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  With so many mass shootings, what in the world is going on?

  Shane Idleman | Thu 26 May 2022 10:38 BST

  The cure for violence has never changed: humility, repentance, and fearing God.

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  Russia's apocalyptic nationalism and the battle over 'Western values'

  Martyn Whittock | Thu 26 May 2022 10:25 BST

  The Western liberal democracy is far from perfect – but the situation in Russia reminds us of where the alternative can end up.

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  What Christians can learn from the Australian Election

  Ben Kruzins | Thu 26 May 2022 8:55 BST

  Successful Christian lobbying in the run-up to the elections shows that the Church of Jesus Christ is still a powerful force in Australia.

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  Why is Sheffield Cathedral so offended by Franklin Graham?

  Julian Mann | Wed 25 May 2022 11:53 BST

  Graham's cardinal sin seems to have been calling homosexuality a sin. Yet in condemning the practice of homosexuality, Graham is totally in line with the traditional Christian sexual ethic.

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  Lessons for the Church from the current transgender debate

  Jeremy Dover | Mon 23 May 2022 9:08 BST

  Dr Carl Trueman reminds us in his pivotal book, "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self", that the human condition has not changed since the fall but the way it is expressed has. There are important lessons for the Church here.

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  The world needs more peacemakers, not peacekeepers

  Anita Delhaas | Mon 23 May 2022 8:57 BST

  Peacemakers are urgently needed in Ukraine, peacemakers are urgently needed in our local churches, and peacemakers are urgently needed in the Holy Land, the very place where Jesus first uttered those words of peace.

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  On anniversaries and a very special Jubilee

  Irene Lancaster | Sun 22 May 2022 7:51 BST

  Those who find it hard to believe there is a G-d (and who would blame them in this brittle and materialistic world), might like to ponder the fact that there must be a meaning to so many anniversaries and celebrations taking place at this time of year.

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  Advocate for abortion if you must, but don't say poor people made you do it

  Charles C Camosy | Fri 20 May 2022 8:55 BST

  Economically vulnerable people of color are significantly more anti-abortion than rich white folks are.

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  Transgender ideology - the new fundamentalism

  Lynda Rose | Wed 18 May 2022 8:52 BST

  The self-appointed thought police, dismissive of anything that calls into question their attempted moral rebranding and narrative of gender equivalence, have been vicious in their demands for compliance.

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  The many lives of 'Prester John'

  Martyn Whittock | Tue 17 May 2022 10:35 BST

  The little known story of Prester John gives us a remarkable insight into the things medieval Christians believed existed beyond the boundaries of their familiar world.

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  I am a woman trapped in a man's body?

  Jeremy Dover | Tue 17 May 2022 9:37 BST

  In what will surely become one of the pivotal Christian books of this generation, Dr Carl Trueman, Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College, lays out the pivotal shifts in Western culture over the past three centuries that produces a statement like the one above.

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  Australia will soon head to the ballot box, but does my vote really matter?

  Russell Modlin | Tue 17 May 2022 9:18 BST

  Negative campaigning leads many voters confused and can often tell us more about why we shouldn't vote for someone, rather than why we should vote for a particular party.