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About Martin Saunders
Martin Saunders is Deputy CEO of Youthscape and Contributing Editor for Christian Today.
Martin Saunders
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Avengers: Infinity War - should I take my kids?
It's practically the movie to end all others; the most excitingly-anticipated, over-hyped cinematic event of all time... at least until next year's sequel.
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Finding the line: When does a prayer request become gossip?
Christians aren't generally fuzzy on the concept of gossip. We know it's wrong; Paul talks about 'no corrupting talk' coming out of our mouths.
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The spiritual gift of friendship: How to be 100% 'for' someone else
The British comedian Jason Manford once observed the difference between UK and US approaches to friendship, and particularly that between males.
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How do you actually 'speak the truth in love'?
We struggle to 'speak the truth in love' for a whole range of reasons from busyness to blundering, but most of the time we fail to deliver helpful feedback to each other because we just don't think about it in advance.
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Singing priest wows Simon Cowell – what does the public reaction tell us?
Fr Ray Kelly enraptured, surprised and delighted the show's packed audition theatre – and millions of television viewers – with an extraordinary rendition of REM's 'Everybody Hurts'.
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Avoiding brokenness: 6 words only Christian use that make no sense to anyone else
Beyond the obvious register of believer jargon, there's another set of words which are a bit more problematic.
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Struggle with cynicism? Here's how you might just beat it
The truth is that if you want to look for it, there's plenty wrong with every church, every charity, and every Christian.
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Sweet Jesus: is the Canadian ice cream brand blasphemous, irrelevant...or an opportunity?
Does a secular company, naming itself after a semi-blasphemous exclamation, really make any impact on the status of the Christian faith in modern Canada, or more importantly on God himself?
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'Christianity ruined my life': Rock star slams his former faith, but who's really to blame?
We elevate celebrities just as much within the church as we do outside it, and yet we don't really know what to do when they don't live up to our rather unrealistic expectations of them.
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Tomb Raider review: Searching for demons and an end to a long-running curse
Thematically, the film appears quite interesting from a Christian perspective.
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Whatever happened to backsliding?
When I became a Christian two-and-a-half decades ago, you couldn't move in a church for hearing the word 'backslider'.
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'You Were Never Really Here' review: pure evil puts grace to the test
A gruelling, gory film, containing only the briefest glimpses of beauty and light. But it's an important piece of work; both a fine piece of film-making and a challenging piece of provocation.
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We need to talk about Satan: Why has the devil slipped out of view?
The Bible doesn't only tell us that there's an enemy, but that ultimately God has victory over him. In fact, thanks to the power of the Cross and the strange non-linear reality of time from God's perspective, that victory has already been won. So we don't need to be afraid of our enemy, just aware of him.
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The Shape of Water... into wine: Christian Today's alternative Oscars 2018
As the glitz and glamour of Sunday night's Oscar ceremony fades, and all the glittery confetti is swept up in that theatre, do not worry that your appetite for endless awards ceremonies will go unsatisfied today.
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Christian Today's Oscar Predictions 2018
Whatever happens at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles this Sunday night, it can't be as bad as last year.
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King's Christmas Day speech criticised
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The problem with the King's Gospel
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Mythmas or Christmas?
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Church of England must 'be changed', says Archbishop of York in Christmas sermon
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Tracing the roots of Christmas carols: An interview with composer Andrew Gant
