20 Questions: Philip Yancey

27/02/2017 | Reform

Author Phlip Yancey gives 20 answers

Are things getting better or worse? Be serious: Syria, Brexit, the Middle East, North Korea, Donald Trump. Would anyone answer ‘better’?

Where would you like your mortal remains to go? Long ago, when we … Read More

On the pilgrim way

23/02/2017 | Reform

Sheila Maxey does battle with low spirits

Every year, during the early months of the year, I find myself struggling with low spirits. This year, irritated with myself, I decided to try to do battle with those low spirits. I … Read More

Editorial: Trump and the Reformation

21/02/2017 | Reform

Autumn in a German mining town. A Dominican friar is in the street, preaching about purgatory. He graphically describes the wretched agonies suffered by the departed loved ones of his audience. They wail, they plead. If only there was some … Read More

A good question: Is it antisemitic to criticise Israel?

30/01/2017 | Reform

One question, four answers (extracts only)

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This is an extract from the February 2017 edition of Reform.

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Reviews – February 2017

30/01/2017 | Reform

Conscientious cooperator

Hacksaw Ridge Directed by Mel Gibson Certificate 15, 131 minutes Released 27 January

As a Seventh Day Adventist, Desmond Doss (Silence’s Andrew Garfield) believes passionately that killing others is against the law of God. This gets him into … Read More

Come together

30/01/2017 | Reform

Simon Peters reflects on the value of a large get together

Every few years, the United Reformed Church enjoys a Big Day Out. These special days allow people of all generations, backgrounds and abilities to come together with friends from … Read More