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ReviewsPenny Lyon: My worship playlist
Together with her husband, Kevin, Penny leads jazz, blues and R&B band Out of the Ashes. Here are the top eight worship songs she can’t get enough of.
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News Analysis
2022’s biggest Christian news stories
As the year draws to a close, Tim Wyatt looks at the most significant stories for the UK Church and beyond
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Russell Brand's deeply spiritual '33' tour suggests he's not far from the Kingdom
There’s much that Christians could learn from this comedian, says Mal Calladine, but he’s still praying Brand meets Jesus
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Magazine Features
Father Stu is a Christian film…but not as you know it
Your enjoyment of Father Stu is contingent on your tolerance for both bad language and Mark Wahlberg, says our reviewer. Nevertheless, this movie does mark a positive step forward in the evolution of Christian filmmaking
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The air we breathe - Glen Scrivener
“Why do the nations rage?” muses the writer of Psalm 2. The answer, he explains, is that they do so to free themselves from the restraints of God’s moral law. However, as the psalmist, and the rest of the Bible, points out, when you do to that, ...
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Braver - Deborah Jenkins
There is a God-shaped hole at the centre of this book. Which is odd, since it is about a vicar in crisis and the neighbours she is trying to help. The novel is written by a Christian but published by a mainstream publisher, which you need to ...
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A Day In the Death of Charlie Vaughan - Jonathan Ford
Have you ever wondered what heaven is like? Can you fly in the afterlife? Will you be married? Will you be able to re-visit earth? Are there animals in heaven? These are some of the questions considered in this fictional tale of Charlie Vaughan, an older gentleman ...
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Beyond The Collar - Rev Mark Edwards MBE
“Can a damaged child with mental health issues, a history of self-harm and suicide attempts become a successful priest?” asks the blurb of Mark Edwards’ memoir. It’s an important, and interesting, question. The book details how Edwards navigated his first curacy, and how he deals with tensions ...
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The memoirs of Christian publishing legend Tony Collins
Our editor reviews They’ll Never Read That
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'Kingdom Race Theology' is a missed opportunity
Written by the US-based pastor and author Tony Evans, Kingdom Race Theology attempts to biblically examine our ethnic identities alongside our Christ-centred identity. However, this is as deep as his theology goes. There is little consideration of the roles that experience, tradition and reason could contribute. The ...
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A disturbing tale of how an evangelical vicar lost his faith
If you want a nice Christian book for your mother-in-law, look somewhere else. This is a disturbing read. Within these pages is the real life account of a gifted young evangelist in his 20s who moves to a deprived housing estate to live with some of the ...
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Don’t Look Up has divided audiences. Here’s a uniquely Christian way of watching it
The Netflix hit is a biting satire about climate change and the end of the world. But for Christians, there's even more to the story, says our reviewer
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Midnight Mass: The Christian horror series with a challenging message for the Church
Midnight Mass contains some of the fairest treatments of Christian characters ever seen, says our reviewer
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I am Danielle: This drama starring Letitia Wright raises a huge question for Christians
In a recent interview for her new Channel 4 drama, I am Danielle, Letitia Wright told journalists that her hope lay in Jesus. When dealing with the dark themes and impossible questions that this story raises, I am glad that mine does too, says Lauren Windle
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How to become a tyrant: 3 things Christians can learn from the Netflix series
You can’t compare the recent slew of fallen Church leaders to brutal dictators like Gaddafi or Amin. But but look closer, says Ben Cohen, and there’s plenty for Christians to reflect on among the blood and gore
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Black Widow: Superheroes are having an identity crisis
Black Widow represents a transition from one generation of heroes to the next, amid the the movie industry’s struggle to make sense of the superhero in the postmodern world, says our reviewer
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Opinion
Freedom: Justin Bieber’s Gospel EP is all about grace
Pop superstar Justin Bieber has released a surprise EP. And many of the lyrics position Christianity as a transformative grace, says our reviewer
