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Archive: December 2009

Question TimeEditorial

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author John Buckeridge

John Buckeridge and his eldest son watch the BNP leader on TV...

All over the earthFeature

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Jonathan Langley

This week world leaders are meeting in Copenhagen to get an international agreement on climate change. How likely are they to achieve anything, and what can the Church do?

Zechariah's PrayerFeature

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Stephen Catto

Was Zechariah really praying for a child in that famous passage at the start of Luke’s Gospel? Stephen Catto offers a new perspective...

Profile: Alister McGrathFeature

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Justin Brierley

Professor Alister McGrath is best known for his robust defence of Christianity in the face of aggressive attacks from atheists, led by Richard Dawkins. But he’s tiring of that, he says, and turning his attention elsewhere...

Decoding Dan BrownFeature

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Dave Roberts

Dan Brown’s latest blockbuster The Lost Symbol contends that miracles are the result of mind power, not the work of the Holy Spirit. So how does Brown handle the Bible to back up his claims?

Gift AidFeature

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Kate Corney

Are you dreading Christmas shopping, feeling overwhelmed by the stress of the season? Do you want to come up with some really imaginative presents this year? Christianity has uncovered the pick of the gifts out there...

The writing on the wallFeature

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Jon K Newton

Could most of what you’ve read about revelation be wrong?

She won’t initiate sexDear Maggie

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Margaret Ellis

My wife never, or rarely, initiates sexual contact, or any physical intimacy. We never have sex spontaneously – it is always discussed and planned first, teeth cleaned, undressed, into bed and then I know I need to initiate all the ‘proceedings’. Every six months or so, we discuss our sex life and my wife promises that she will try to initiate sex more often. But after such discussions we may have 3 or 4 days before my wife remembers that she is ‘supposed to be initiating’...

The Great DivideSteve Chalke

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Steve Chalke

For the Jewish people, as for Jesus, the whole of life was spiritual. So how have we managed to separate spiritual from secular, asks Steve Chalke.

PC worldCulture

Issue publishedDecember 2009 Author Mark Greene

Mark Greene seeks to free up speech in our politically correct world...

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