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What if aliens are real? A thought experiment

What if aliens are real? A thought experiment

This is how strange our times are: recently, two United States presidents engaged the question of whether aliens are real, …

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Pastor, do you suffer from 'chronic busyness'?

Pastor, do you suffer from 'chronic busyness'?

I have been wrestling with an uncomfortable question over the last few years - and it's one I've been running …

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Easter is coming – children’s  books on the resurrection

Easter is coming – children’s books on the resurrection

Jesus Rose for Me is a great place to start for the baby or toddler in your family. This is …

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Graeme Shanks

The Biblical case for embracing the uncomfortable

Graeme Shanks
Tim Dieppe

'Anti-Muslim hate' definition: Towards the Islamisation of Britain?

Tim Dieppe
Andy Lines

Two complementary models of planting

Andy Lines

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Features
Approaching ageing by asking, 'Where does my value rest?'

Approaching ageing by asking, 'Where does my value rest?'

A couple of weeks ago, a supermarket assistant ID’d me when I tried to buy a box of matches.I …

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Christians, cybersecurity is important

Christians, cybersecurity is important

In our previous article, Cybersecurity: Loving your (digital) neighbour, we established that protecting the personal data of our congregation …

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The Brontës and evangelicalism

The Brontës and evangelicalism

There’s been much fanfare over the screening of a new film based on Wuthering Heights, the Emily Brontë novel …

UK & Ireland

UK & Ireland
Support for Scottish suicide bill 'draining away'

Support for Scottish suicide bill 'draining away'

Support for Scotland's assisted suicide bill is "draining away", a pro-life organisation says.Right To Life UK, which campaigns for …

UK & Ireland
CEEC says 2026 will be a 'critical year' for the CofE

CEEC says 2026 will be a 'critical year' for the CofE

This year will be a critical one for the Church of England (CofE), says the Church of England Evangelical Council …

UK & Ireland
Prayer for 100,000 Scots

Prayer for 100,000 Scots

The Free Church of Scotland is encouraging Christians to each pray for ten people in their lives, throughout this year …

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World
Praying for new, younger preachers

Praying for new, younger preachers

I am thrilled that Hokkaido Bible Institute (HBI, where I serve on the board) is pushing ahead with plans for …

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My sponsor's words 'carried me for years'

My sponsor's words 'carried me for years'

NB: The following content contains references to suicide and could be upsetting and triggering.A childhood marked by lossI …

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My great-grandfather was a murderer

My great-grandfather was a murderer

Do you know who was the first Christian in your family tree? My great-grandfather was a murderer. Shocking, and even …

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Andrew Watson: 1961-2026

Andrew Watson: 1961-2026

Andrew Watson, who was the Bishop of Guildford and a member of the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC), has …

People
Michelle Agyemang

Michelle Agyemang

England footballer Michelle Agyemang has shared how important her faith is to her.She told The Times that her …

People
John Dunnett

John Dunnett

The Church of England Evangelical Council’s (CEEC’s) National Director John Dunnett has resigned his title of Honorary Canon in response …

Reviews

Reviews
Louis Theroux in the manosphere: Genuinely revolting TV

Louis Theroux in the manosphere: Genuinely revolting TV

But all credit to documentary-maker Louis Theroux for making it... possibly. We'll come back to that later.

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Count your blessings

Count your blessings

Argued from personal experience, careful research, and a Biblical basis, Bishaw commends “the gratitude way”. A way – which when …

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Social media afresh

Social media afresh

The Grow app, which is linked to an independent Evangelical church in Reading, offers a refreshing and intentional space for …

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Letter

Loneliness and churches

Date posted: 12 Mar 2026

Dear Editor, Kirsten Birkett’s article “Connection and community for the lonely” touches on a core issue for …

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Conspiracy theories

Date posted: 9 Mar 2026

Dear Editor, Helen Thorne-Allenson is right about conspiracy theories (see en article here), and especially right that we …

Letter

The church in China

Date posted: 8 Mar 2026

Dear Editor, With yet another article about the arrests of members of the Early Rain Covenant Church, readers might …

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