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Back in the 1960s, C P Snow’s lecture on the two cultures dominated the academic world:  science and art faced each other in the arena of knowledge like two mighty opposites. But journey back to Italy in the 15th century and you find no such division. The two worlds of science and the humanities were...

Some of us prefer to kneel for just about everything in church. People around us might sit – but we are kneelers! Time may have taken its toll though, and sadly the knees may not what they were. But if you visit different churches, you will find that not all of them have furniture designed...

Up to three million people have been affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.  With nearly 1000 known to be dead, and hundreds of thousands homeless, the people are in desperate need of food, water, clothing, shelter and medicine. If you can donate to the Cyclone Idai Appeal, you might like to consider sending...

Lack of food is stunting children’s growth in North Korea, according to an eyewitness. Food shortages threaten an entire generation of children. The eyewitness said: “Not too long ago I met a North Korean refugee family in China. Their children were the ages of my children at the time – nine and six – or...

There are growing numbers of Iranian Christians in the UK.  To help them at worship, the Church of England has recently launched a Persian language translation of Holy Communion. The publication of the Farsi language service very much affirms that the C of E sees the presence of Iranians in churches as a gift, and...

A project to promote greater understanding between Science and Faith is to be extended, thanks to new funding. Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science, (ECLAS) was first set up in 2015 and run by Durham and York universities in collaboration with the Church of England. Now it has received a generous grant from...

Talking Jesus course gives Christians a new voice to share faith A testimony from the Rwandan genocide Spring Harvest turns 40 Signs & Symbols:  Holy oil, and even more holy oil The most popular books used in preaching Calls for a comprehensive Rural Strategy Pray for our nation! ** Editor:  Your readers may wish to...

“Now I feel confident talking about my walk with Jesus.” That’s the verdict of Paula, a Yorkshire mum who has been on the Talking Jesus course and has been inspired to speak up. She is not alone. The course is giving ordinary Christians across an extraordinary range of denominations, ethnicities and backgrounds, a new voice...

The Rwandan genocide began 25 years ago this month, in April 1994.  The Rev Antoine Rutasiyrie, now the pastor of a large church in Kigali, recalls the beginning of that terrible 100 days, when up to one million Tutsi were slaughtered by the Hutu. “My family were Tutsi and we lived in Kigali. We had...

This month (April) the annual Christian conference Spring Harvest celebrates its 40th birthday.  Since it began in 1979, it has attracted more than one million guests to it various sites, which this year are Minehead, Harrogate and Skegness. “We have truly seen God’s blessing over the past 40 years,” says Peter Martin of Spring Harvest. ...

Oils and creams loom large in the Bible just as they do in our world today. We use healing creams for all sorts of ailments, and moisturising lotions to soothe, but also often for the pure sensual pleasure that they give us. What can be better than your favourite hand cream after time spent gardening?...

Which books in the Bible are the most popular with preachers?  A website called CrossPreach has taken some 127,000 sermons (available on mp3s) from over 600 churches.  It then counted how many times the basic text was taken from which book of the Bible. The sermons were preached by a total of 9,500 different preachers,...