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Tim Farron
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Why the Christmas story still matters today
Don't be afraid to gaze into the crib this Christmas, like Simeon, who looked beyond the baby to the hope that he brought. You might find something wonderful there that will last long beyond the New Year.
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The Christian response to genocide
We have a biblical mandate to love our neighbour, and this transcends national borders.
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We all want to die with dignity, but does the Assisted Dying Bill really give us that?
This is a hugely emotive subject. Many of us – me included – have personally experienced the suffering of loved ones from cruel and degenerative diseases, and of course we long to take this grief away. But we will not make better laws if each side digs into a tribal trench and starts hurling abuse at the other.
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Seeing the crisis in the NHS through a Christian lens
The NHS is supposed to be there for everyone, and there is a real desire for it to be pulled back to its feet. But the challenges we face severely test our ability to balance our duty to care for others with responsible stewardship of the nation's resources, in this case our taxes.
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Let's not retreat into our own political camps
Let's pray for repentance and healing in our nations, for leaders that will not stoke the flames of division and violence.
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We should pray for those feeling disappointed after the local elections
To be a candidate is to make yourself really vulnerable, to expose yourself to scrutiny, maybe to ridicule and hostility, but certainly to the possibility that you will be rejected by your community. We should thank God for those who have put themselves forward and pray that He will give wisdom and humility to those who won, and comfort and strength to those who lost.
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Frank Field remembered
Frank Field was a superb public servant and there is a lot we can learn from his example.
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The Church must do its part to end plastic pollution
There's a reason the aim for this year's Earth Day referred to both governments and churches as those who must commit to ending plastic production.
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What the Rochdale by-election tells us about the current state of politics
Let us pray for guidance and wisdom for our leaders, especially with the announcement and debating of the Spring Budget over the next week, that their decisions would come from caring deeply for those communities who need investment.
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Pray for our farmers
There is a feeling of rising hopelessness among many of our farmers.
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Two Christian responses to war
When the news is full of wars and rumours of wars it's easy to be afraid, but how should Christians respond?
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What can Western Christians learn from the courage of Alexei Navalny?
Like Navalny, can we rest in the sure knowledge of God's sovereignty even amidst awful circumstances?
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On asylum seekers converting to Christianity
Of course there will be some fake conversions, and the church should be alert to the fact that people do try to game the system. But who other than God can decide who has genuinely accepted Christ in their hearts and who has not?
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Trump and evangelicals - round two
Let's be praying for these key US elections, and for Christians to use their votes wisely and faithfully
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Christmas is important to our communities - it brings us together
Christmas is full of stories. Dickens' Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life, the Home Alone films, the many legends of Father Christmas. But the Christmas story is a different kind of tale altogether.
