All Premier Christianity articles in October 2014
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Regular Columnists
Am I thinking what you're thinking?
I was delighted to be in Australia, despite the disconcerting reality that this is a nation with a bewildering number of options for those who’d like to get killed by wildlife.
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Interviews
Q & A: Philip Yancey
Philip Yancey’s tells Lucinda van der Hart about his latest title, Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News? which explores why Christianity is still relevant in a post-Christian culture
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Give me Wisdom
A friend of mine is a politician. He tells the story that one year in mid-December a journalist from the local newspaper rang him and asked: ‘What would you like for Christmas?’
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Life before Adam?
Continuing his series on science and the Bible, David Instone-Brewer takes a closer look at what Genesis reveals about the origins of humankind.
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The Leftovers
Armageddon is back this autumn. As the Left Behind film hits cinemas, a new American TV show explores what might happen if 140 million people simply disappeared at once. Is this apocalyptic story likely to leave British audiences ‘enraptured’?
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Immigration: Gain or Drain?
As political parties wrangle over immigration, Steve Bell of Interserve argues Christians should embrace its evangelistic opportunities
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Archive news
EA’s Christ the Redeemer complaint upheld
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has backed a complaint made by the Evangelical Alliance (EA) and others about an image of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.
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Make your retirement count for Christ
What would you do if all of the over-60s in your church suddenly stopped turning up for duty?
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Interviews
Profile: Vicky Beeching
Justin Brierley caught up with singer-songwriter-turned-media-commentator Vicky Beeching just 48 hours after she told the world she is gay via an interview in The Independent.
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Back from the Brink
Until 1994, A&E registrar Cathy Wield considered depression a sign of weakness. She never imagined that a mental health condition could result in her losing her job, her family and even her own life, but that’s what very nearly happened
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Avoiding Preaching Pitfalls
Rev Canon J.John, evangelist and founder of the Philo Trust, has delivered more than 7,000 sermons over a 34-year period. In eight simple steps, he explains how never to deliver a duff sermon again.