All Premier Christianity articles in October 2012
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Kate Moss And The Porn Industry
Posing nude is bad for your health: Kate Moss and the porn industry When Kate Moss posed nude with Mark Wahlberg at the age of 18, it had a positive effect on her career. She was adult and she was consenting. So what's the harm? Well according to a recent ...
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Mind Games
How big a part does reason play in conversion to Christianity? Heather Tomlinson talks to some who found that it was rational argument, not emotional experience, which lead them to Christ.
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More Couples' Questions
Maggie Ellis answers your questions on porn for women, intimacy at 50+ and keeping the sexual flame alight.
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Are we nicer than God?
For some, the essence of Christianity consists of ‘being nice’ to everyone. But is it really a Christian virtue?
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Beyond political correctness
Following the success of the Paralympics, Fiona Maccabe reflects on letting God reshape our attitudes to disability.
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Skyfall: Does The World Still Need James Bond?
Spoiler-free review!50 years ago, Sean Connery's 007 burst into cinemas with an explosion of fast cars, politically-incorrect one-liners and an endless supply of beautiful women. In the years since, Bond has become the world's most popular and enduring movie franchise, and his high-adrenaline appeal remains to this day: latest instalment ...
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Sharing The Gospel
While in Manchester I visited a training day from the evangelistic ministry, Ravi Zacharias Ministries. Called 'tackling the hardest questions', it sought answers to three tough areas: suffering, philosophy and how to handle people who don't want to listen. It featured author Os Guinness and Vince Vitale from the Oxford ...
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Manchester’s Finest
I'm from Yorkshire and so naturally, I don't like Manchester. It's ingrained in my being. The equivalent of 'love the sinner hate the sin' for Yorkshire folk is something like 'love the Mancunian but hate the city they come from and particularly their football clubs'. But even a White Rose ...
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Phones In Church Are Not Your Problem
Every Sunday when it's time for the sermon my husband and I reach for our phones and turn to our Bible apps.I have to admit I've occasionally thought of checking my Twitter timeline, but so far that particular temptation has been resisted. My friend, however, who is finding it very ...
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April’s Friends: Taking Inspiration From The Machynlleth Community
Masses gathered outside St Peter's Church, Machynlleth on Sunday at the service for the missing 5-year-old, April Jones.About 1,000 people from the local community had walked to the church in silence from Bryn-y-Gog, the estate from which April went missing last Monday. So many had gathered that they couldn't all ...
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Undemocratic Rule
What is the best system of government? David Instone-Brewer explores the ideal of democracy, and why God didn’t instigate it for Israel.