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idea Magazine March/April 2008

In this issue...

Christians take on the atheistsMarch/April idea cover
The debating chamber at Birmingham University Guild had called the motion: “This house believes that God is a delusion”. Noted authors and philosophers Julian Baggini and Yugin Nagasawa were there to speak for the motion. Opposing were Krish Kandiah and UCCF Chair Dr Peter May.
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Are we really salt and light?
Christian involvement in the political scene is one of the five focal points for the Alliance's Forum for Change. Hazel Southam reports...
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Talking about... propaganda
Whether we are talking from a pulpit or over a garden fence, Fiona Stewart helps us to give relevant answers to the big issues raised by contemporary popular culture...
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The Passion comes to prime-time
The BBC will broadcast a new high-profile drama about Jesus during Easter week. Krish Kandiah finds out more...
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The Basics:
In this fourth instalment in a new 11-part series looking at how the Alliance's Basis of Faith is Good News for our neighbours, Justin Thacker discusses...
The dignity of all people  made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.
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Last word
The tightrope between passion and compassion General Director Joel Edwards grapples with an apparent  contradiction
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