All Premier Christianity articles in November 2013
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InterviewsProfile: Danniella Westbrook
Bridgitte Tetteh meets one-time wild child turned Christian, Danniella Westbrook.
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Archive contentA Problem Shared: My congregation doesn't care about the planet
I’m keen to get my church more interested in environmental issues, but there’s a faction in the congregation who subscribe to Mark Driscoll’s thinking on this. (He said ‘I know who made the environment and he’s coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV.’) They want to set up a display board promoting a ‘terminationist’ outlook to parallel the environmental one I’m proposing. How do I bridge the gap between those who seek to care for creation and those who are happy to see it burn as a sign of God’s return?
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My night with Benny Hinn
Following Benny Hinn’s recent visit to the UK, Justin Brierley investigates the controversial health and wealth message of one of the world’s most famous healing evangelists.
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Archive contentHow do we hear God?
Most Christians long to hear God speak, but how can we be sure we’ve heard correctly? Was that really God, or just our own imagination? Andrew Wilson tells us how to tune in.
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Archive newsIslamist attacks in Pakistan and Kenya leave more than 150 dead
Islamic extremists killed more than 150 people in what are assumed to be unrelated attacks on a church in Pakistan and a shopping centre in Kenya.
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Archive contentAmy Orr-Ewing: Christianity has always staked everything on actually being true
It was 6.30am on a Sunday and I was standing in the kitchen waiting for the kettle to boil. I was preparing to do a series of BBC radio interviews later that morning when my mobile rang – it was a producer wondering if I could do an extra piece on whether faith can answer the big questions of life.
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Christians face trial after arms fair demonstration
Five Christians have pleaded not guilty to charges brought against them after they were arrested for blocking access to the London arms fair during a protest in September.
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Why I am not a Christian: Steve Jones
I was exposed to faith as a child. I come from a Welsh-speaking background and my grandparents were deeply involved with the chapel – as much of rural Wales was in those days.
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Archive newsDawkins claims to be 'Cultural Anglican'
High-profile atheist Richard Dawkins has described himself as a ‘cultural Anglican’ in an interview with The Spectator magazine.
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Women bishops for Anglican Church in Wales
Women will be able to be consecrated as bishops of the Anglican Church in Wales by September 2014, a historic vote decided last month.
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First female head for UK Baptists
The first female general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, Rev Lynn Green, says that Christians in Britain need a sense of ‘humble confidence’ in an increasingly multicultural society.
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OpinionBible Stories Uncensored: David the Tyrant
We often think of David as the plucky young boy who defeated Goliath. In reality, he was a nation-builder as well as a mass murderer who ignored the rape of his own daughter.
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Archive newsCAFOD comms head in political controversy
CAFOD’s director of communications was at the centre of a controversy last month over revelations in his memoirs that have been serialised in the Daily Mail.
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Regular ColumnistsJeff Lucas: Unhappy Campers
God is a camper. And I am not. I’ve tried the outdoorsy life, lured by the gentle pitter-patter of rain on canvas, late night chatter around a roaring campfire, and the cocooning warmth of a sleeping bag.
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Archive contentThe Dance, The Chair
50 years after his death, CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia are still adored by adults and children alike. But which is the best? Conrad Gempf makes the case for The Silver Chair.
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Coventry Church Invaded
Police in Coventry had to be called when a Catholic church was invaded by a group claiming to be ‘international peace officers’, demanding the arrest of the Pope and the Queen.
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Lib Dem MP: Hiding faith is 'silly'
Senior Liberal Democrat MP Sir Alan Beith has denied that Christians in the UK are being persecuted by equality laws, calling the tendency of some Christians to hide their faith because of such laws ‘silly’.
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Archive contentNo more happy endings
A string of dark British TV dramas have proved to be major ratings winners. So why are millions of viewers trading the traditional good-defeats-evil story for something much bleaker?
