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Ninian was a Celt who was born about 360, in southern Scotland.  He was remarkable for two things:  he was almost certainly the first man in Scotland to live in a little white stone house, and also the first to preach the gospel to the Scots.   Just as remarkable:  becoming the apostle to the Picts...

Have you ever sinned since you became a Christian?  Really sinned – or in other words done something that was SO wrong and totally ‘out of line’ with being a Christian that you are still ashamed when you think of it now.  If so, and if you went on to ask God’s forgiveness for it,...

Joseph of Copertino (1603 – 63) should be the patron saint of all awkward people who mean well, but who drive those around them to distraction – especially their church leaders. Joseph began life in a garden shed, because his father had sold the house to pay debts.  Then he grew up wandering about open-mouthed...

Deaf soccer champions are changing how people perceive disability in Tanzania. The Neema Crafts football team, all of whom are deaf, recently won a match 3-0 against a hearing team in a village called Image. As sweet as that victory was, the real triumph was showing villagers how disabled people can contribute to their communities....

Korea is known for its thriving Christian church.  But it was not always so – in fact no Korean was baptised until as late as 1784.  Christianity arrived in Korea through Christian books sent from China, and the Koreans responded warmly as soon as they heard the Good News.  A Chinese priest who visited in...

By Ruth Clements, Lion, £9.99 “How am I supposed to keep going when all I want to do is hide? How does separation work. What are the ins-and-outs and complexities of divorce? Am I going to get through this?” Ruth Clement’s divorce turned her world upside down, and now she guides the reader, with compassion...

St Matthew was one of 12 apostles.  But he began as a publican i.e. a tax-collector of Jewish race who worked for the Romans, before he left all at the call of Christ.  From earliest times, he was regarded as the author of the first of the four Gospels.    The Gospel of Matthew is in...

23rd September is the autumnal equinox (if you live in the northern hemisphere) or the vernal (Spring) equinox (if you live in the southern hemisphere)  The equinoxes occur in March and September, when the Sun is ‘edgewise’ to the Earth’s axis of rotation, so that everywhere on earth has twelve hours of daylight and twelve...

By Antonia Woodward, Lion Children, £7.99 This is a delightful picture book.  It retells the story of Noah, who builds a great ark to keep animals that God sends to him safe during the great flood. Imagine Noah’s excitement when the big boat comes to rest and once more the animals can roam the earth.  ...

A church has started meeting under a staircase in a remote area of Nepal, according to Nepali local partners who are involved in leadership training. They write, “This area is difficult and often hostile to the Gospel but the Lord touched our hearts to train indigenous leaders and to help them start a fellowship there.”...

It’s amazing how little some things change down the centuries.  Take the life of Gerard Sagredo, for instance.  He left his ‘comfort zone’ of home and church because he felt God’s calling on his life.  He travelled abroad and taught in order to earn his living in a non-Christian country.  In his spare time he...

By Bob Wallington, SPCK, £9.99  Bob Wallington is the youth pastor at Soul Survivor Watford. Growing up within Soul Survivor church, he is well-known within the church community and on the summer conference scene. What I love about this book is that it gives you simple, really practical ideas for putting Christian faith into action.