Chapter and Verse: Matthew 16:18

27/06/2014 | Reform

Susan Durber reflects on church decline

Jesus said: “… And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18

I’d decided to … Read More

That’s the Spirit

26/06/2014 | Reform

Is a personal Holy Spirit a figment of Christian insecurity? Chris Avis argues for a rethink

When – as in Reform̕s A Good Question feature in May – people discuss “Who is the Holy Spirit?”, I feel my hackles rise … Read More

A good question: Divine healing
 – is it real?

27/05/2014 | Reform

Each month we ask one question and get four answers. This month: Does God heal people?

 

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This is an extract from the June 2014 edition of Reform.

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Breaking the silence

27/05/2014 | Reform

The writer and broadcaster Jane Grayshon talks to Stephen Tomkins about a memoir of living with and surviving abuse

Jane Grayshon’s Goodbye Pink Room is a remarkable book. Co-written with a woman known to readers only as Rose, it tells … Read More

Life on The Edge

27/05/2014 | Reform

Stan Hazell reports from a pioneering youth project in Bradford

The organisers of a youth project in Bradford named it The Edge, because that is where the youngsters they work with find themselves on the Holme Wood estate, which is … Read More

A canal calling

27/05/2014 | Reform

Richard Alford on the work of a waterways chaplain

They say Birmingham has more canals than Venice. I can only cover a small area, but once a week I walk the towpath, talking to people and helping where needed.

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