Welcome to Issue 72
Contents Pete Thomas asks where to draw the line between accepting the beliefs of others and preserving the Truth of the Bible.
… except when there is no one to blame … or you forgive them first!
Is the truth behind the Easter story lost in the annual celebration or is there value in ‘going through the motions’?
Does our approach to spreading the Gospel do more harm than good?
Tom Ducker continues the ongoing debate …
Michael Puljic explains the true role of the mother of Jesus in the Catholic Church.
Is the Bible anti-feminist or is it just interpreted by men? Sarah Trethewey discovers the true meaning of equality.
Alistair Disley ponders on modern idols — pop stars, footballers and money.
Should Christian broadcasting stations be allowed in the UK?
Apologies to anyone else that we have left out of this list.
The more observant reader will have noticed one or two small changes this issue, but we feel that they are enormously important changes.
The first change is that we've given our ever-developing website the recognition it needs and bought a domain name. For those who are less technically minded, that means you can now find our WebPages at www.christis.org.uk. It will mean that more people throughout the world will use this excellent resource. You can now search through virtually every article ever written for Christis, find out about what we're doing, pick up some guidelines for articles and see those awful photos of the committee. Articles can now be submitted through submissions@christis.org.uk. Please visit the site and tell the webmasters (Max Spicer & Tom Saddington) what you think.
The other change is more subtle. You will notice that inside our front cover there is a list of other societies active here in York. For some time this has included two non-Christian societies, which a number of people were uncomfortable seeing in an undeniably Christian magazine. Last term we had a request for another group, the Pagan Society to join this list. After lengthy discussion in our open meetings, we decided that they should be added to the list, and that we'd use the opportunity to rearrange the inside cover slightly. The list has been split between those groups that self-define as Christian, and those that don't. This has been done to combat the misnomer that if all the groups were in one list they all represented a similar level of truth — we leave that for the reader to decide.
It is important for Christis to recognise other faiths as they do exist on campus and may well give interesting viewpoints on our own beliefs. If you do come from a non-Christian background I would encourage you to write for Christis.
As always, we'd like to see more articles on all kinds of subjects. This term you may have less time due to exam commitments but if you want to take a break from revising, write us an article!
God bless,
Ian Miller
Pete Thomas asks where to draw the line between accepting the beliefs of others and preserving the Truth of the Bible.
… except when there is no one to blame … or you forgive them first!
Is the truth behind the Easter story lost in the annual celebration or is there value in ‘going through the motions’?
Does our approach to spreading the Gospel do more harm than good?
Tom Ducker continues the ongoing debate …
Michael Puljic explains the true role of the mother of Jesus in the Catholic Church.
Is the Bible anti-feminist or is it just interpreted by men? Sarah Trethewey discovers the true meaning of equality.
Alistair Disley ponders on modern idols — pop stars, footballers and money.
Should Christian broadcasting stations be allowed in the UK?
Declaration of aims:
Christis magazine, while having a Christian basis, is open to those of any faith or none. We welcome articles on social, political, religious, cultural and personal issues, provoking discussion within Christianity and beyond it.
Created with the help of the following people:
Matt Campbell
Rachel Cavill
Tim Clarke
Alistair Disley
Tom Ducker
Dave Maclure
Robert Marchant
Ian Miller
Michael Puljic
Vicki Russell-Smith
Tom Saddington
Max Spicer
Emma Tatnall
Peter Thomas
Sarah Trethewey
Peter Tylor
Ian Warren
Fiona Worthy
Apologies to anyone else that we have left out of this list.
Disclaimer:
The views contained in Christis are not necessarily the views of the Committee, neither are they all necessarily from a Christian viewpoint. If you have any doubts or concerns about anything you read in here, please email us at editor@christis.org.uk or drop a note in our societies pigeonhole in the SU building.
