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Politics, Grace and Service
With the UK general election just around the corner, and with two sets of elections in the Adventist Church this summer, Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, reflects on politics, grace, and the how his vote should be primarily based on service to others.
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God In A Recession
Practical advice for an economic crunch time. "Worry actually changes nothing," Pastor Ian Sweeny, leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, states. However, he doesn't just leave it there. He notes that as Christians, we have to be responsible. He then gives some very practical advice from his own experience as to how to make ends meet, even in difficult times.
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Syria - a Christian response.
Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, discusses the complex issues surrounding the Syrian crisis. How should a Christian respond?
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'The Rock' exhibition
Taking traditional evangelism and showcasing it in a new environment led artist Laurent Grisel on a two year quest to mount an exhibition at Wimbledon Public library. For a full week, Monday, 21 – Sunday 27 October, library visitors could stroll around the gallery and discover how the 2,500 year old prophecy of 'The Rock' in Daniel chapter 2 is still relevant in their lives today.
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C S Lewis - 50th anniverary of his death
Dr Debbie Higgens is not just a fan of CS Lewis, she is the on-site director of 'The Kilns', Lewis' former home. Fifty years on from his death on 22 November 1963, Debbie will be among the guests at a special Westminster Abbey service where his name will be added to those celebrated in the poet's corner. Debbie is both the first Adventist and the first academic to be on site warden at the Kilns. In this interview she shares how Lewis had a profound influence on her life… and the life of thousands of others.
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Not Tired but Energised!
Church at its best will transform communities. In 'Not Tired but Energised', Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland shares just a few examples of how that is happening -- in a formerly derelict community hall, in the life of a former drug abuser and Satanist, in the lives of young people, and on the streets of London.
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2014 year-end message - Pastor Ian Sweeney
If you survived the craziness of the black Friday sales you did well. The financially restrained Pastor Ian Sweeney found himself astonished at how people were desperate to get their hands on televisions -even to the point that people began fighting and cursing one another. That hardly seems to be the spirit of Christmas. Perhaps there is a better way to share that spirit. In his year-end message, Pastor Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, admires the desperation of the paralytic in the Mark 2 story and how he strived to get into Jesus presence. "Perhaps as Christians we ought to exhibit the same passion to be in the presence of Jesus and be desperate to share our testimony of Jesus."
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Olympic Torch Witness
Catching up with the Olympic flame outside Windsor Castle, Victor Hulbert and Kirsten Øster-Lundqvist take a look at Christian witness during the run-up to the Olympics – and during London 2012 itself. [Cameraman: Hristijan Demerdzhiev. Editor: Kofi Osei-Owusu]
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Olympic Photographer
What makes an Adventist a good Olympic photographer. Love of God and nature leads to a love of photography for Daryl Gungadoo.