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9 tips for better preaching

2024-03-15T16:43:00+00:00By

Comedian turned preacher Andy Kind shares his best pieces of advice

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It’s Trump vs Biden. Again. What UK Christians need to know

2024-03-15T16:30:00+00:00By 4 comments

There’s a sense of déjà vu about this year’s US presidential election. Jared Stacey explores how we can pray for the Church in America 

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5 ways Christians can dodge the dopamine cartels

2024-03-15T13:47:00+00:00By

An viral essay by historian Ted Giola says we need to act now if we want to save art and culture from the dopamine rush that is enslaving us all.

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It’s not John Cena’s Oscars nudity that should offend Christians

2024-03-15T11:55:00+00:00By 1 comments

Was John Cena’s flesh really the most problematic thing about the Oscars? Christians need to get better at picking their battles, says Jonty Langley

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Why do we never hear about African missionaries?

2024-03-15T11:38:00+00:00By

African missionaries are challenging the modern missionary mindset, says Operation Mobilisation’s Reinhold Titus

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I share the government’s desire to tackle extremism. But their new definition won’t help

2024-03-15T11:12:00+00:00By

Concerns are growing that Christian organisations could be blacklisted by the government’s new definition of extremism, says James Mildred

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Why church leaders get Ukraine wrong

2024-03-15T10:32:00+00:00By 2 comments

Church leaders are wasting their time when they call for Ukraine to negotiate or for Russia to retreat. There’s a reason why they aren’t being listened to, explains John Heathershaw

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Vanishing faith: the exodus of Iraq’s Christians

2024-03-13T10:13:00+00:00By

Amid growing intolerance and persecution, the Christian population in Iraq is declining rapidly. Urgent prayer is needed for this community, who have been present in the region for almost 2,000 years

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James Aladiran: ‘The more entertained you are in the flesh, the more bored you will be in the spirit’

2024-03-04T13:38:00+00:00By 1 comments

The leader of Prayer Storm on wimpish prayers, speaking in tongues with his ten-year-old and the incomparable joy of learning to commune with God

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Jennie Allen: 'If the internet cancels me, I'll be fine'

2024-01-31T14:24:00+00:00By

The author, podcaster and leader of IF:Gathering on platform, preaching to men and why she’s as happy teaching the Bible in her living room as she is to thousands

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The Christian book that rocked my world

2024-03-06T20:02:00+00:001 comments

On World Book Day, 13 contributors to Premier Christianity share the Christian book that has fundamentally impacted their faith, or is currently rocking their world

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Worried about young people deconstructing their faith? This book might help you

2024-03-06T15:19:00+00:00By 1 comments

Rejecting scripture as the arbiter of Christian belief and replacing it with your own personal judgements is destructive, say the authors of a new book on deconstruction. The fightback is on

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Dune Part Two is a potent warning against the misuse of religion

2024-03-05T18:00:00+00:00By

Those who dismiss the Dune series as being anti-religious are not looking close enough, says Giles Gough. The epic saga is a lesson in how not to abuse faith and power

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The Chosen will inspire you to live for God in every situation

2024-02-29T11:38:00+00:00By

The message of season four of the hit TV show based on the life of Jesus is simply this: there is potential and purpose in every moment of our lives. God is interested in it all, says Matt Jolley

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'Poverty has been cut from our family tree'

By Compassion UK

Noirine Khaitsa is the Senior Manager of Sponsorship Product Support at Compassion International. She was herself born into poverty and here shares her first-hand testimony of how one local church and one sponsor equipped her to become a university graduate bringing change to children in poverty on a global scale.

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From poverty to hope

Noirine Khaitsa explains how she was lifted out of poverty and given an education through Compassion’s child sponsorship programme

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From brutal legionario to lover of Christ

When Mark Gee went AWOL from the Spanish Foreign Legion, he was sent to their notorious penal work section as a punishment. There, a dramatic encounter with an effigy of Jesus turned his life around 

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‘I am a surfer against slavery’

When Matt Rundle joined a church trip to South East Asia, his heart was broken by what he witnessed. Now he’s on a mission to use his passion for surfing to tackle sex exploitation

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The probation officer: ‘I pray Psalm 23 before I interact with prisoners’

The Church is made up of Christians from a myriad of different professions, and yet their ordinary tales of God at work rarely get told. In this series, we bring you stories of faith on the frontline

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'Two of my friends just died, and I’m devastated. But I know God understands'

Prayer is central in all that we do but at times of agony it matters more than ever, says Michael Coren

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‘Russian rockets could kill us. So we’re translating the Bible in bomb shelters’

As the war continues in Ukraine, life is indescribably hard for the millions still living there. But bringing the word of God to people in their heart language is more vital than ever, says Steven K*, however dangerous

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Charlie Mackesy’s ‘Jesus at the Door’ illustration is changing lives

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Scott McNamara explains how his ‘Jesus at the Door’ evangelistic card, birthed on the streets of Northern Ireland and illustrated by Oscar award winning artist Charlie Mackesy is reaching thousands with the gospel

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‘No one believed a baby found in a ditch could survive’

When baby Miracle was found discarded in a drain in Uganda, local resident Gladys feared the worst. But thanks to the support of neighbours and a local Compassion-run project, a new family is learning to thrive