May 2014 Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Reform Magazine
Commitment-Phobe: A step of faith
28/04/2014 | ReformIt’s kind of scary. You start off thinking you’ll have an adventure, but you can back out the minute things get tricky. So last summer, when I decided to give up atheism and find God through visits to randomly-picked churches, … Read More
A letter from… Ethiopia
28/04/2014 | ReformAs a widow living together with my only daughter of eight years, I was ashamed of my HIV status, so I kept it secret from both my daughter and other people. One day, my daughter came home troubled by some … Read More
Jumble Sales of the apocalypse: The strangest church names
28/04/2014 | Reform 1I once heard of an evangelical organisation looking for a snappy new name for their ministry to students. They were impressed by the kung-fu style name of CICCU (the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union) and brainstormed ideas for names along those … Read More
Christian activist: Forgive us our trespasses
28/04/2014 | ReformJustin Whelan reports on a prayer-trespass
If you honestly thought your government was perpetrating evil, how far would you be willing to go to stop them? We often look back to Nazi Germany, or apartheid South Africa, and ask why more … Read More
Chapter & verse: 2 Corinthians 5: 14-21
28/04/2014 | Reform 1How does the death and resurrection of Jesus save us? And how does it shape Church life/give it Christian distinctiveness? Paul’s answer is “reconciliation!” That is his term for the ways in which God overcomes all the hostility and brokenness … Read More
Niall Cooper: What makes a good society?
28/04/2014 | ReformWhat it means to be a “good society” is a fundamental question for all of us. What values underpin a good society? And what can we do as individuals, churches and wider communities to put it into practice locally?
Over … Read More
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