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Prayers for Killed London Soldier

23/05/2013

After a soldier was killed in London yesterday in a machete attack, it might be tempting to think, as one tweeter rem ...

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Words of Wisdom

Discipleship: He who is called must go

Discipleship: He who is called must go

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If we would follow Jesus we must take certain definite steps. The first step, which follows the call, cuts the disciple off from his previous existence. The call to follow at once produces a new situation. To stay in the old situation makes discipleship impossible. Levi must leave the receipt of custom and Peter his nets in order to follow Jes...

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Resources

Do Christians really oppose gay marriage?

Do Christians really oppose gay marriage?

Various Authors

On the subject of same sex marriage, Steve Chalke says: "The church is always going to be wrong-footed over the issue of gay marriage unless it sorts out a deeper and more profound issue. It's the issue of how it handles inclusion, and in th

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Living with Faith and Depression

Living with Faith and Depression

Editorial

Depression is one of those taboo subjects that churches just don't really talk about, but the reality is that 1 in 5 adults suffer from the illness. With those statistics, it's hard to brush under the carpet the fact that some of our closest companions, even t

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Bible Studies

Biblical Symbolism of Stars

Biblical Symbolism of Stars

Louise Wilsher

What is the significance of stars in the bible? Stars appear frequently in the bible, from the creation story in Genesis to their appearance in Revelation.  In the Old Testament Hebrew, the term ‘star’ referred to all heavenly bodies, except for the sun and moon. Stars are mainly connected with the light Christ brings, angels...

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Books

Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

Richard Holloway

At the tender age of fourteen, Richard Holloway left his home town of Alexandria, north of Glasgow, and travelled hundreds of miles to be educated and trained for the priesthood at an English monastery. By the age of twenty-five he had been ordained and was working in the slums of Glasgow. Through the forty years that followed, Richard touched the ...

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I feel that God does not want me, that God is not God and that he does not really exist.

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The Church is designed by God to be the ‘light of the world’ (Matt 5:14) – to shine brightly and influence our community and culture. In an age of consumerism that has given rise to immediacy, sound bites and twitter feeds, now is the time for the church to go Deeper: Deeper into the presence of God. Deeper into the eternally relevant