All Premier Christianity articles in May 2015

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    Why you need to watch (and share) the HIV-positive church minister's video

    2021-02-11T14:25:00Z

    A video, in which Baptist minister Hayley Young movingly describes her struggle with being HIV positive following an attack, has been capturing the attention of the UK and the world.

  • Reviews

    Titus for You

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Tim Chester // The Good Book Company

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    Slow up

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    I stared at the envelope and tried to halt the rising feeling of dread that sickened my stomach. Printed on the corner of the stern brown stationery was the Surrey constabulary’s logo. Meldrew-like, I could not believe it. I had been caught speeding yet again; the hapless target of a motorway camera.

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    Living on a prayer

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Pray faithfully for your local community and expect transformation, says Gerard Kelly.

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    Simply Hymns

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Various artists // Integrity Music

  • Reviews

    Home for Good

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Krish Kandiah // Hodder & Stoughton

  • Reviews

    Wounded by God's People

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Anne Graham Lotz // Hodder & Stoughton

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    Girl interrupted

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Having struggled with depression from childhood, Laura Miles became dependent on self-harm. Reaching rock bottom in her early 20s, she formed detailed plans to take her own life, but God had other ideas.

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    The Rules of Engagement

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    What does it mean for Christians to be engaged with culture, and why is it so important? Five years on from his first Premier Christianity culture column, Martin Saunders asks if there’s more to it than sermon illustrations and placard-waving.

  • Reviews

    Songs for the Election

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Dave Rose picks the tracks he thinks are perfect for the political season.

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    Citizens of heaven and the politics of earth

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Christian values are foundational to political democracy, says Lord Richard Harries, so Christians should be at the forefront of the fight against political apathy.

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    From witchcraft to Christ

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    From birth, David Ole Kereto’s life was marked out. He was to become a witch doctor, like his father, but God intervened.

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    Profile: Eugene Cho

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Krish Kandiah meets Eugene Cho, justice advocate and the founder of Quest Church, Seattle, which has just bought former church leader Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill Ballard Campus.

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    The changing face of festivals

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Many of us book a place at the same Christian festival or convention year after year. We know the programme, we have finally worked out how to navigate the venue and close friends will be there. But are we getting anything new out of our annual pilgrimages or are we simply going through the motions because that’s what we’ve always done?

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    Celestial Fire

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Dave Bainbridge // Open Sky Records

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    Election special: David Cameron

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    In an exclusive piece for Premier Christianity magazine, Prime Minister David Cameron speaks up on the significance of the Christian faith.

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    Q&A: Brian Heasley

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Brian and Tracy Heasley and their two children spent nearly eight years in Ibiza with 24-7 Prayer. Brian, who is now director of 24-7 Prayer in the UK, recently penned Gatecrashing, a book that describes their experiences in the party capital of the world.

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    To infinity and beyond

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Could the mathematics of infinity point to something beyond this universe?

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    God's Army

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    ‘Blessed are the peacemakers,’ Jesus said. Hundreds of Christians serve in full-time ministry to the armed forces. David Masters investigates the challenges they face and finds out how Jesus fits into military life.

  • Reviews

    The Amazing Technicolour Pyjama Therapy

    2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Emily Ackerman // Muddy Pearl