Heroes of the Faith: Michael Faraday
The extraordinary life of Michael Faraday, perhaps the greatest scientist of the nineteenth century, reads like one of Charles Dickens’ novels.
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9 Things You Should Know About the Black Church
Here are nine facts you should know about one of the most formative institutions in African American history.
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Heroes of the Faith: Lilias Trotter
The remarkable story of Lilias Trotter, artist and missionary, deserves to be much better known. Born into a privileged family in London in 1853, Lilias became a believer in Christ in her teens and was soon involved in Christian movements that encouraged her to seek a deeper spiritual life.
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Why We Dig: The Importance of Biblical Archaeology
Archaeology reminds us of the “earthiness” of the biblical accounts. It helps demonstrate how the ancients lived: how they grew their crops, how they built their structures, how they buried their dead, how they controlled their water sources, and other aspects of their physical culture. Archaeology is literally “groundbreaking” work.
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Heroes of the Faith: C.H. Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was undoubtedly the greatest preacher of 19th-century Britain and quite possibly the world.
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Heroes of the Faith: Pandita Ramabai
Pandita Ramabai was a truly extraordinary woman: reformer, educator and evangelist.
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Heroes of the Faith: Rembrandt
The great 17th-century Dutch artist Rembrandt is an unusual Christian hero, yet, by universal agreement, he is one of the truly great Christian artists.
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Spiritual Disciplines for Dark Days
There is nothing particularly special about my sadness. But it prompted me to ponder what spiritual disciplines would be beneficial to me, and to others experiencing the darkness.
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Holiness Does Not Mean a Drab Life
“Holiness is a most beautiful and lovely thing. We drink in strange notions of holiness from our childhood, as if
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Share Easter: A Letter from J.John
We are praying that God would now move to seal the cracks across our world and that revival would be sparked.
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Specialist lockdown support for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic families
With much of the UK back in lockdown, children and families from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities are being reminded that there is a specialist helpline available to support them through the pandemic.
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How to Go Deep into Bible Study without Getting Lost
Whether reading the Bible in your first language or in the original Greek and Hebrew, here are three key ideas that can keep you on the exegetical straight and narrow.
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Heroes of the Faith: Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry was born Elizabeth Gurney in 1780 to a Norwich Quaker family whose Christian faith and traditions were to shape her life.
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Heroes of the Faith: C.S. Lewis
As a young man Lewis found himself increasingly unhappy with his atheism. With a vivid imagination enriched by extensive reading, he found himself longing for something more satisfying than anything atheism could offer.
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Christian Hip-Hop’s Connection to Ancient Athens
Kanye West’s newest track, “Wash Us in the Blood,” tells an old, old story that has become new for him as
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