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Bishop Jonathan Gledhill: Saddam Hussein Execution 'Not Unjust'
The Bishop of Lichfield has reacted to the execution of Saddam Hussein by saying that it "cannot be called unjust" if he had a fair trial and proper opportunity to appeal.
Anglican Head Dr Rowan Williams: New Year 2007 Message
Here in this London shopping centre - as in towns across the UK - the January sales are well underway - after a Christmas when many of us probably spent more than we should and eaten more than we should. It's all in stark contrast to Sudan where I visited last February.
David Spriggs: Christmas Angels Help to Get the Message Across!
Angels have been making a come back in an attempt to get the Christmas message going again. Luke Walton, the Arts officer for Bible Society, was inspired as he walked through Swindon Town's shopping centre.
Andy Flannagan: HIDE and SEEK
Artists and performers are inevitably the worst in the world at practising the art of "being hidden". The very lifeblood to our work is often publicity and marketing, which is not in itself wrong, but the battle for control of our hearts and motives in this context becomes increasingly violent.
Rev Malcolm Duncan: Building a Better World - Part 3
The Leader of the Faithworks Movement, Revd Malcolm Duncan, has just published his first book, Building a Better World . In this, the third of a series of extracts and thoughts from the book, he explores just what it is in the Christian faith that spurs us on to build a better world...
General Shaw Clifton Christmas Message: Words & Songs to Greet the Saviour
The opening chapters of the Gospel of Luke hold the divinely inspired record of words and songs that preceded and greeted the glorious birth of our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Today these words and songs still lift our hearts, as we celebrate Christmas again.
David Spriggs: Theos - A New Word on the Street
For Christians who know only a smattering of Greek, Theos is likely to be one of those words, it means God. So why are all kinds of newspapers suddenly writing about Theos?
Dr. James M. Stevens: A Heart-warming Christmas Story
Back when I was studying music at Samford University in Birmingham, AL, I had the privilege of working as a music minister at some small churches in rural areas. It was a great training ground to work with choirs of limited resources and I met some of the most wonderful Christian people.
Bishop of Lichfield, Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill: Christmas Message 2006
I enjoyed the switching on of the Christmas lights in Stafford market place this year. It must be the child in me but the sparkling coloured lights and the smell of roasting chestnuts stirs up a sense of wonder and delight.
Rev Malcolm Duncan: Building a Better World - Part 2
The Leader of the Faithworks Movement, Revd Malcolm Duncan, has just published his first book, Building a Better World. In this, the second of a series of extracts and thoughts from the book, he considers how Christians need confidence in their own faith in order to work with others...
Archbishop of Canterbury: Statement on HIV/AIDS for World Aids Day 2006
As Christians we pray this day in the light of a global disaster the momentum of which has built for 25 years. Since the first appearance of the pandemic an estimated 65 million people have been infected with HIV, of whom 25 million have died. In 2005 alone an estimated 4.1 million people became infected with HIV and an estimated 2.8 million people have died of AIDS related illnesses.
Denton Lotz: Celebrating 400 years of Baptist Witness
In 1609 in Amsterdam, John Smyth baptized himself and then Thomas Helwys and others to form the first Baptist congregation of the modern period. It was a difficult period of history for these dissidents who, after reading scripture, came to the firm conviction that Believer's Baptism was the proper mode of initiation into the Christian Church...
Rev Malcolm Duncan: Building a Better World - Part 1
The Leader of the Faithworks Movement, Revd Malcolm Duncan, talks about what motivates him to strive for justice and why it is important for the church to continue to develop its prophetic role in calling for a better world...
Rev Samuel Kobia, WCC General Secretary: Christmas Message
St Luke recounts the story of the heavenly host of angels who announced the birth of Jesus to shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem; it was to this group of people sleeping rough with the animals that the angels of light, joy and beauty first announced the frightening but great and good news: "A saviour is born..., rejoice, rejoice!".
Evangelical Alliance Response to Sunday Telegraph's 'Poor Journalism'
The article in last week's Sunday Telegraph by Jonathan Wynne-Jones (Christians ask if force is needed to protect their religious values) is a case-study in bad journalism. It's the sort of piece that lecturers would give to their first year 'A' Level students to identify the sensational...
Remembrance Day Remarks from Moderator of Church of Scotland
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Rev Alan McDonald, has offered his thoughts on the occasion of Remembrance Sunday.