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| Children
of the Revolution? |
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| This
Christmas, as we think about the
birth of Jesus and think about
his death coming next Easter –
take some time to think about
the son of God, a one man revolution
so different from all the other
revolutionaries the world has
known. God incarnate: born to
live, not just born to die. |
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| Incarnation |
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| The
Church so often emphasises the
death and resurrection of Jesus
without much of a thought for
his birth and life. ALOVE’s
Julian Saunders invites you to
take some time to consider God’s
incarnation. |
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| Label
or Life |
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| Would
you describe yourself as a follower
of Jesus? If so then what do you
think of being labelled in this
way? What does that label mean
to others? Do you see lives or
labels when you look around you?
ALOVE ponders ... |
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| Hey
You! Follow Me! |
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| What
does it mean for us to follow
Jesus here and now? And how far
are we prepared to follow someone
who suffered and died and promised
the same kind of treatment for
his followers? |
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| Breath
of Life |
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| Rob
Bell, bible teacher, has just
finished a speaking tour of the
US entitled ‘Everything
is Spiritual’. Some friends
of ALOVE caught up with him on
one of the final dates to ask
about evangelism and how it should/could
look today. |
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| 'Big
Brother' Evangelism? |
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| Is
it really so bad to openly discuss
the meaning of life these days?
Or is it just offering the answer
that is taboo? ALOVE tackles the
big issue of Evanglism. |
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| Evangelism:
Dirty Word? |
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| Evangelism
– what’s it all about?
In a time when Church tracts and
preachers on street corners can
make any aware young Christian’s
stomach turn, we take a fresh
look at how Jesus actually spoke
to people about the life he offered,
and discuss what he might have
meant by the ‘Good News’. |
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| Transformers
– Live a life of transformation |
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with one thing and transforming
it into something else is Gods
speciality. Take a look at you
own walk with Jesus and think
about the transformation he has
started in you. |
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| Deeper
Worship |
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| To
start a month of articles looking
at the theme of Devotion, Phil
Sheldrake takes a careful look
at the importance of a life devoted
to worshipping God. |
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| Scandalous
Jesus |
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| Have
you ever been considered scandalous?
Someone whose actions have raised
a sense of indignation and outrage
in others? If you have, was it
because you stood up for something
good and noble, or because you
stuck your foot in your mouth
and did something stupid? |
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the poor histroy? |
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| White
wristbands, a passionate shaggy
haired Irish guy who made it big
with a band and the eight most
powerful leaders on the planet.
Make poverty history eh? But didn’t
Jesus say that the poor would
always be with us? ALOVE asks
the tough questions. |
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| Love
. Why Me? |
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| Advertisers
spend most of their time elaborating
the point that we need this or
that product to be accepted by
our peers and society. ALOVE takes
a closer look at how we can achieve
acceptance in a modern world of
empty promise. |
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| The
greatest of these is worship! |
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| In
our continuing series looking
at the four ALOVE essentials Matt
Leeder, lead singer of ALOVE’s
partner band Electralyte, examines
a world of worship and our place
in it. |
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| What
Does God Think of You? |
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| When
the world tells you that you are
nothing, it’s liberating
to know that there is Someone
who thinks differently. |
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| Criminal
Jesus |
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| How
deeply does it hit home that Jesus
actually chose to identify fully
with the criminal? ALOVE considers
the King of Kings who chose to
die a criminal’s death. |
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| Homeless
Jesus |
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| ‘Foxes
have holes and birds of the air
have nests, but the Son of Man
has nowhere to lay his head.’
ALOVE takes a look at the homelessness
of Christ. |
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| Prosecuting
God |
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| We all get
mad from time to time with God for being
perceivably distant. Jesus himself screamed
at a God who had, at that moment, truly
forsaken Him. So how should we deal
with life when we feel forsaken and
cold? |
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| The
Upper Room |
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| Nervous,
with no idea what we’re doing
here. ALOVE joins the disciples in the
upper room. |
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| True
Worship |
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| So often
we see ‘worship’ as a thing
that is only done in a church service,
in a 10-minute ‘sacred’
slot of singing old hymns with funny
tunes and old-fashioned words, that
are remotely related to the rest of
life and human experience. ALOVE asks
‘What is worship really all about?’ |
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