By George Pitcher2024-01-05T16:09:00
The gospel is looking more and more attractive to younger generations, says George Pitcher
A couple of conversations over the Christmas break with what I’m now entitled to call “young people” have left me strangely encouraged, just a generation into a new millennium that started so gloomily for the future of our faith.
The first was with a house guest (just turned 30) at the supper table. She recalled from her philosophy modules how she liked to take the proposal that “God is love” literally (no problem there, of course). I think she didn’t want to think of God as an objective entity (I diverged here), but that love in its purest form is “capable of all we attribute to God”.
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2024-01-29T12:56:00Z By Deborah Sloan
It’s not the external forces of secularism, individualism or consumerism that are the biggest threat to the Church today. If we want to understand Church decline, we need to look at ourselves, says Deborah Sloan
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2024-01-04T10:55:00Z By Rev Mark Woods
The promise of God’s strength in the face of fear is a comforting truth, but Isaiah 41 also warns God’s people against setting up idols in their lives. Are we prepared to take the challenge as well as the comfort contained in the Bible?
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The conviction of Adam Smith-Connor for silent prayer inside an abortion clinic “buffer zone” marks an era-defining moment. The law needs clarifying urgently, says Lois McLatchie-Millar, before the UK’s human right’s record becomes an international laughing stock
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The government is breaking the law by discriminating against private Christians schools. That’s according to The King’s School in Hampshire who are challenging Labour’s decision to introduce VAT on private school fees. Christian Concern’s Steve Beegoo explains why he’s supportive of the legal action
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