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When celebrity culture imparts wisdom Soap operas can be an obsession. But alongside celebrity gossip they serve a function that morality plays occupied in earlier times. In morality plays characters wrestled with complex choices: between good and evil, right and wrong, the ways of life versus those of death. In popular...
The rush to promote abortion as a response to Zika invites serious questions The post-Christian West is fond of believing itself to be a harbinger of moral progress and human betterment. But does this stand the reality test? We have recently seen a plethora of media reports reflecting the eye-watering opportunism...
Why new atheists need to know more of atheism's history Review by John Martin CMF Head of Communications We owe a great debt to the philosopher John Gray, (1) a former professor of European Thought at LSE and himself an atheist. Gray wants this generation to learn lessons of history....
Communicating faith in an age of scepticism Timothy Keller Hodder & Stoughton, 2015, £16.99 Hb 310pp, ISBN 9781444702170 Available as an ebook. Reviewed by John Martin, CMF Head of Communications Tim Keller continues to amaze with his prolific output. In his words this is 'a manifesto, not a manual'. Plenty of...
Brian Wakeman Penn Press, 2013, £7.99, Pb 280pp, ISBN 9781780036175 Reviewed by John Martin, CMF Head of CommunicationsQuite a few books of poems cross the Triple Helix editor's desk. Most are simply random collections. Here is something different, a poet who supplies notes alongside his offerings, to assist preachers...
A Mission Doctor in Tanganyika 1949-1990 Marion Bartlett MB, FCRCS Self published, 2013, £22.00, Pb 354pp, ISBN 9781909075139 Available from Timothy Fox, 40 Lakebar Avenue, Lancaster LA2 7JN Reviewed by John Martin, CMF Head of CommunicationsMarion Bartlett's chronicle of life as a pioneering surgeon is a useful contribution to the...
Richard Scott Wilberforce Publications, 2013 £7.29 Pb 200 pp, ISBN 978095752515 Reviewed by John Martin, CMF Head of Communications In 2009 at a CMF conference Richard Scott heard four Christian doctors and nurses who had run into trouble with their professional organisations. He left with five words ringing in his ears:...
Faith is not disappearing Review by John Martin CMF Head of Communications The British Humanist Association used to be a bit of a joke. In recent years, however, its forays into the marketplace of ideas have become much more venomous. What we should never accuse it of is lack...
PRIME In 2012, 99 PRIME tutors carried out 57 separate programmes in 29 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and Australasia providing teaching and training to over 4,000 individuals. The PRIME team continues to experience an expanding sense of vision and blessing: 2012 saw growth...
E-news Updates February saw the launch of the new-look CMF E-news Updates. These can be tailored to members' interests. There were three versions of the first CMF Update – for Students, Juniors and Graduates. Please forward the Updates to potential members and spread the word about CMF. Foundations Last...
