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They Know It's Christmas
Forty years have slipped by since Bob Geldof and Band Aid launched the hit single Do They Know It’s Christmas? in aid of an Ethiopian famine. Since then it has been through five new versions and even after thirty years, reached number 1 in 69 different countries.
And in that time the world has changed out of all recognition.
The BBC recently released documentary footage of the first recording in November 1984. Pop music in the UK
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The Public Demand Strength And The media Desire Perfection, But We Proclaim Christ Crucified
Every generation presents a challenge to the Gospel; a way of looking at the world which defies the wisdom of God. In St Paul’s time it was embodied in the idea that Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom. Signs from God were rooted in Jewish history: manna in the wilderness; Gideon’s fleece; Elijah’s fire from heaven. The contemporaries of Jesus and Paul, however, turned the grace of God into a consumer right. Do something special for us; then we’ll believe. The Greek philosophical tradition was entrenched. To gain respect and an audience, an orator had to beguile and entrance with clever arguments unfolded at length. Say something special for us; then we’ll believe. Both audiences seemed to be bored and jaded, unable to see beyond the l...
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