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<p class="col2"><A  class="news" style="margin-bottom:5px" href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/the.leveson.inquiry.and.the.scarcity.of.integrity/29807.htm" target="_blank"> The Leveson Inquiry and the scarcity of integrity</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> <span style="color: #BBBBBB">[</span><A class="auth" target="_blank" href="http://www.whychurch.org.uk/author.php?aid=4526" title="Other articles by &quot;Tony Ward&quot;" >Tony Ward</A><span style="color: #BBBBBB">]</span> 4 days ago</B> <BR>
It was not often that the American TV drama series LA Law featured attitudes and values that most people would consider commendable, but I do remember one episode when Roxanne Melman confronts<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Telegraph</SPAN> <span style="color: #BBBBBB">[</span><A class="auth" target="_blank" href="http://www.whychurch.org.uk/author.php?aid=21" title="Other articles by &quot;John Bingham&quot;" >John Bingham</A>, <A class="auth" target="_blank" href="http://www.whychurch.org.uk/author.php?aid=3069" title="Other articles by &quot;Victoria Ward&quot;" >Victoria Ward</A><span style="color: #BBBBBB">]</span> 5 days ago</B> <BR>
A Christian doctor sacked after emailing a prayer to colleagues lost his claim 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #F0FFF3;" href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/diamond.jubilee.new.testaments.fly.off.the.shelves/29795.htm" target="_blank"> Diamond Jubilee New Testaments fly off the shelves</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> - 5 days ago</B> <BR>
A specially produced Diamond Jubilee New Testament has become a runaway success.

More than 400,000 copies have flown off the shelves since going on sale at the start of April.

The special editions<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> - 6 days ago</B> <BR>
Operation Mobilisation’s Bible Correspondence Course (BCC) in Turkey has seen its 50-year ministry transformed through the internet.

For 30 years, the BCC advertised its course through mail and<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news" style="margin-bottom:5px" href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/allinclusive.churches.growing.in.brazil/29786.htm" target="_blank"> Allinclusive churches growing in Brazil</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> <span style="color: #BBBBBB">[</span><A class="auth" target="_blank" href="http://www.whychurch.org.uk/author.php?aid=4864" title="Other articles by &quot;Andrea Madambashi&quot;" >Andrea Madambashi</A><span style="color: #BBBBBB">]</span> 6 days ago</B> <BR>
Churches willing to overlook traditional scriptural beliefs with regards to homosexuality are experiencing growth in Brazil, according to a new report.

However, they are being criticised by<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #f8f8d8;" href="http://e-n.org.uk/5862-The-Commentary.htm" target="_blank"> The Commentary - Encouragement in the storm</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Evangelicals Now</SPAN> - 6 days ago</B> <BR>A delightful incident occurred in April when a friend was flying to Heathrow from Nairobi.

He got on the crowded Kenya Airways flight and, as the passengers settled into their seats, a little girl<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #F0FFF3;" href="http://e-n.org.uk/5869-Limelight-help.htm" target="_blank"> Limelight help - Tim Thornborough with tips for making the most of media interviews</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Evangelicals Now</SPAN> - 6 days ago</B> <BR>I sat under the blazing lights of the TV studio, the presenter looking at me suspiciously.

I was the nasty, Bible-bashing evangelical, out of tune with the culture, the times and reality as he knew<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #FFEFF2;" href="http://e-n.org.uk/5871-My-personal-foreign-country.htm" target="_blank"> My personal foreign country - Lesley Barnes shares her experience of depression</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Evangelicals Now</SPAN> - 6 days ago</B> <BR>Between 2003 and 2006 I entered a foreign country. I didn’t want to be there. I was held against my will.

It began when I was made redundant from my teaching job of ten years. I got a part-time<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news" style="margin-bottom:5px" href="http://e-n.org.uk/5873-Unapologetic-Christianity.htm" target="_blank"> Unapologetic Christianity - Alone in the universe?</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Evangelicals Now</SPAN> - 6 days ago</B> <BR>Apologetics means giving a reason for our faith.

When questions concern the identity of Jesus or reliability of the Bible, we are on home turf. However, sometimes questions emerge from unlikely<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #f8f8d8;" href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16602" target="_blank"> Approaching the Bible with an open heart</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Ekklesia</SPAN> <span style="color: #BBBBBB">[</span><A class="auth" target="_blank" href="http://www.whychurch.org.uk/author.php?aid=1663" title="Other articles by &quot;Savi Hensman&quot;" >Savi Hensman</A><span style="color: #BBBBBB">]</span> 7 days ago</B> <BR>A new translation of the Bible into English has been published, I recently read. Unsurprisingly, it seeks both to engage readers and to promote clearer understanding of the text’s actual<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #F0FFF3;" href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/churches.get.behind.wembley.2012/29780.htm" target="_blank"> Churches get behind Wembley 2012</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> - 7 days ago</B> <BR>
Tens of thousands of believers from the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG ) were invited to the National Day of Prayer and Worship later this year.

Around 50,000 Christians are reported to<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #FFEFF2;" href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/john.piper.longs.for.stotts.ambition/29778.htm" target="_blank"> John Piper longs for Stotts ambition</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> <span style="color: #BBBBBB">[</span><A class="auth" target="_blank" href="http://www.whychurch.org.uk/author.php?aid=3944" title="Other articles by &quot;Anugrah Kumar&quot;" >Anugrah Kumar</A><span style="color: #BBBBBB">]</span> 7 days ago</B> <BR>
John Piper says he longs for &quot;the light of discernment and the heat of ambition&quot; which kept world-renowned Bible scholar John Stott focused on playing a key role in God&#039;s work globally until he died<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news" style="margin-bottom:5px" href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/normantebbit/100154246/poor-jeremy-hunt-seems-to-have-lost-control-such-sloppiness-is-becoming-the-mark-of-this-coalition/" target="_blank"> Poor Jeremy Hunt seems to have lost control. Such sloppiness is becoming the mark of this Coalition</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Telegraph</SPAN> <span style="color: #BBBBBB">[</span><A class="auth" target="_blank" href="http://www.whychurch.org.uk/author.php?aid=3065" title="Other articles by &quot;Norman Tebbit&quot;" >Norman Tebbit</A><span style="color: #BBBBBB">]</span> 8 days ago</B> <BR>Hunt seems to have lost control (Photo: AFP/Getty)

In the lackÂ of any credible alternativeÂ economic strategy, the Labour Opposition must be grateful indeed for the diversion offered by the<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #f8f8d8;" href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/bible.play.arrives.in.londons.west.end/29776.htm" target="_blank"> Bible play arrives in Londons West End</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> - 8 days ago</B> <BR>
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s new play on the translation of the King James Bible has opened in London’s West End to critical acclaim.

Not long after the 400th anniversary of the King James<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> - 9 days ago</B> <BR>
The Bible society has given Bibles to railway and signal box workers in Wales.

The 12 Bibles were presented to staff at stations in Cardiff, Barry and Radyr by the Rev Ron Keen, Railway Mission<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news"  style="margin-bottom:5px;background-color: #FFEFF2;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135434/Egypts-plans-farewell-intercourse-law-husbands-sex-DEAD-wives-branded-complete-nonsense.html" target="_blank"> Egypt&#039;s &#039;plans for farewell intercourse law so husbands can have sex with DEAD wives&#039; branded a &#039;complete nonsense&#039;</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Daily Mail</SPAN> - 10 days ago</B> <BR>Controversial: The &#039;farewell intercourse&#039; law is &#039;a complete nonsense&#039;, according to sources

Outrage: The &#039;proposals&#039; could have seen Egyptian husbands allowed to have sex with their dead wives<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<p class="col2"><A  class="news" style="margin-bottom:5px" href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/angry.queers.vandalise.mark.driscolls.church/29761.htm" target="_blank"> Angry Queers vandalise Mark Driscolls church</A>
<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Today</SPAN> <span style="color: #BBBBBB">[</span><A class="auth" target="_blank" href="http://www.whychurch.org.uk/author.php?aid=4536" title="Other articles by &quot;Stoyan Zaimov&quot;" >Stoyan Zaimov</A><span style="color: #BBBBBB">]</span> 10 days ago</B> <BR>
Police are investigating reports that several young adults wearing masks smashed windows at Mars Hill Church in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday.

The attack on Pastor Mark Driscoll&#039;s church was<B> . . . . </B></p> 
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<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Christian Institute</SPAN> - 10 days ago</B> <BR>Scottish police forces have been told not to accept a gift of free Bibles from the Gideons because the book “condemns homosexuality”.


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<B><SPAN style="color:#993366;">Telegraph</SPAN> - 11 days ago</B> <BR>
Children are growing up lacking a proper understanding of the past because key 
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