J John
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In our current national crisis, we must not give in to the temptation to do nothing
It is certainly tempting in such dark days to do nothing: to disconnect from all news media, find some remote monastery or simply put our head under the pillow and hope that it will all go away. Tempting but, I'm certain, wrong.
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What's wrong with the country?
Calling a general election during the flu season seems to be appropriate given that the nation seems to be suffering from an epidemic of political and social diseases with dramatic symptoms.
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How can we avoid becoming the Christian who loses faith?
Drifting from the faith is something that Christians of every generation have had to resist.
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How should we respond to those who have left the faith?
Much â probably too much â has been recently made of a number of individuals who have announced that they now feel they are no longer evangelical Christians, or even Christians.
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When we know God, we can't possibly stand on the side of abortion
Critics of abortion have tended to focus on the adult individuals involved, but it means that the culture in which this industrial-scale destruction of life occurs escapes criticism.
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Four decades introducing people to Jesus
Although I look back I'm still looking forward. My journey is not yet over and may God let it continue as long as it serves him.
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The genius of Norman Warren's Journey into Life
Younger readers may be unfamiliar with it and will almost certainly be unaware that for over a quarter of a century after its publication in 1964, it was to be found on bookstalls in every church where the gospel was preached.
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Joy after dejection: what we can learn from Easter Saturday
The Saturday of Easter is a day that is easily overlooked. For one thing there is very little mention of it in the Bible. Yet there is more than this behind its neglect.
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The black hole and the cross
The black hole is an image that has a wider significance
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Why Christians should be worried about British 'officialdom's changing attitude to the Bible
The recent arrest of a street preacher and a poorly judged rejection letter to a Christian asylum seeker reveal a widespread and arrogant scorn for the Bible, writes evangelist J John
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Why cheerfulness is so important for our Christian walk
Cheerfulness may be a virtue but there is a widespread suspicion about it because modern culture automatically assumes cheerfulness to be shallow. Unfortunately it's not hard to find a parallel perspective within Christianity
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3 reasons why we should keep Lent
Lent is never celebrated but only 'kept' and is not so much marked by what we do but what we don't do: it's the season of giving things up.