JOY Magazine

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As a former gym junkie, I am reminded of the ‘101’ of building a great physique – the first rule is to burn more calories than you consume. The second rule is to ensure that the fuel (food) that you feed your body is healthy, so that you can see grow

The Atlantic

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The Christian musician says she is unsure about the morality of LGBTQ relationships. Not all of her fans are prepared to accept that.

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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So, it seems the church is shrinking. The mosque and synagogue, too, for that matter. Not that this is breaking news. It has long been known that the numbers of Americans who belong to religious organizations are dwindling. But last week, that declin

POPSUGAR

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I knew from the beginning that my ex-girlfriend, L, was magic and her unique relationship to God made my experience of her all the more holy. What I never realized, however, was how much L's Christian faith affected me personally during our time tog

Mornings with Jesus

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AS I WRITE THIS, MY treasured business’s future is uncertain, my freelance writing jobs are intermittent, and we’re struggling to make ends meet. Why wouldn’t I worry? Yet Jesus said simply, “Don’t.” In this verse, Jesus pointed out a long list of co

Prog

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I an Anderson is not messing about. A few months ago Prog asked the man synonymous with Jethro Tull about the challenges of post-Covid touring, and when he said, “I expect to be wearing a mask for the rest of my professional life,” he didn’t just mea

Who Do You Think You Are?

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JANET BOSWORTH got in touch for help with her brick wall: Oswald George Jones Q I can find no trace of my ancestor Oswald George Jones after the 1881 census. He was baptised on 7 March 1858 at Christ Church, Cobridge, and married Sarah Ann Hambleton

JOY Magazine

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I’ve had the opportunity to speak at several Christian conferences and churches on the importance of parents teaching their kids apologetics (how to make a case for and defend the truth of the Christian faith). When I speak, I often begin by asking t

60 Days of Prayer

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But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. JAMES 1:6 (NIV) IN DIFFICULT TIMES, when you ask for God’s help do you doubt that He is listening? When your faith

Mornings with Jesus

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FEAR IS A DREAM KILLER. Fear makes me think of all the negative outcomes that could happen if I do something out of my comfort zone: Somebody might not like it. I don’t know how to do it. People will talk about me. Or . . . it might not work. I weary

Mornings with Jesus

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IT’S EASY TO GO TO work or shop or do other activities and never let anyone know you are a Christian. Usually, folks will think you’re a nice person or a good employee, and you can just peacefully coexist through life that way. But that is not what J

JOY Magazine

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In difficult times like these with global uncertainty and a nation-wide lockdown, I like to pray and write down all the things that I am so grateful for. Firstly, I like to remember the person who led me to the Lord. The counsellor who, so carefully,

NPR

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Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy and a devout Christian, shares how she bridges the divide.

Reason

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VER THE LAST 15 years, two growing groups of people have been drifting away from traditional organized religion. One is the “Nones,” the 25 or so percent of American adults who consider themselves religiously unaffiliated. The other—which overlaps wi

JOY Magazine

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Topics around relocation and immigration protocols routinely cannibalise conversations at braais and dinner parties. The truth is we all know someone in the process of moving overseas, but what is the true Christian response to emigration? Lennie de

Mornings with Jesus

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I MEMORIZED THESE VERSES AS a child and always thought of them as two complete thoughts that sum up the Christian imperative. Love God. Love others. It was not until I became an adult that someone pointed out to me that third essential part: love you

Mornings with Jesus

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IF ONLY I HAD A nickel for every time I’ve asked someone, young or old, this question: “What new thing has Jesus been impressing on your heart?” (Yet I am a rich woman because, as I’ve listened to the answers, the bank account of my faith has swelled

JOY Magazine

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We live in a world that is increasingly more hostile towards Christianity, and most of us (believers) have found ourselves in situations where our faith is questioned, or even flat out denied by atheists. Many have gotten into heated arguments when t

JOY Magazine

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The apostle Paul exhorts Christians to “walk by faith and not by sight” – 2 Corinthians 5:7. What we see here is a contrast between truth and perception—what we know and believe to be true and what we perceive to be true. This is where the Christian

JOY Magazine

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City Bible Church (CBC) opened its doors on the 21st of February 1993 in Bedfordview, Johannesburg. After seven years of establishing their first church, Pastors Errol and Debbie Mustafa embarked on a journey to start City Bible Church Jacksonville U

Mornings with Jesus

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I TEACH A LOT OF literature from the Victorian period, when the world was reeling from the publication of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. People were losing their faith en masse because they could not reconcile this new science with their versi

JOY Magazine

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Church leader, Nadhir*, is a 28-year-old former rapper from North Africa. Before he met Jesus, he led a self-indulgent lifestyle of drugs, drinking, and clubbing. Nadhir would still visit his local mosque in North Africa while indulging in these acti

PEARL

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There are quite a number of people who yearn to live a life of meaning and value. We are embodied creatures with needs that defy rational understanding. The modest person, by and large, appreciates what he or she has. However, there is quite a depart

Empire Australasia

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“We were not just going to give the fans some spy/assassins movie.” “My parents were evangelical Christians. They believed in demons, the rapture, all that stuff.” “I was thrown flat on my face, then he was on me. I just protected my ears, my eye

JOY Magazine

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In 2019, the Barna Research Group published a report, Reviving Evangelism, drawn from a study that looked at the experiences and expectations of Christians and non-Christians in America. What was perhaps most pertinent was the finding that “Christian

JOY Magazine

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I would like to congratulate Desiree Mansfield on her wonderful and insightful article in JOY’s Feb/Mar issue, “Are We Cursed Because Of Our Government’s Decision On Israel?” This is an article nearer the truth than most people will realise and sadly

Mornings with Jesus

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ACKNOWLEDGING THAT MY FAITH CONTAINS endless paradoxes that I may never understand helps me in my study of the Bible. So does the reality of my life experience. Although none of my family members have raised a sword against me, there has been an unde

Psychologies

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“George Michael said we gotta have it, others say we’ve got to keep it… We should take a leap of it and others call it blind… Faith. I am not talking about hope and optimism, faith’s wispier sisters, but the unshakeable confidence that there is somet

JOY Magazine

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We often hear things like “You were created for a purpose”or “There is a reason why you are here,” but how do we embrace this? How do these words from the heart of the Father become a reality in our lives? Maybe the world has a stronghold on you that

JOY Magazine

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Hollywood is known for its lack of morals, its advocacy of debauchery, and its blatant disregard for our Christian faith, and all that we hold dear. Born in Cape Town, Stelio Savante has a powerful testimony and an outright love for Jesus. He stands