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About Mark Woods
Rev Mark Woods is a Baptist minister and Managing Editor of Christian Today.
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Thy Kingdom Come: It's about evangelism, but not as you know it
Thy Kingdom Come has been designed so that everyone from the yells-bells-and-smells, more-Catholic-than-the-pope brigade to the light-bulb-changing, happiest of happy clappers can take part.
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These probably aren't the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world – and anyway, so what?
Now we know: these are the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world.
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Revelation for today: How to read Scripture well
CJ Sansom says in a note to one of his Tudor crime novels that it would have been better if Revelation had never been included in the canon of scripture at all, given the damage it's done.
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Pressure mounts on Paige Patterson after more Southern Baptists call for him to go
Pressure is continuing to mount on Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson after another leading figure in the denomination called on him to retire.
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Weaponising faith: How the cross is being used by right-wing nationalists
The question of how the state should use religious symbols has been an ongoing and controversial feature of US life, too.
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Alfie Evans: Accusations and answers
The Liverpool toddler died on Saturdays after a long struggle with illness. His case became a battleground in which conflicting interests contested over his treatment.
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Rebel angels: is this the greatest description ever of Satan in hell?
A mere £10, paid on this day around 350 years ago for what's recognised as one of the finest works in the whole of English literature, seems a little unfair.
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What would you do if you won £121 million?
Somewhere in the UK, however, someone has bought a lottery ticket and – perhaps – had their prayers answered.
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What does CS Lewis have to say about obesity?
Today, there's a whole industry devoted to this kind of 'gluttony of delicacy'.
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Alfie Evans: Why are people campaigning to keep him alive?
Sometimes, fights like this have happy endings – and it's these happy endings that keep hope alive.
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St George: Just the right saint for today's England
It's St George's Day, when all true-born Englishmen – it's usually men – feel a patriotic glow and an upswelling of pride in being not just British, but actually English.
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A bizarre claim India invented the internet has troubling parallels for Christians
Now we know: it wasn't Sir Tim Berners-Lee who invented the internet, but ancient Indians thousands of years ago.
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Do churches need ministers? Not as much as they think
Just how important is the minister? Professionals who've trained for two or three years at a college and probably done a bit of an apprenticeship too might not particularly like to hear it said, 'Not very much.'
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What did Charles Spurgeon have to say about war? 5 quotes
One revered Christian hero who had a surprising amount to say about war was CH Spurgeon.
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Can an atheist go to heaven?
Can an atheist go to heaven? Categorically not, is the traditional answer. Heaven is reserved for those who have repented of their sins and trusted in Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and Lord.
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