Leader: A patchwork cannot give blanket cover

FOR ALL the jargon words about social welfare provision, the categories used by Christ to describe those in need of care (in Matthew 25) still hold good...

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Give credit to the welfare work the Church does

THE report Moral, But No Compass is a wake-up call to those at every level of local and central government

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100 Years Ago: Pan-Anglican Congress

UPON one side of their activities, those who have organised the Pan-Anglican Congress seem scarcely to have risen to the occasion.

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Simon Parke: A sham sort of freedom

“A RIDDLE wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” This was Churchill’s famous description of Russia. But is it a good deal less complicated than that...

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We must not ignore the prophets

THERE is a great deal in the Bible about prophecy that is ignored. When God sends his word through prophets, they are met with incomprehension by rulers...

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A vision of spirituality and hope

Here is a request. When you have finished reading this, if you have web access, please go to the National Theatre site, www.nationaltheatre. org.uk, and...

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Paul Vallely: The BBC raises standards for all

IT IS funny, the things you do on holiday. Our cottage in the Lake District had a TV, but with only terrestrial channels.

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Giles Fraser: How do atheists make moral decisions?

I always seem to be offending atheists. The other evening, it was because I questioned what someone meant when he described himself as a “practising”...

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Head off stress by getting feedback

WRITING ABOUT the “Call to the Ministry” in 1877, the great Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon advised those in doubt about their calling to take opinions...

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