All Premier Christianity articles in October 2017
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Interviews
Q & A: Peter Stanford
The author of a new biography of Martin Luther explains why the Reformer still matters today
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Regular Columnists
God's Hobby
I always have mixed emotions when hearing about other people’s hobbies
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Archive news
People in the News
CARDINAL CORMACK LAID TO RESTThe former Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, 85 has died after a battle with cancer. He was laid to rest within Westminster Cathedral following a Requiem Mass, which was attended by more than 1,000 peopleNEW ARCHBISHOP OF WALESJohn Davies, the current Bishop of Swansea and ...
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Archive news
A line in the sand
Can Christians agree to disagree on homosexuality? “No” says the controversial ‘Nashville Statement’. Sam Hailes examines the document which has added fuel to the fire of an already contentious debate
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Archive content
Let me tell you a story
According to leading business magazine Forbes, the world of commerce has just discovered a new tool to enable companies to better engage with customers and employees: stories.
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Archive content
Unsung heroes
Karen Murdarasi introduces three female Reformers who changed the face of the Church
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Archive news
Over half UK population has no religion
For the first time on record, more than half of the UK population has no religion. That’s according to the latest British Social Attitudes survey.
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Archive news
Priest kidnapped by ISIS finally released
A priest who was abducted by ISIS in Yemen has been released
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Archive news
The month in figures
Soul Survivor1,359 teenagers became Christians at the Soul Survivor festivals over the summer. 9%A new poll has found that less than a tenth of people in the UK believe in creationism. £100mIt has been calculated that churches and Christian charities in Scotland give almost £100m worth of time and resources to social ...
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Magazine Features
Why tech free Sundays saved my family
Is your family's digital diet out of control? Mark Ellis explains what happened when he began 'tech-free Sundays'
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Archive news
Churches respond as floods, earthquakes and hurricanes devastate nations
Christian charities and churches across the world have responded after a series of foods, earthquakes and hurricanes hit South Asia, Mexico and North America.
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Interviews
Christy Wimber: Why I closed my church
Christy Wimber explains why she closed her church and why Christians who believe in healing need a better theology of suffering
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Magazine Features
Diary of a mentally ill Christian
Daniel Jarsdel who suffers from schizophrenia reveals what it’s like to seek help through the NHS
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Real Life
Trading Places: How a Protestant became Catholic and a Catholic turned Protestant
What makes someone turn from Catholic to Protestant or vice versa? Justin Brierley meets two converts who crossed in opposite directions of the dividing lines of the Reformation.
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Magazine Features
God behind bars: faith stories in an immigration removal centre
The treatment of immigration detainees has made TV headlines recently. Chaplain Rev Roger Harper shares the stories of those he has prayed with behind the barbed wire fences of a removal centre
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Archive content
And now for the bad news: what we lost because of the Reformation
Sorry to intrude on the Reformation celebrations, but Nick Page has some not-so-great-news to share
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Magazine Features
The Grace Awakening: How the Reformation changed the world
It’s 500 years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door in Wittenberg and kickstarted the Protestant Reformation. Michael Reeves explains why it matters
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Archive news
Three injured in stabbing attack at Birmingham church
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing took place inside a church in Birmingham.
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Archive news
We should applaud Jacob Rees-Mogg's courage in the face of Piers Morgan's hostile questions
The Catholic MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was grilled about gay marriage and abortion on Good Morning Britain. Peter D Williams responds