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  Question asked by Bob Mathews on Thursday 22 Apr 2010.

  Church is relationships and community.  How can we use our church community to build bridges across cultural and social divisions, especially those created by migrantation and ghettos of poverty. Especially those created by fear.

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  Would anyone in your community notice if your church ceased to exist?

  Would anyone in your community notice if your church ceased to exist? So runs the question from the Evangelical Alliance’s new 'Square Mile' initiative.

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  Question asked by Tim WindsorBrown on Thursday 22 Apr 2010.

  Men at University like casual sex and drugs. How can we use this fact to show them that they actually need Jesus?

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  Question asked by Louise on Wednesday 21 Apr 2010.

  How can the church tailor it's teaching to those that may be uneducated?
  Most churches are passionate about reaching out to the underprivileged, but it seems to come undone due to the teaching of the gospel mostly being at a high intellectual level.

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  Question asked by Jonathan Brown on Thursday 8 Apr 2010.

  When the creative process often takes time to think/ feel through things and eventually come to a point of beginning to create, how does one manage to continually allow that creativity to flow and breath when time seems sometimes elusive and unachievable?

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  Question asked by Jeff Featherstone on Thursday 8 Apr 2010.

  25 years ago many Christians were suspecious about the arts. Now, involvement in the arts is accepted but politics is still treated as suspect. Have we really accepted our role to change the whole of society or have we just moved the boundaries?

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  Question asked by Dan Lee on Tuesday 6 Apr 2010.

  Does our outworking in work & business, the arts, mind, community, politics have to be run by a church group to make any significant impact in seeing a large effecting and long lasting change in peoples lives and the culture we live in?

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  Question asked by Thomas on Saturday 27 Mar 2010.

  How are we to compete with our non Christian collegues when family time and church commitments would 'hamstring' us from working as much as they would and achieving higher?

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  Question asked by Mark Jefferson on Saturday 27 Mar 2010.

  Does anyone else think Matt Hosier is looking more and more like Chuck Norris ?

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  Question asked by Davey Murphy on Saturday 27 Mar 2010.

  Why is Jesus so obvious to Christians, but to 90% of the rest of the people I talk to he's a ridiculous fairytale character?? How has this happened?

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  Question asked by Stuart Eggleston on Friday 26 Mar 2010.

  What are the ways to create a compelling church program that builds up the body whilst providing support and encouragement for people to be in the world reaching out and being salt and light? How do you get the priorities right so the church community grows & the world is affected by us being there?

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  Question asked by Ant Hodges on Friday 26 Mar 2010.

  Christ calls us to be red hot and not luke warm - We see the result of being luke warm in Revelation 3:15-17. The labels of radical and fundementalist have been used to describe the Islamic extremists.
  How can we become radical Christians without being labelled as such and therefore shunned for it?

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  Question asked by Jessie Vine on Tuesday 23 Mar 2010.

  Quite often in government funded jobs such as nursing or teaching, there are extremely strict rules and regulations in place. These codes of conduct make sharing the gospel or your faith next to impossible. Does anyone have any advice on how to overcome or work around this?

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  Question asked by Joseph on Tuesday 23 Mar 2010.

  I paid for 2 participants to attend everything conference due to take place in London on 27th March payment ref: 0562961216101.
  I still have not received email confirmation nor ticket for this payment. Please confirm as I do not want to be embarrassed ata the door. Thank you

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  Question asked by Matt Fox on Monday 22 Mar 2010.

  Contemporary youth culture appears to be falling apart. With examples such as the rise of gangs, violence and broken families, how can we as christians impact the hearts of these young people who will continue to have a key influence on shaping culture and society both now and in the future.

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  Question asked by mark on Monday 22 Mar 2010.

  Why does it seem to me that, as a Church family, we are into theology, but only a very particular blend of neo-Calvinism rooted in a group of largely North American scholars?

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  Question asked by Phil Playfoot on Monday 22 Mar 2010.

  Does Paul's advice in Romans 13 "to submit to the governing authorities" undermine the case for Christians to pro-actively oppose or refuse to co-operate with legislation or policies that discriminate against Christian ethics and life-style.

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  Question asked by Lydia Townhill on Sunday 21 Mar 2010.

  Considering how easily the media in this country is able to misunderstand or twist politician's words and considering that they are voted representatives of the people, religious or otherwise, should Christian politicians publically "do God"?

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  Question asked by Maeve on Sunday 21 Mar 2010.

  When, if ever, is it appropriate for Christians (particularly female) to be in a demanding career at the inevitable and foreseeable expense of time and energy remaining for investment in family and church life?

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  Question asked by John Thacker on Saturday 20 Mar 2010.

  Can Introverts, Intellectuals and "Cosmopolitans" thrive (or even survive) in the Church? If so, how?

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  Question asked by Natalie on Friday 19 Mar 2010.

  Bearing in mind that only Jesus can change hearts, why should Christians try to influence legislation that deals with 'moral issues'?

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  Question asked by Hannah Mercer on Friday 19 Mar 2010.

  Do you think a tension exists between seeking to engage with and play a part in redeeming culture while at the same time not becoming wordly? Any advice for someone who wishes to be a culture shaper for Jesus as well as remaining 'unstained by the world' as James puts it?

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  Question asked by Hannah on Thursday 11 Mar 2010.

  The rise of islamic extremism and 'islamism' has been constantly in the news headlines in recent months. How can we as Christians make a difference among the muslim communities in our cities?

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  Question asked by Michele Mei on Thursday 11 Mar 2010.

  As artists it can at times feel like we are disconnected from normal church life. How can we seek to be equipped by our church & plugged in to a community that cares, & be encouraged to not feel like ‘work’ and ‘church’ are two separate things?

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