Andy Walton
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In a world with so much tragedy, here's why we should celebrate Easter
As Christians, we remain an Easter people â even as we journey through the death and desolation of Good Friday.
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The Last Supper: What can we learn from Jesus' final meal?
Jesus gave us a meal by which to remember Him. It's a meal which brings us together as one family of believers. A physical act in which we partake so that our bodies recognise the Good News â as well as our minds.
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After Brussels, we need to realise we can't 'destroy evil'
The contemporary trope of 'uprooting' or 'destroying' evil is now entrenched in almost every response a major leader makes to a terrorist atrocity. We need to stop and ask ourselves where that leaves us.
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Iain Duncan Smith: Did the Christian minister's crusade against poverty do more harm than good?
Make no mistake, this is a political earthquake. Iain Duncan Smith, the former leader of the Conservative Party, the redoubtably tough former army officer and champion of the party rank and file, has resigned. Not because the measures announced in this week's budget were too soft, though. Because they were too harsh.
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Christianity invented human rights. Secularists need to remember that
It is an indisputable fact that the concept of human rights developed in a Christian context. While not all those debating the development of human rights would have described themselves as Christians (Spinoza, Thomas Paine...), they were working in a distinctly Christian environment. The ground had been laid by Thomas Aquinas, via Aristotle.
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Palm Sunday: What Jesus' mission teaches us about God's timing
How do we learn to emulate Christ? We can certainly ask the famous question, "What would Jesus do?" There's another question thrown up by this text, though. "When would Jesus do?"
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The housing crisis is now the UK's biggest justice issue. The Church can step in
A new report says, "It is impossible to work for social justice in London today without addressing the issue of housing."
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The persecuted Christians you don't see on the news
A new report says believers in West Papua, Indonesia, are under pressure.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is right: British people are afraid of the refugee crisis
Justin Welby is an astute politician, a consummate media performer and sensitive to the different constituencies he has to serve. Far more than that, he's prayerful and deeply serious about reconciliation. This isn't a man looking to stir up the perennial hornets' nest.
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Christian magistrate fired for saying gay adoption 'not best for child' on TV
A Christian magistrate has been removed from his position after he appeared on TV discussing adoption by gay couples. Richard Page JP was interviewed earlier this week by the BBC.
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Hey, secularists! You don't have a monopoly on truth (and neither do Christians)
The sooner we get over the idea that faith is uniquely divisive and the only option is enforced and deadening hyper-secularism, the sooner we can get on with marshaling the forces of the church and other faith groups for the common good.
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70 years on, a forgotten tragedy is finally being remembered
Today (Wednesday 9th March) at 3pm, exactly 70 years on from one of the greatest sporting catastrophes this country has ever seen the chaplain will lead fans, ex-players and club staff in a service of commemoration.