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2017-05 STAND-UP FOR JESUS

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2017/05 Stand-up For Jesus Are you willing to stand out and stand up for the Lord? It is not easy, and it will cost. 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. It is right and proper that we should mark this historic milestone. But perhaps you might be asking, what impact does an

2017/03 Thinking Right in a Wrong Thinking World

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2017/03 Thinking Right in a Wrong Thinking World Recently I read a strange story, a cross between a fable and science fiction. It told of a man who made magic glasses that would enable one to see other people and events as they really were. They were truth glasses. But it seemed that few people really

2013/01 SHOULD CHRISTIANS DATE?

Having created Adam and Eve, God instituted marriage. Clearly, God intends men and women to get married and stay together for life.

2013/05 WHAT’S IN CHURCH FOR ME?

When someone leaves a church, the explanation inevitably goes like this: ‘there was nothing in that church for me. I was getting nothing out of it.’

2013/07 CHRISTIANS AND FACEBOOK

One person in seven worldwide has a Facebook account. For the Christian, this raises questions. ‘Are these networks the next big mission field or an enormous waste of time?’

2016/03 THE EQUALITY AGENDA

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When King John, under considerable duress, pressed his royal seal on to the Magna Carta (Great Charter) on 15 June 1215, he could not have predicted that this document would shape our ideas of individual rights and freedoms for hundreds of years to come.

2016/01 A HUMBLE APOLOGY

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2016/01 A Humble Apology We are seeking to win souls, not just arguments! The idea of respect has taken on a very particular flavour in our present culture. It may be described by the cliché ‘Live and let live.’ In essence, we are all supposedly given the freedom to believe what we want, and to

2013/09 CHRISTIANS AND SPORT

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2013/09 Christians and Sport The love of sport is no new phenomenon.  Ancient Greeks were avid sports fans – but this generation has embraced sport like no other.  Since sport takes up so much time, thought and money in the lives of so many, believers must formulate a biblically based approach to it.   Our lives

2014/03 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC

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2014/03 Contemporary Christian Music: Why Not? What is Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)? Wikipedia defines it thus, “Contemporary Christian music (or CCM—and occasionally “inspirational music”) is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. Today, the term is typically used to refer to pop, rock, or praise

2014/03 THE RIGHT GOD

2014/03 The Right God Young believers need to know the doctrine of God. I’m aware that this may not sound appealing to many young people today, but we will only please God in proportion to our knowledge of Him.  “…the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”  (Daniel 11:32)  The