other worldviews is a noble goal. But this book isn't suitable for newcomers
Ask the average person on the street what ‘woke’, ‘critical race theory’ or ‘mansplaining’ are, and they probably won’t have a clue. This is the language of an increasingly acrimonious but extremely important battle that is being played out in our schools, workplaces and even our churches. ...
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Regular Columnists'Love your enemy'? Jesus’ most radical words explained
Loving our enemies might seem impossible, but it’s central to what it means to be a Christian. Lois Tverberg expands on Christ’s most challenging command
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Regular ColumnistsGod says ‘Behold’ 1,500 times in the Bible. Here’s what it means
“This is not a gentle request. It’s a command. When God uses it, he’s grabbing us by the collar, urging us to notice something incredible that we’re currently ignoring.”
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Regular ColumnistsMy church isn’t taking Covid seriously. Should I leave?
Q: My husband and I live in the USA and have been heartbroken by our church’s lack of precautions during the pandemic. Now that we are fully vaccinated, we’re looking forward to worshiping in person again, but we’re struggling with whether to go back to church. We ...
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TestimoniesI spent my childhood in a cult and went to prison for dealing drugs. But now I have freedom in Christ
Don't miss The Tattooed Saint's amazing testimony
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Magazine FeaturesA military coup, Covid-19 and no religious freedom is breaking the people of Myanmar. Here’s how to pray
Chris Mabey, whose wife fled Myanma as a teenager, reports on what is taking place in the majority-Buddhist nation, and explains how you can prayerfully support the fledgling Christian community there
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InterviewsJon Tyson: ‘Praise God I’m alive during one of the greatest declines in the Western Church’
The straight-talking New York City-based pastor believes there’s a “tremendous opportunity” ahead of him to reach an increasingly secular world
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InterviewsGenelle Aldred: ‘Jesus wouldn’t fit in most of our churches’
The journalist and activist was just 19 when an unplanned pregnancy ended in the stillbirth of her daughter. It was an experience that still drives her to tackle inequality wherever she sees it
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Magazine FeaturesMeet the evangelists: Rachel Jordan-Wolf on taking people ‘one step closer’ to Jesus
HOPE Together’s Rachel Jordan-Wolf tells us about sharing the Gospel with street prostitutes in Amsterdam’s red light district
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Magazine FeaturesMeet the evangelists: Efrem Buckle on how to preach the gospel at a funeral
Funerals are one of the most difficult places to share the Gospel, says London City Mission’s Efrem Buckle. Here’s how he approached the task
