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Young writers a boom to Christian publishing with a spread of talent across the nation
Over the past week the program of visiting the Press Service International (PSI) young writers who are published daily in Christian Today continued with Sydney, Launceston and Hobart on the agenda.
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The Christian Worldview: 5 Big Questions, 5 Brief Answers
I am writing this article in the living/dining room of my house. Let's say I believe that there is a pineapple sitting on the grass outside of my house. This belief wouldn't affect how I see the room which I am in now, or what I'm doing at the moment. So really, it doesn't matter if I believe that there is a pineapple there or not.
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Christian Music vs. Music by Christians
I love music. I also love Christians. But often, I can't stand Christian music.
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Turkish Prime Minister calls protesters "looters", "bums", "extremists" and social media liars
Turkish Prime Minister calls protesters "looters", \'bums", "extremists" and social media liars.
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How far can you jump?
Think of two men standing on the white cliffs of Dover. One is a lazy man; he has hardly lifted a finger all his life. The other is an Olympian runner, an athlete, with the calf muscles of a horse, the strength of a lion. Now they\'re standing there looking over the water and as it's a good clear day in the far distance they can see the coast of France.
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Are we there yet?
Although childish in every sense, how often have you (and I) asked God this very question?
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Dimension, Drugs and Tap-Dance
Remember that sinking feeling? Your stomach literally hit your toes and it felt as though the breath had been knocked out of you entirely? In an instant you felt completely empty, useless or as though you had been stepped on?
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Mysterious Wonder
When I was 17 I went on a trip to Thailand. Ever since I was five I have been caught up in wonderlust of the world. Since the moment I encountered a world traveller from South America in a small single hall church presenting his black and white slides on a single slide projector, I knew what I wanted to dedicate the rest of my life to doing.
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Love is a Battlefield
The other day, overwhelmed by melancholy, and completely discouraged at my lack of progress in the area of emotional sobriety, I found myself contemplating cutting my hair short and moving to Berlin to ride a bicycle across the countryside, buying only the freshest organic produce from the cutest and humblest of markets.
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Missions in the 21st Century
With readily available and almost instant forms of travel and communication, the life and ministry of the missionary has shifted greatly out from the obscurity of bringing the Gospel to unknown territories into a world of transparency and almost instant accountability.
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If I had 16 Billion Dollars
As a journalist I have to be up with the play and read a lot of the news articles in the papers. However, the rise of infotainment creeping into traditional hard news categories is mind-blowing with gossipy, weird and YouTube fail non-news so often more appealing than hard issues we can't do anything about. All our television newscasts finish with a 'fluffy' piece at the end, so the viewers aren't left despondent after tornados, murders and earthquakes claim more human life.
