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FIGHTING FOR HEARTS AND SOULS

22 October 2011

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WHAT’S UP AT DOWNTON ABBEY? wonders ROSEMARY DAWSON

ON PARADE: The Downton Abbey household

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THE serene world of upstairs, downstairs has been shattered by the First World War. In the second series of Downton Abbey the Grantham family and their household are experiencing the changes that war brings to Edwardian

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ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES AT WESTMINSTER

THOUSANDS of people have urged the Government to take action against global corruption by signing postcards produced by Christian relief and development agency Tearfund.

The postcards – entitled Unearth the Truth – call for the UK Government and European Union to introduce legislation that requires companies to publish the amount they pay developing countries for gas, oil and mining contracts.

Tearfund’s Chief Executive Matthew Frost and New Wine director John Coles delivered 10,000 postcards to the Treasury, where they met with David Gauke MP. ‘If people were better able to hold their governments to account, they would benefit from better education, health care and local services,’ said Paul Cook of Tearfund.

ARGUING FOR He went on to say GOD that laws forcing p8 extractive operators to publish what they pay to governments would bring ‘greater THE IPOD IS 10 accountability, p16 integrity and legitimacy to the sector’.

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Relief agency digs out truth on Third World excavation BISHOP CORRECTS MEDIA REPORTS

Cleric reacts to Cairo deaths AFTER violence in Cairo earlier this month left hundreds of people injured and 26 people dead, the General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK has requested investigations into the rising violence against Egyptian Christians.

He also requested investigations into the excessive force used by the military against the protesters, and the way the state media reported the events.

According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Bishop Angaelos made a statement commenting on the ‘major infringements’ of the state media. He said they made ‘premature, inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims that Christians had been firing shots at the military’ and televised ‘insults and profanities against Christians and Christianity’.

The Bishop went on to

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consider Egypt’s future, by pointing out that the country can either embrace ‘positive reform and the building of a new Egypt’ or continue ‘leaving unlawful acts unresolved and unprosecuted’.

CSW reports that the Bishop’s statement comes

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after the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces blamed protesters for attacking the soldiers, denied that demonstrators had been deliberately run over, claimed foreign powers had fomented the violence and praised the state media broadcasts.

WAR Cry seller Eric Rogers did not let his 90th I birthday celebrations stop him from selling the paper in Middle Street, Yeovil.

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From page 1 society and to individual lives.

The Dowager Countess of Grantham, who would like to be the one giving the orders in the grand house, has been particularly resistant to change – especially the idea of Downton being used as a convalescence home for wounded soldiers.

She does not like the thought of ‘resuscitation in the pantry and amputations in the dining room’, but her protests fell on deaf ears. Her son, the Earl of Grantham, and his wife supported her arch-rival in the household, Isobel Crawley, and the house was adapted to meet the needs of its military guests.

The war has brought previously unthinkable opportunities, above and below stairs. Lady Sybil has found her vocation as a nurse; her sister Lady Edith has learnt to drive a tractor, working on a farm. After being sent home from the fighting, former footman Thomas has returned to Downton as an acting sergeant with the responsibility of running the convalescence operation and liaising with the house and medical staff.

But the stresses and strains of war are all around.

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We have to face the fact that life is fragile Upstairs, Lady Mary has been worried over the safety of the man she loves, Captain Matthew Crawley.

Downstairs, the cook was anxious about the disappearance of her nephew and asked Lord Grantham to use his military contacts to find out what had happened to him. The news was devastating: her nephew was shot for cowardice.

However, the war is achieving something unexpected. Upstairs and downstairs are drawn together by circumstance, and discover that when it comes to human suffering and emotions they are not so very different.

Status and social standing may mean less today than

IN SERVICE: Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) helps convalescing soldiers, and (right) Maggie Smith as Dowager Countess of Grantham

they did in Downton days, but society can hardly be called equal. And it’s still possible to forget that, however rich or poor we are, whatever social category we supposedly fall into, there are some things that touch us all.

We have little or no control over experiences such as illness and the death of people we love. We endure sorrows, disappointments and relationship difficulties. We have to face the fact that life is fragile.

But the good news is that we all have something else in common: through his Son Jesus, God shows that he cares for each of us, whatever our position in the eyes of others.

He is interested in what we do with our lives, no matter who we are or what we’ve done. He offers us strength to make the most of our lives. He offers comfort to us when we are going through suffering – as well as forgiveness when we’ve caused others to suffer.

When we put our trust in God’s all-encompassing love, it transforms our view of our own lives and all the world. One early Christian wrote to his fellow believers: ‘Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other’ (Galatians 3:28 Contemporary English Version).

God is the one unchangeable, reliable, source of hope in an uncertain world – whether we’re seen as high-flyers, could-do-betters or nohopers. He wants to be part of our everyday dramas. We just have to ask.

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REGIONAL PRESS REPORTS ON HOW THE SALVATION ARMY IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Army is helping to people’s e r t n e c s s e l e m o h d n a l r e Sund eline to Steven was a lif MP Julie Elliott has taken a tour of a ‘life-changing’ centre for the homeless.

The MP for Sunderland Central went behind the scenes at Swan Lodge Lifehouse to find out more about the accommodation and support it offers to homeless men.

She also met resident Steven Kimberley, who moved into the 65-bed centre after he became homeless when his mother died. The 23-year-old, who now has a full-time job and aspires to be a social worker, told her: ‘I was very shy and nervous when I came to Swan Lodge with very low self-esteem.

‘I’d cared for my mum from the age of 12 and when she died last November, I became homeless as we lost our council house. Swan Lodge staff have really supported and encouraged me to have the determination and motivation to plan ahead for my life and get where I want to be.

IN THE HOUSE: Steven ‘I’ve done lots of courses and voluntary work, got Kimberley talks with a full-time job for the first time in my life and have Julie Elliott MP enrolled in college and hope to go to university to become a social worker.

‘For people who think this is access on-line training courses skills to cope with independent a doss house, that’s rubbish. through learning partners Learn living.

Everyone is here for different Direct.

‘I’ve not come across that reasons and the majority of peoShe said: ‘I’ve really enjoyed before; it’s a very positive prople are here because bad things my visit. The work gramme.’ have happened to them which done here is very Centre manager were out of their control.’ good and I was very Christine Ritchie When my Ms Elliott also found out interested in learning said: ‘We are about ways the centre in High about the Tenancy mum died I delighted Julie Street East gets residents ready Achievement award Elliott has taken for independent living, includ- scheme which is giv- became time to visit Swan ing the IT Suite where they can ing people the life- homeless Lodge and learn of

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the life-changing work taking place here.

‘Salvation Army Lifehouses are places of change and Steven is just one of many individuals who we feel privileged to have been able to help and support in his journey towards independent living.’

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A TEENAGER who hit ‘rock bottom’ now has a bright future ahead of her thanks to The Salvation Army.

After a series of family rows, Amy Wynne, 16, moved into her own flat while studying for her GCSEs.

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New life for East Lancash teenager ire thanks t o charity

She juggled school work with a part-time job, and tried to cope with living alone, but found it all too much.

After her exams she took an overdose because she feared she had done badly.

by Chris Gee In fact the bright youngster, who attended Rhyddings after her final GCSE when Amy High School, gained 13 GCSEs, took an overdose of paracetaincluding one A* and four A mol tablets.

After being admitted to grades.

Amy, who was also strug- hospital, Amy spent three in Royal Preston gling with the death of her weeks father, was then admitted to Hospital, where she says Accrington’s Salvation Army despair turned to hope.

She said: ‘I’ve done a lot of Crossroads Lifehouse, which talking since about my dad and helps homeless young people.

Now she is being supported how that affected me and I look by the project and has enrolled on things positively.

‘Without The Salvation Army, on a science course at I don’t think I would Blackburn College to have been able to go pursue her long-time back to studying. The ambition to become a staff here give us so veterinary nurse. She It just got much support.’ is also reconciled with her family. too much and Crossroads offers accommodation and Amy, from Oswaldsupport to homeless twistle, said: ‘My dad, I couldn’t young people, aged Tony Wynne, died two cope 16 to 25. years ago. We only Centre manager Lee Robinfound out he had cancer a son said: ‘All the staff here are week earlier.

‘I later moved out from my so proud of Amy. ‘To get so many top grades mum’s after family disagreements and eventually I got my despite what she has been through is amazing. own flat. I was still at school.

‘It’s so great to have the ‘I was working in a café in Accrington to earn some privilege to play a part in her money to eat, and was worry- continuing to pursue her dreams.’ ing I’d failed my exams.

‘It just got too much and G Reprinted with permission from I couldn’t cope.’

Things came to a head days the Lancashire Telegraph

BACK ON TRACK: Amy Wynne

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Comment

Programmes explore influence of faith in the world

Figures released last week show that almost one million (991,000) 16 to 24-year-olds are unemployed. They account for about a third of the 2.57 million people who have no work.

Politicians argue about whose fault it is. The Prime Minister points out that while unemployment may be high, interest rates are at a record low.

To a generation already in debt because of student loans – and with many over-qualified graduates settling for holding jobs in retail – low interest rates do not sound like a fair trade.

Many young people are simply not in a position to take advantage of low interest rates, which typically manifest themselves as cheap mortgages, because since the credit crunch it has become difficult for first-time buyers to get a mortgage.

Analysts offer numerous reasons for this appalling state of affairs, including the Euro crisis, the downturn in the global economy and lack of business confidence.

‘Confidence’ in the economic sense means the degree of optimism. Confidence is measured by how much people spend or save. When confidence is high, consumers spend and businesses invest. When people aren’t optimistic of getting a good return, they don’t invest. Traders have – or lose – confidence in a currency, and the price fluctuates accordingly.

Currencies and commodities are not the most important elements of an economy. People are. Unemployed people are losing confidence as every day passes. Every time their job application is unacknowledged, every time they are not called for interview, every time they cash their degree in for the minimum wage they are losing confidence in the system, in politicians, and – most damaging of all – they are losing confidence in themselves.

The welfare of people must top the economic agenda. People are more important than profits. To have an out-of-workforce that is detached, depressed and demoralised is a false economy.

RADIO

SOMETHING isn’t working. Youth unemployment is at a record high. Overall unemployment has not been as high since 1994.

RADIO 2 presents a selection of programmes to mark Faith In The World Week, which kicks off tomorrow (Sunday 23 October.)

On Aled Jones With Good Morning Sunday (6 am) the presenter asks: ‘What has religion done for women?’ His faith guest is Cantor Zoe Jacobs.

Brian D’Arcy reflects on the lives of inspirational women such as Mother Teresa and hymn-writer Cecil Frances Alexander in Sunday Half Hour (8.30 pm). The presenter explores how their work and witness have shaped the faith of others. Hymns include ‘All Things Bright And Beautiful’ and ‘How Great Thou Art’.

To continue the focus on women and faith, the daily Pause for Thought

slot – which starts on Monday (9.15 am) – will be delivered by women of different faiths.

In What Has Religion Done For Women?, next Tuesday (25 October 10 am) presenter Shelagh Fogarty speaks to women of different faiths to find out what their beliefs mean to them.

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People first

theologian Tina Beattie explains the historical depictions of famous religious women, while Shelagh explores whether customs and religious clothing empower women.

The presenter also speaks with Canon Lucy Winkett, before making her conclusions on religion and the identity women find in it.

Today’s Brian would constrict Pythons THE Monty Python team told the Radio Times that they would think twice about making the Life of Brian film today because religion has made a powerful comeback.

Actor Terry Jones told the magazine: ‘I never thought it would be as controversial as it turned out … I took the view it wasn’t blasphemous. It was heretical because it criticised the structure of the Church and the way it interpreted the gospels. At the time religion seemed to be on the back burner … It’s come back now with a vengeance.’

ON THE BOX

Fragile treasure examined

Dr Janina Ramirez and part of the Great East window

BBC

THE secrets of York Minster’s Great East window were explored in a documentary on BBC Four last week. In Britain’s Most Fragile Treasure, art historian Dr Janina Ramirez examined the 78ft stained-glass window, which has been dismantled for restoration work. The 311 panels of the 600year-old window tell the history of the world as told in the Bible, from Creation to the Last Judgment.

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Enjoying the countryside is a walk in the park GET your walking shoes on! As many schools are on half-term, the National Trust is holding its first Festival of Walking. The UK-wide event runs from today (22 October) until next Sunday (30 October).

More than 1,000 events are taking place at National Trust properties, aiming to get the British public outdoors and in touch with nature.

Dr Katherine Tryon from event sponsors PruHealth says: ‘The walking festival is a great way to get active with the whole family and there are walks to suit all levels of fitness.

‘Government guidelines recommend people walk 10,000 steps a day. Just 30 minutes of brisk walking each day can help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, maintain a healthy weight, improve selfesteem and reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.’

The walking events will include wildlife and heritage trails on 800 walking routes, downloadable from the National Trust website. Participants will be able to have a professional photograph taken – free of charge – of themselves on a walk.

Here are some of the different things that will be taking place at National Trust locations: O In the South West, 101 brand new onemile walks have been created which have been designed for everyone to enjoy, whatever their level of fitness. Self-guided walks are available from the National Trust website.

O Gibside near Newcastle upon Tyne is hosting a special night-walk tonight.

Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill Visitors will be required to take in Cambridgeshire on 24 October. torches for a guided walk around the Children are invited to discover grounds. the sights, smells and sounds of the O One of the most challenging gardens. They will be invited to walks of the festival will be held ‘wriggle like a worm’ and ‘scuttle at Carding Mill Valley and the like a beetle’ on a walk round the Shropshire Hills. Visitors can gardens and through the woodlands. walk or run the 17.5-mile route along O Barefoot walking will be taking Wenlock Edge, from Craven Arms place when ‘Barefoot Doctor’ to Much Wenlock. This will be Steve Bloor leads a trail over taking place tomorrow (23 October). different terrain, from pine needles O A children’s garden discovery to sticky mud, at Trenow, opposite walk is being held at Anglesey

People of all ages will enjoy the National Trust walks

St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall on 26 October.

William Wake from the National Trust’s outdoors team says: ‘Walking is the best way to explore the outdoors.

It’s also an ideal way for families to spend time together by enjoying the fresh air, exercising and learning about the history of our special places. The festival aims to help people discover ways to have fun outdoors and to get back in touch with nature.’

For more information visit nationaltrust.org.uk

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In the lion’s He has locked horns with some of the world’s most outspoken atheists. He is on a UK tour, debating in universities with those who deny the existence of God. Christian philosopher Dr WILLIAM LANE CRAIG, Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California, speaks to Nigel Bovey

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Dr Craig, what areas are you covering in your public debates?

Primarily, I am talking on the arguments in favour of Christian theism. I’m arguing for the existence of God and talking about the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth and his resurrection from the dead. I’m also discussing Richard Dawkins’s critique of God in his book The God Delusion.

Have you met Richard Dawkins?

So far, just once. We were on a panel discussing whether the Universe has meaning. I’d be very happy to meet with him in public debate.

Sometimes the atheist argument is forcefully put. What are the people you’ve debated with like? Are they forceful and aggressive?

It varies. Many of them are gentlemanly, civil folks. Some of them are colleagues of mine. Some of them are friends. Sometimes I meet someone who is condescending and nasty. It’s as diverse as people are diverse.

Is Christianity under threat?

Intellectually speaking, we are living at a time of a great intellectual renaissance of the Christian faith, not only in philosophy, but also in physics and in New Testament studies. These disciplines are far more open to the existence of a transcendent creator and designer of the Universe and to the historicity of the New Testament than they have been at any time in recent memory. We are well positioned to reclaim lost ground at the university.

In terms of popular culture, there is a tremendous rise of secularism. The entertainment industry and certain members of the so-called cultural elite have a very condescending and arrogant attitude towards Christianity.

New Atheists particularly want to see Christianity eliminated not only from the public square but also from private life. The rise of militant Islam also represents a major social threat to the Christian faith.

Some people are turned off Christianity because they can’t accept how a God of love can allow people – particularly innocent people – to suffer. Why does he?

The question of suffering sometimes morphs into the question of the hidden-

ness of God. It is particularly in moments of intense suffering that God’s seeming absence is most keenly felt.

There is a difference between the intellectual problem of suffering and the emotional problem of suffering.

Emotional suffering presents a very great obstacle to belief in God. But if we consider suffering as a purely philosophical question, it is very difficult to mount any kind of compelling argument for atheism on the basis of suffering in the world.

Typically, philosophers distinguish between two versions of the problem of suffering. The logical version says that God and the evil and suffering in the world are logically incompatible. No atheist has ever been able to prove a logical contradiction between the two.

Atheists, therefore, press the probabilistic version of suffering.

The argument goes: given the suffering in the world it is improbable that God exists. They then try to show that it is improbable that God has morally sufficient reasons for allowing suffering. The burden of proof is on their shoulders. This argument falls down because of the limitations of human persons and experience. We simply are not in a position to make those kinds of probability judgments with any sort of confidence.

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the answers. How do you respond to such logic?

This is a criterion of rationality that is far too restrictive and ultimately selfrefuting. It is too restrictive because if we should believe only what can be scientifically proven, we would have to be sceptical about things such as the reality of the external world, the reality of the past, the existence of other minds, mathematics, logic and truths of aesthetics and of ethics because none of these is scientifically proven.

We would also have to be sceptical about science itself, because science is permeated with assumptions that cannot be scientifically proven.

The proposition is ultimately selfrefuting because it cannot be scientifically proven that we should

One of the key planks of atheistic philosophy is that humans don’t need God because science has all DEFENDER OF THE FAITH: Dr William Lane Craig argues for the rationality of Christianity

The reality of the past, the existence of other minds, mathematics, logic and truths of aesthetics and ethics – none of these is scientifically proven

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From page 9 believe only what can be scientifically proven.

Another New Atheist proposition is that faith equals an irrational leap in the dark. Is that how you see faith?

It’s not the New Testament understanding of faith. The New Testament understanding of faith is not a way of knowing something; it is way of trusting in something – a way of putting your confidence in something.

This is not incompatible with having good evidence to believe that it is true.

The Bible says that the demons believe God exists. But they don’t put their trust in him.

Having good evidence for the existence of God is one thing. Putting your trust and confidence in him is another.

New Atheists argue that evolution

negates the need for God. Does it?

There is no inherent contradiction between the existence of God and God using the evolutionary process as a means by which he brings about biological complexity. I am not necessarily advocating that position but it is clearly consistent and one that many Christians hold to.

The ultimate question of origins is where did the Universe come from?

That cannot be answered by a biological theory of evolution. That is a cosmological question. The best evidence seems to indicate that the Universe had an absolute beginning in the finite past, which was preceded by nothing. This points to a transcendent creator who brought the Universe into being. If he then used evolutionary processes to bring about life on this planet, I think that is his prerogative.

If someone asks you to prove that God exists, what do you say?

I would say there are any number of

God is the best explanation for why anything at all exists

good arguments for the existence of God. Here are seven: God is the best explanation for why anything at all exists.

God is the best explanation for the origin of the Universe in the finite past.

God is the best explanation for the fine-tuning of the Universe for intelligent life.

God is the best explanation for the existence of objective moral values and duties in the world.

The very possibility of God’s existence implies that God exists.

The historical facts for the life, death and resurrection of Jesus are best explained by the fact that God exists.

God can be personally known and experienced. Together they provide a powerful cumulative case for thinking that the God revealed by Jesus of Nazareth exists.

‘The possibility of God’s existence implies that he exists.’ That sounds

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How and when did you become personally convinced of the facts of the Resurrection?

I came to faith when I was 16. I wasn't raised in a Christian family. I first heard the message of God’s love through a girl who sat in front of me in high school. It lit a fire within me and I spent the next six months going through the most intense spiritual struggle.

I read the New Testament from cover to cover. I read Christian books. I talked to Christians. I was absolutely captivated by the person of Jesus of Nazareth. There was a ring of truth about his teaching.

There was an authenticity about his life that I had never encountered before that was just undeniable.

After six months of searching, I yielded my life to Jesus and made a commitment to him as my Lord and Saviour.

What still convinces you about Jesus?

My faith has been deepened and broadened as a result of my studies.

Today, my understanding of the philosophical and historical grounds for Christianity is more sophisticated. But fundamentally that initial deep attraction to the person of Jesus of Nazareth and that self-authenticating truth of what he said and did still stands.

self-fulfilling. Could you explain, please?

This is the ontological argument, which basically says that, by definition, God is the maximally great being. If we could conceive of anything greater than God then that would be God. So, by definition, the concept of God is the concept of a maximally great being.

What would such a being be like?

All-powerful, all-knowing, all-good, and he would exist in every logically possible world.

Now, if such a being’s existence is even possible that means that there is a possible world in which such a being exists. If, then, he exists in even one possible world, it follows that he exists in all of them, including the actual world.

Therefore, if God’s existence is even possible, it follows that God exists.

Why, to rework an expression from Richard Dawkins, isn’t God a delusion?

Because those seven arguments are based on the wide range of data from human experience – philosophical, scientific, ethical, historical, existential – that speaks to the existence of God. What is the evidence for the

So your faith is based on more than the acceptance of a moral philosophy or logical argument?

Yes, it is.

Christianity is confirmed by the evidence, but my faith is based on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

God is the best explanation for the origin of the Universe in the finite past resurrection of Jesus?

Christianity stands or falls on the event of Jesus’ resurrection – not on the evidence for it. It is entirely conceivable that the Resurrection is a real event of history but that today we might not have very good evidence for it. That’s the way most history is.

However, New Testament historians recognise three facts about the Resurrection: the tomb of Jesus was found empty by a group of his women followers on the Sunday morning after his crucifixion; various individuals experienced appearances of Jesus alive after his death while in the company of others; the earliest disciples came to believe suddenly and sincerely that God had raised Jesus from the dead, despite having every predisposition to the contrary.

How do we best explain those facts? To me, the hypothesis that the disciples gave – that God raised Jesus from the dead – is the best explanation of these facts.

What does your relationship with Jesus give you?

Many people talk about the love or the joy or the peace that knowing Jesus imparts. These are wonderful and precious. But above anything, coming to know Christ gave me meaning to life.

As a non-Christian, I sensed the meaninglessness and the darkness of a life doomed to end in death. I saw no purpose in life. It had no value.

As a Christian, I wake up every day with a sense that what I do today has eternal significance – that my life matters. It is the investing of life with eternal meaning and significance that is the most life-changing aspect of my relationship with Jesus.

G Dr Craig is speaking at various venues in the UK 17–26 October. For more information visit reasonablefaith.org

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WORDSEARCH

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9 Solution on page 15

Look up, down, forwards, backwards and diagonally on the grid to find these characters from ‘Downton Abbey’ ANNA BATES BRANSON CORA

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Pitcher (4) 3. Donkey (3) 5. Platform (4) 7. Partner (9) 9. Vow (4) 10. Spindle (4) 11. Drain (5) 14. Blossom (5) 15. Scent (5) 17. Inactive (5) 18. Stain (5) 19. Elected (5) 20. Rambler (5) 23. Intellect (4) 25. Froth (4) 27. Privacy (9) 28. Standard (4) 29. Aged (3) 30. Dumb (4)

ANSWERS QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Ewer. 3 Ass. 5 Dais. 7 Associate. 9 Oath.

10 Axle. 11 Sewer. 14 Bloom. 15 Odour. 17 Inert. 18 Taint.

19 Opted. 20 Hiker. 23 Nous. 25 Foam. 27 Seclusion.

28 Norm. 29 Old. 30 Mute.

DOWN: 1 Echo. 2 Rush. 3 Above. 4 Smile. 5 Data 6 Sane.

7 Atrocious. 8 Extortion. 11 Smith. 12 Wreck. 13 Rotor.

14 But. 16 Rod. 21 Igloo. 22 Eased. 23 Noon. 24 Seem.

25 Form. 26 Mare.

QUICK QUIZ 1 Mg. 2 Wendy Craig. 3 Kiki Dee. 4 John Higgins.

5 Sleep. 6 Norway.

HONEYCOMB 1 Parade. 2 Vanish. 3 Shower. 4 Plural. 5 Client. 6 Orient.

COMPETITION WINNERS THE winners of the Songs of Praise: Celebrating 50 Years book competition are P. Squire from Trefnant, M. MacLean of Glasgow and B. Hawthorn of Ely. The city in which the first Songs of Praise programme was made was Cardiff.

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MARY MATTHEW MOLESLEY MR CARSON MRS HUGHES MRS PATMORE O’BRIEN

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HONEYCOMB Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number 1. Public procession 2. Disappear suddenly 3. Light rain fall 4. More than one in number

DOWN 1. Resound (4) 2. Dash (4) 3. Over (5) 4. Grin (5) 5. Information (4) 6. Rational (4) 7. Very cruel (9) 8. Obtaining by force (9) 11. Metal worker (5) 12. Ruin (5) 13. Helicopter part (5) 14. Nevertheless (3) 16. Metal bar (3) 21. Snow-hut (5) 22. Assuaged (5) 23. Midday (4) 24. Appear (4) 25. Shape (4) 26. Female horse (4)

5. Person using the services of an organisation 6. Countries of the East

QUICK QUIZ 1. What is the chemical symbol for magnesium?

2. Who played Ria Parkinson in the TV series Butterflies?

3. Who sang a duet with Elton John on the No 1 hit ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’?

4. Which snooker player has the nickname The Wizard of Wishaw?

5. Someone with somniphobia is afraid of what?

6. In which country is the Lærdal tunnel located?

INNER LIFE

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To commemorate this year’s 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, PHILIPPA SMALE looks at some everyday expressions popularised by the translation

twinkling of an eye

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RADIO 2 presenter Richard Allinson, whose usual programme consists of three hours of early-morning weekend listening, was sitting in for Vanessa Feltz on the weekday 5 am show.

Richard said: ‘One of the privileges of doing this programme is that it’s over in the mere twinkling of an eye and then you can go and have breakfast ’cos you’re hungry.’

When Richard used the phrase ‘the twinkling of an eye’ – a time span so short it is scarcely measurable – he was quoting the apostle Paul.

The early-day Christian leader wrote many letters of encouragement to followers of the new Christian faith.

In one of them, he talks about what happens after death. He starts by saying that Jesus’ resurrection is the pivot on which Christianity rests. He then goes on to look at what will happen to everyone at ‘the resurrection of the dead’, when our mortal nature will be replaced by an immortal one.

He writes: ‘Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be

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‘Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump’ (1 Corinthians 15:51, 52)

changed’ (1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 you? And if I’m on my way to get New International Version). your room ready, I’ll come back and What exactly happens after death get you so you can live where I live’ is a great mystery. However, knowing (John 14:1–3 The Message).

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Shrub gives me a gardening problem

THERE is a shrub in my garden that has been there for many years. I don’t know the name of the species, but it

by JENNIFER has small, greeny-yellow leaves and HEATON can be trimmed into a nice, rounded shape.

The shrub made me think about the experiences people go through which are similar to that of a plant. We go through times of growth and prosperity and then there are barren patches when life isn’t so fruitful.

Jesus told many stories about plants. When telling his listeners to rely on God for their needs, he told them to consider the beauty of the lilies and how God clothed them. When talking about the need for discernment, he reminded his hearers that a sound tree cannot bear evil fruit; nor a bad tree good fruit.

He likened himself to a vine and told his followers that they were like branches. He said:

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‘I am the vine and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything without me’ (John 15:5 Contemporary English Version).

When, like a pile of autumn leaves, troubles mount around them, many people cut themselves off from God. But, even at such difficult times, if we stay connected to him, new life will blossom.

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Up until this year it always looked neat and tidy, but for some reason it became bare on one side and looked rather forlorn. It was possible that winter frosts damaged the plant so much that it could not recover.

I was left with the problem of what to do next.

Should I leave the shrub as it was, waiting to see if it would green up? Or would it be better to cut it down, giving the other plants growing in its shade the chance to flourish?

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Bolognese pasta bake Ingredients: 1tbsp olive oil 1 large onion 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 700g minced beef 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 2tsp dried Italian herbs 2tbsp sun-dried tomato purée

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Steamed lemon sponge pudding Ingredients: 2tbsp lemon curd 50g butter, softened 50g caster sugar 1 medium egg 50g self-raising flour Finely grated zest of 1 lemon Method: Take two 150ml plastic pudding basins with tight-fitting lids and butter the bases. Add 1tbsp of lemon curd to the bottom of each basin.

In a mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar, egg and flour with a wooden spoon until pale and

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fluffy. Add the lemon zest and mix well. Pour into the prepared pudding basins and cover.

Fill a pan with boiling water and place over the heat.

When the water has come back to the boil, place the puddings in a steamer on top of the pan. Cover the pan with a lid and reduce the heat to a steady simmer.

Steam for 35–40 minutes or until the puddings have risen and are firm to the touch.

Remove the puddings from the heat and turn out onto a serving dish immediately.

The lemon curd at the bottom of the basins becomes the sauce. Serve immediately with cream.

Serves 2

300g penne pasta 25g butter 25g flour 450ml milk 100g Cheddar cheese, grated 2tbsp finely grated Parmesan cheese Basil leaves, to garnish Method: Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and fry the onion and garlic for 8–10 minutes until softened.

Add the mince and brown over a high heat. Stir in the tomatoes, herbs and tomato purée. Season well. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Cook the pasta in a pan of lightly salted boiling water until just tender. Drain and rinse under cold water.

Heat the butter in a large pan until it has melted, then stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in the milk, then bring to the boil, whisking all the time until the sauce has thickened. Simmer gently for 2 minutes. Stir in half the Cheddar and season to taste.

Stir in the pasta.

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6.

Spread the meat mixture in a deep gratin dish. Top with the pasta and sauce. Sprinkle over the rest of the Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses. Bake the dish for 25–30 minutes, until bubbling and golden.

Serves 6

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MP3 player has changed the way we listen to music writes RENÉE DAVIS

IT has changed the face of portable music. Rocked the pop industry. Plays the soundtrack to many people’s lives.

Tomorrow (Sunday 23 October) the iPod hits 10.

The iPod wasn’t the first MP3 player on the shelves.

But its design and feel made it a smash hit with music-lovers.

In 2001, the first iPod offered ‘1,000 songs in your pocket’, which could be uploaded on an Apple computer using the music software iTunes. It also boasted a super-thin 5GB hard drive that stored music, presentations, documents, graphic images and digital movies.

The following year, Apple introduced the second generation iPod which held 4,000 songs and was compatible with Windows.

Ever since, the iPod has continued to change.

Different styles and sizes have emerged, such as the mini, the shuffle and the Nano.

The latest iPod Touch has retina display, FaceTime video calling, HD video recording and a game centre.

Oh, and it still plays music.

BELTING IT OUT: the iPod has helped to make music more mobile

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More than 275 million sales since its launch suggests that the iPod is, for many people, one of life’s essential gadgets.

As Apple co-founder Steve Jobs said in 2001: ‘Listening to music will never be the same again.’

He was right.

Many people have

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cast aside their vinyl records and CDs in favour of his player.

But each iPod is only as ‘must-have’ as the latest version. Before long something better and brighter comes along.

So, will the perfect, future-proof version ever appear? Something that will

So, will the perfect, future-proof version ever appear?

never become redundant?

Something we’ll want to keep at our side?

If we want a sound track to follow in life, we can do no better than to tune in to Jesus. His sound bites – such as, ‘love your enemy’ – don’t go out of date. His message of God’s love and forgiveness is for all time. His words are eternal truth.

There is no greater truth than this: when we ask for – and receive – his forgiveness, God erases the record of our wrongdoing and gives us a place at his side.

Don’t just shuffle through life. Get on track with Jesus.

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