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Why The Church Of England Reminds Me Of The England Cricket Team In The Nineties
A decade of not being up to the mark didn’t leave quite the impression you would expect . Was there anything worse than being a fan of the England cricket team in the 1990s? It felt like the opposition were always 350 for 2 or England 127 for 7.
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Recent Topics You May Have Missed
When Two Truths Collide, Hushing Inconvenient Opinion, Lebanon, So Last Century, Children Fighting Adult Wars, The Light Sleeper,
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Recent Topics You May Have Missed
The New Orthodoxy, The Loop, Of Gods And Men, Trust The Lord Of The market, Not The Masters Of The Universe, The Crime Of The Century, The Finger Of Blame And The hand Of God,
GIRLS ON THE EDGE
- When Jesus said we should be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect, he had something more empowering in mind than straight A’s and a flawless body. Has the world gone backwards for today’s girls?
What China's Rise Could mean For The Global Church
- Several safety experts suggest it is a question of when rather than if a nuclear weapon is detonated, whether by accident or design. Theirs is a call to action, not an appeal to fatalism.
PATROLLING THE BOUNDARIES OF TASTE
- Many parents feel anxious but powerless over the media their children consume. Should anyone else share this burden? After consulting with ten thousand people, including teenagers,
HOW FAR SHOULD LANGUAGE BE POLICED?
- Out of one young mum’s anguish comes the joyful prediction of a world remade. .There is a critical difference between the Quran - the Muslim holy book - and the Bible.
UNCOMMON SENSE
- In applying common sense to the bigger issues of life we lull ourselves into a dangerous complacency; the gift of wisdom is offered by God to protect us from these lapses. . It is an easy assumption to make that, among the ....
WILFUL BLINDNESS
- Just because we see Jesus for who he is does not mean we see ourselves for who we are or the world around us for what it is. Our vision is peppered with blind spots we need to talk more about.
THE ART OF FORGETTING
- Though we decry the loss of memory, we have to forget some of our past in order to function as God intends; but what if our environment stops us from forgetting?
THE WORST NIGHTMARE
- Several safety experts suggest it is a question of when rather than if a nuclear weapon is detonated, whether by accident or design. Theirs is a call to action, not an appeal to fatalism.
Verbal Diahhorea
- The discipline of withholding what we are thinking is not simply the hypocrisy some would have us believe; the circuit-breaker between brain and tongue is one guarantor of social harmony. Middle class manners are a staple of modern social commentary
LIFE ON MARS
- What price do we place on a human life when we are forced to do so? Saving Matt Damon is an expensive business. The number of films in which his character has to be rescued from mortal danger is lengthening (Saving Private Ryan, Green Zone,