All Premier Christianity articles in May 2021
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ReviewsFind Rest - Rich & Lydia Dicas
We review the new worship album from KXC’s Rich & Lydia Dicas
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ReviewsThe Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self - Carl Trueman
This is one of the most important books to appear in recent years, says our reviewer
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ReviewsJesus The Troublemaker - Rev Andy Roland
Novel, textbook, journal and devotional – Andy Roland’s ‘exercise in historical imagination’ is hard to categorise. The main section of the book is a narrative account of Jesus’ last eight days, written as fiction but still faithful to the Gospel accounts. Roland has made use of Hebrew ...
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ReviewsWomen In A Patriarchal World - Elaine Storkey
This wonderfully engaging book is a concise chronological study of the many different women who span the Old and New Testaments. Storkey encourages you to actually read the biblical accounts referenced before delving into each chapter. How refreshing (and rare) to pick up the Bible so ...
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ReviewsDancing With Wisdom - Sunil K. Raheja
If wisdom is not intelligence, knowledge nor common sense, what is it, and how do we get it? Psychiatrist Sunil Raheja tackles these questions in Dancing with Wisdom. Written for people of faith and those of none, Raheja invites us to join him on a quest ...
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ReviewsDusk, Night, Dawn - Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott is clearly an external processor, her writing a warm stream of consciousness, flowing with beautiful prose and interlaced with snark. In Dusk, Night, Dawn this stream is billed as offering a framework to explore how our lives can be enlarged through renewed commitment to ourselves ...
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Regular ColumnistsWhat a packet of out of date noodles taught me about mountains and molehills
Our doorbell rang, the welcome announcement that our weekly grocery delivery was arriving on time. A rather jolly chap in a fluorescent yellow tabard (and matching mask, which made him very seeable in the dark) hauled in trays laden with our supplies. The ability to order online ...
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ReviewsUnspoken - Guvna B
When the rapper Guvna B lost his father, the ramifications were substantial. In Unspoken, the 31-year-old explores his own unique experience of grief, and the expectations put on him as the eldest child. These expectations – which included toxic concepts of masculinity – and the culture ...
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ReviewsMiles To Go Before I Sleep - Claire Gilbert
If you don’t want to know what it’s like to have cancer, don’t read this book. If, however, you are interested in reflections on life and death from someone who has stood in the wrinkle of time where the two almost touch, it’s a great read.Early ...
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ReviewsHope in the Holy Land: This powerful Israel-Palestine documentary will challenge your assumptions
Like many American evangelicals, Todd Morehead believes the return of the Jews to the land of Israel, and the creation of the modern state in 1948 is a fulfilment of Old Testament prophecy (Ezekiel 37; Amos 9:14-15; Isaiah 66:8, etc). Debates rage over the correct interpretation of ...
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Regular ColumnistsA Good Eye: Unlocking Jesus’ commonly-misunderstood idiom
Lois Tverberg unlocks a Jewish idiom that Jesus used, but many of his followers have scratched their heads about
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Regular ColumnistsShould Christians support violent protests?
Q: Some of my Christian friends have been supporting violent protests over racial justice. They cite Jesus’ cleansing of the temple as justification. Do you agree? In 1975, I was a young delegate at the World Council of Churches in Nairobi. One of the big issues was ...
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Regular ColumnistsHow to have a career in Christian music
Illustration: Flix Gillet Far and away the most common question I receive in my inbox is: “How do I begin a career in Christian music?” The problem is, I’m not even sure how my own career started! I stumbled into this almost entirely by accident, happenstance and ...
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TestimoniesFrom stress and desperation to peace and wholeness
For the Epsom-based GP Clare DiPlacito, dealing with other people’s pain and suffering was her job. But when the weight of the past year began to be too much to bear, it drove her to seek solace in God
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Magazine FeaturesDrawers, doors and the key to a healthy marriage
Dr Gary Chapman may have written bestselling books on marriage, but the early years of his own relationship were a mess. Here he reveals how God challenged him to change his attitude towards his wife – and what a difference that made
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Magazine FeaturesHow to thrive in adversity
Having lived with a degenerative condition for years, Patrick Regan has grappled with physical and emotional pain. Here he shares lessons in resilience he has learned personally, as well as gems shared by Anne Frank’s stepsister, Eva Schloss, former hostage Terry Waite and retired police commander John Sutherland
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Magazine FeaturesHow God brought our marriage back from the brink
After a period of separation, Claire and Steve Musters were determined to make their marriage work. During a time of rebuilding, they were challenged by their marriage counsellors to think back to what drew them together in the first place. They realised many of their ideas about marriage had been fuelled by cultural rather than biblical ideals – and they don’t think they are the only ones…
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Magazine FeaturesReimagining Britain: God’s vision for a post-pandemic world
The Archbishop of Canterbury says we have an unprecedented opportunity to build a global community that reflects God’s heart for the poor and respects our planet. But real change will require courage – from all of us
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InterviewsStephen Cottrell: The Archbishop is on a mission to convert you
The Archbishop of York says he wants to bring evangelistic renewal to the Church of England
