An experience of the ultimate truth

Michael Graham was a devotee of Siddha Yoga for 28 years. As a seeker of truth, he studied under India’s most respected gurus until he came to a startling conclusion. He turned his back on his past, acknowledged Jesus Christ as his Saviour and Lord, and found the peace that he had been searching for all his life.

Martin Smith, frontman for the band Delirious? and his wife Anna were proud new parents for the sixth time when Challenge spoke to Martin about their other ‘new baby’ Compassionart. Now a little further down the track we catch up with story. The idea for Compassionart is simple. Songwriters receive royalties for their work. Why not write some songs that people will love to sing and donate the royalties to help support projects for some of the poorest people in the world?

Dr Ken Curtis began his career as a young minister and TV producer in America. Together with Hollywood producer Dick Ross they formed a film company to make movies which reflected the Christian faith. Their first film was The Cross and the Switchblade which told the life-changing story of gang member Nicky Cruz and preacher David Wilkerson. This movie went on to be translated into 70 languages and distributed around the world.

No one made greater claims for himself than Jesus Christ. In this series we examine some of these claims. But take care. Our attitude toward Jesus Christ will never be the same again! If his claims are found to be false then we must reject him as the greatest deceiver of all time! If his claims are found to be true then we must respond to those claims, and live our lives in the light of them by acknowledging Jesus as our Saviour and the Lord of our life! Sitting on the fence will not be an op

We’re used to the term ‘silver surfers’ as meaning mature computer/Internet users – or as the BBC’s Woman’s Hour so helpfully pointed out, ladies over 40 who actually jump onto surf boards! But one Christian organisation is looking for ‘silver servers’. After increasing the number of holidays and missions for 2008 Scripture Union are recruiting volunteers by targeting the ‘silver server’ community, those aged over 50 who volunteer, a

Magazines at supermarket checkouts delight in revealing the struggles of ‘celebrities’. It may be a ‘star’ desperately trying for a baby, one going through a traumatic relationship, another with an eating disorder or post-natal depression. Their stories are sensationalised. Often they’ll be back next week with a new ‘revelation’ but no real answers.

‘It all began 10 weeks ago; actually it will now be 11. Time passes so quickly.’ It sounds like the opening phrase of a novel. Something you pick up to while away an hour or two, but through Christianity Explored I discovered a right good read - the Bible! I’ll be completely honest, when I signed up I wasn’t sure what I’d let myself in for. I didn’t know what Christianity meant for me so the thought of discussing it with relative strangers was a scary pros

By Sandie Shirley

As a member of one of the toughest soldier regiments in the UK, Jamie Kidd, developed a thirst for violence and visited prostitutes. But when the former paratrooper, aged 28, cheated death twice he surrendered his life to Jesus and later became a world-wide missionary.

Over half of Britons believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, according to new research published by Theos, the public theology think tank.

With the Olympic Games taking place in China, the name of Eric Liddell comes to mind. Eric was of course the runner who took gold in the 1924 Olympics before devoting his life to teaching and mission in China, where he had been born of Scottish missionary parents. His story was made into a film, Chariots of Fire (1981) which won four Oscars. Eric was a world class sprinter who was being talked of as a potential gold medallist in the 100 metres in the 1924 Olympics. But when the schedule fo