Christmas set to be toughest for Britain’s poor, new research reveals

Theos, the public theology think-tank has published the [...]

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Apologetics questions

The final session of a six-week series on apologetics at Above Bar Church, Southampton. This session was responding to questions submitted by people on the course. There are three main areas: some principles for apologetics, responses to the charge that Christianity borrowed central ideas from first-century Mithraism, and why it’s reasonable to believe the [...]

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Nativity!

Image courtesy E1 Entertainment © 2007

As we gear up for another round of seasonal warmth and good cheer, it’s time once again to embrace what our culture calls ‘the true spirit of Christmas’. Most people define this as some anodyne wish for peace and goodwill, a result of the pressure to keep any [...]

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Free Advent Calendar for your web home page

This free automatic Advent Video Calendar will display a different thought provoking video each day from 1st – 24th December, featuring speakers such as Philip Yancey, Krish Kandiah, Anna Robbins and Nick Pollard  (you can preview all the videos before you install this).

To install it on your website or blog just use the following [...]

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Nativity! Free Advent and Christmas resources for schools, churches and community groups

Nativity!

Nativity! with Martin Freeman and Marc Wootton. Image courtesy E1 Enterntainment

Damaris has been asked by E1 Entertainment to create official resources to help churches, schools and community groups make the most of Nativity! (UK release: 27th November, certificate U), a wonderful family film containing a clear presentation of [...]

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Video advent calendar for WesleyOwen.com

Damaris produced an advent calendar for WesleyOwen.com. I contributed three of the short slots. The first, Day 2, is a summary of the Old Testament in a minute. I know, it’s a bit fast.

You’ll have to click on the doors to find out about the others!

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Aagh! Christmas!

christmas from Crestock Royalty Free Images

Two young children were once watching a school nativity play. One of them felt sorry for Jesus:

“Why did Mary have to put him in a manger?” she whispered. Why didn’t she go to Mothercare and buy a cot like everyone else?”

“Don’t be stupid,” her friend replied, [...]

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