All Premier Christianity articles in September 2021
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Regular Columnists
Elle Limebear: My top 8 songs
The singer/songwriter is the daughter of Delirious? frontman, Martin Smith, and a worship leader and youth pastor based in Brighton, UK
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Magazine Features
Faith can heal. But doctors are reluctant to have spiritual conversations
As evidence suggests that belief in God can have positive effects on your health, some are arguing for doctors to take a more active role in discussing faith with their patients
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Magazine Features
Baffled by non-binary? Here’s a biblical and pastoral response to trans issues
Beware of strong opinions and easy answers, says the Evangelical Alliance’s Peter Lynas. Behind the rise of sometimes-confusing gender labels are real people whom Christians are called to love
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Testimonies
How the kindness of a local vicar and the song ‘Blessed be your name’ brought me back to Jesus
Charmaine Yip shares her remarkable testimony of healing, salvation and what inspired her to write an award-winning sermon
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Reviews
The Gospel According To A Sitcom Writer - James Cary
The opening sentence of this book encapsulates a perception that is all too common: “This book is funny. But it is also Christian. These tend not to go together.” James Cary, an established sitcom writer, who has produced the likes of Miranda, Bluestone 42, Think the Unthinkable ...
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Regular Columnists
The comments on our first music video led to my decade-long battle with body image
Our first-ever music video had just gone live. I sat there, obsessively refreshing the YouTube page, waiting to see if anyone had commented on this brand-new piece of fledgling art that had finally flown the nest of the practice room. It felt vulnerable, scary and exciting, all ...
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Reviews
Hope In An Anxious World - Helen Thorne
Hope in an Anxious World offers advice on how one can begin the journey of dealing with anxiety. The book is divided into two sections: a breakdown of the different experiences of anxiety, demonstrating how anxiety looks different for each individual, meaning there is no one fix ...
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Magazine Features
Philip Yancey: How every Christian can get more out of their Bible reading
As someone who has been writing for half a century, I read the Bible differently to most people. Accepting it as our primary source for what God wants us to know about reality, I also can’t help peeking behind the words to its human authors. I read Isaiah and marvel ...
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Reviews
A Mind Of Their Own - Katharine Hill
At a time when anxiety and low self-esteem are on the rise, Katharine Hill, UK director for Care for the Family, gives the reader helpful principles for raising children in a postpandemic world. The end goal? Encouragement that young people can still become confident, resilient and secure ...
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Reviews
Faithful
Faithful is a beautiful collection brought to life by an unlikely group of artists, musicians and authors who studied the Bible together and shared their stories. Created by women who have experienced God’s grace in joy and suffering, each chapter unwraps a biblical account of women who ...
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God of All Things - Andrew Wilson
We have all groaned at a crass spiritual point made in a sermon from something in the natural world. The title of this book may give the impression of tortuous links but its actually a brilliant book which works on many levels. Each of the 30 chapters ...
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Bullies and Saints - John Dickson
John Dickson begins his book with an account of 15 July 1099, when Christian Crusaders mercilessly slaughtered thousands of Muslims sheltering in a sacred precinct in Jerusalem. Historic atrocities can undermine a person’s belief in the Church, and sometimes their faith in Christ too. But this author ...
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Regular Columnists
The book that changed my life - Jeff Lucas
Jeff’s favourite book included an inspiring passage about paperclips and mountain-moving faith. I stood outside the shop, nervous about stepping over the threshold. I’d never been in an establishment like this before. Pushing open the door, a troubling ‘ding’ announced my arrival, but my anxiety was quickly ...
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Real Life
‘I went to prison for gift aid fraud’
Dr Mohammed Johnson was pastoring a successful church in Luton when he was arrested for fraudulently claiming £150,000 in gift aid. It was the start of a nightmare that would ultimately end with him being sentenced to four years in a maximum security prison
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Regular Columnists
What the ancient tradition of royal gift-giving teaches us about King Jesus
Giving extravagant presents to rulers of nations is a custom which dates back thousands of years, and continues to this day. Lois Tverberg unpacks what it tells us about Christ and his kingdom
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Regular Columnists
Is God calling me to become a vicar?
Q: I feel called to become an ordained minister in the Anglican Church, but I worry that being a single, full time father might disqualify me from following this path. What should I do? I have had quite a lot to do with ordaining people and I’ve ...
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Magazine Features
The Christian entrepreneur behind the UK’s favourite jam
It’s 150 years since William Hartley established a brand of jam that is still the market leader in the UK today
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Magazine Features
How to grow old faithfully
The Bible doesn’t talk about retiring, says Carl Knightly. Whatever age we are, we still have value, worth and a part to play in the family of God
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Wonders of the living world: Curiosity, awe and the meaning of life
Join Dr Ruth Bancewicz for a guided meditation, looking at the beauty of God’s creation
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Interviews
Jennifer Hudson: ‘My Christian faith couldn’t be any stronger’
EXCLUSIVE: As J-Hud portrays the Queen of Soul on the big screen, she opens up about faith, music and the meaning of grace