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Why youth leaders should learn to prioritise their families
Why youth leaders should learn to prioritise their families

The youth are considered tomorrow's leaders. Their development and growth will greatly affect and shape the future, as they will be the ones taking the helm sooner or later. One of the areas the youth of today needs to grow in is the area of family.

Why don\'t Catholics eat meat on Fridays?
Why don't Catholics eat meat on Fridays?

How schoolchildren have Catholics to thank for fish and chip Fridays

How do you actually share your faith with a friend?
How do you actually share your faith with a friend?

We make evangelism scary in our heads. In a post-Christian culture, we worry we're going to come across as weirdos if we try to share our faith with our friends.

Remember you will die: nun offers five ways to \'divorce\' your smart-phone and stop wasting time
Remember you will die: nun offers five ways to 'divorce' your smart-phone and stop wasting time

A nun lists five strategies for 'divorcing' from your smart-phone.

How to be an encourager: 7 ways you can build people up
How to be an encourager: 7 ways you can build people up

While I often have kind and appreciative thoughts about the people around me, I don't always share them.

Street preaching: why it\'s vital to protect it (even if you really hate it)
Street preaching: why it's vital to protect it (even if you really hate it)

I wonder what your reaction is when you pass a street preacher. Shy away? Stop and listen? Sidle over for a discussion? Explain to your friends that this isn't 'your kind of Christianity'?

The Devil goes missing: why aren\'t we talking about demonic activity?
The Devil goes missing: why aren't we talking about demonic activity?

When I was teaching mathematics at Winchester College or at theological college, the idea of deliverance, and indeed of the Devil, seemed distinctly medieval.

The one spiritual practice that will boost our marriage today
The one spiritual practice that will boost our marriage today

Listening is not just a natural process. It is a spiritual discipline of laying down our selfish flesh to be able to value God's command to love others.

6 Bible passages that will keep us from abusing God\'s grace
6 Bible passages that will keep us from abusing God's grace

Here are six scriptures that we must take into heart and mind so that we will take God's grace not as an excuse to remain in sin and abuse God's generosity.

Is it ever OK for Christian kids to dishonour their parents?
Is it ever OK for Christian kids to dishonour their parents?

God wants all children to be like Christ. Here's one way that could be done.

Should Christians support ungodly leadership?
Should Christians support ungodly leadership?

The issue of submission is a very simple one. The Bible commands us to submit to God, who alone should have the ultimate authority in our lives. Many Christians, however, make the mistake of equating the word "submit" to "support." I hope to help clarify.

Feeling far from God? Here are 11 Bible verses on how to hear from him
Feeling far from God? Here are 11 Bible verses on how to hear from him

The Christian journey is full of peaks and troughs. But we are called to remain faithful to God throughout, whether we feellike it or not.

Fake news and Good News: how Jesus helps us tell the difference
Fake news and Good News: how Jesus helps us tell the difference

In many walks of life, getting the genuine article is important – and no more so than when it comes to matters of God and faith.

Why married people must choose to love their spouse every day
Why married people must choose to love their spouse every day

The most empowering thing in your marriage is knowing that you have the choice to love your spouse every day.

How to stand on that firm foundation when your life is being shaken
How to stand on that firm foundation when your life is being shaken

There's an irony behind building strong foundations to a building that goes something like this: the lower we go, the higher we go.

Is it OK to be a married Christian man and be close friends with another woman — and vice versa?
Is it OK to be a married Christian man and be close friends with another woman — and vice versa?

Marriage is a sacred thing, one that requires both the man and the woman to forsake all others. Yet, there are many Christians who can't seem to understand that when they marry, they cannot take their friends with them into the relationship – it's only between the husband and the wife.