February for March (Easter) 2008 on thesheepdip.co.uk
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Get ready for The Passion
 This Holy Week, the BBC will be screening a brand-new drama that will be a must-see for every Christian. Called The Passion, it follows the events of the days before Christ’s crucifixion.
The drama, which will be shown in half-hour episodes, will start on Palm Sunday and finish with its dramatic climax on Easter Sunday. Actors taking part include James Nesbitt and David Oyelowo. Christ will be played by Joseph Mawle.
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Why is Easter so early?
 Easter is the most important date in our Christian calendar, but its date constantly moves round. Easter can fall anytime between March 22 and April 25, and this year it’s at one of the earliest possible dates – the earliest for almost 200 years. But have you ever stopped to think why?
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Christian computing
 Ever missed Songs of Praise and wished that they repeated it when you wanted to watch it? Or wanted to catch something said on The Big Questions, but didn't video it? Well, now there's a new way to catch your favourite BBC programmes - the iPlayer. Time Smith explains more about how easy it is to use.
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Bible Society News
‘We don’t do God,’ said Alastair Campbell famously – even though his boss, Tony Blair clearly very much did do God.
Then Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, announced categorically in a Radio Five Live interview that he doesn’t believe in God.
And so the debate sparks … Does faith have a role in public life? Should religion have a place in the public square?
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BibleLands news
 A new regular update of work carried out by BibleLands.
The Helen Keller Centre in Jerusalem is a school for blind children with a reputation for excellence that has become both national and international.
The Centre was founded as a home for blind girls by English missionary, Mary Lovell, in the 1890s.
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Quality Christian cartoon
Every month we bring you an exclusive cartoon to save and use in your church newsletters. This month's is pictured above. Your download is not watermarked.
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The questionnaire
 Our regular feature in which famous Christians answer a range of questions about their faith, life and beliefs continue with the questions being answered by Premier Christian Radio's John Pantry.
John is the co-presenter of Inspirational Breakfast every weekeday morning.
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Stewardship column
 The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer coined the phrase ‘cheap grace’. Writing during the rise of Nazi Germany for Bonhoeffer cheap grace was worship without discipleship, forgiveness without repentance, grace without the cross. What we do with money is part of our discipleship and Jesus hard words about money suggest that it is possible for our attitude to wealth and possessions to be another arena in which cheap grace is possible: possessing the gift while forgetting the Giver.
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Quality Christian clip-art
 Every month we bring you an exclusive piece of clip-art to save and use in your church newsletters. This month is a communion illustration.
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Everything I need to know I learned from my children ...
 There are a few things that Andrew believes with a faith that would make St Paul proud. He believes that he cannot get to sleep without cuddling Cream Cat. He believes that Barney, the purple dinosaur, is real. And he knows that he can leap from the tallest climbing frame, wall or slide without injury.
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Christian TV & radio
 Premier Christian Radio is perhaps the most well-known Christian radio station in the UK. Launched in 1994, originally as a London-only radio station, its service now includes a TV station – premier.tv - via its website.
Premier offers a wide range of programming that will appeal to Christians of all denominations.
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Our new gardening column
 Bare patches of earth begin to disappear in mature borders this month, as plants start their growing season. Early colour in the form of spring bulbs will signal that the days are getting longer and the soil warmer. Remember to dead head early Daffodils as they finish flowering and apply a top dressing of bone meal around the leaves, to help feed the bulbs for next year.
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Behind the hymn
 THERE aren’t too many modern hymns which deal with Scripture and focus our attention on the written Word. Perhaps there never have been, but certainly a recurrent theme among observers of today’s church scene is how far we’ve strayed from our ancestors’ immersion in the Bible, in both public and private devotions.
A look at Anne Steele's hymn Father of mercies, in Thy Word
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Barney's page
 Our regular page for children looks at the Easter story this month – by focusing on the fact that Jesus died and rose again, making him alive today.
Scripture is Romans 6:9-11, and there are the usual jokes, puzzle, prayer and comment that children will really enjoy and be challenged by.
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Bible places 11: The Via Dolorosa
As we approach Easter, our thoughts will be very much on Christ’s suffering, the journey to the Cross and, of course, the resurrection which enabled our salvation.
The Stations of the Cross are 14 scenes that help us remember different parts of this first Easter. They include Jesus being condemned to death, receiving the cross, falling three times and ends with Jesus’ dead body being laid in the tomb.
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Friends and Heroes
 An award-winning children’s animation series, which weaves Old and New Testament stories into its narrative, is now available as a great resource for churches to use in its children’s sessions.
Friends and Heroes, which has been broadcast on BBC2, is an animated action-adventure for children.
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Spacefillers
 A collection of short quotes and jokes to help you fill some space in your newsletter. Examples include: 'If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.' from
St Francis of Assisi.
Ideal if you have a gap at the bottom of a page and don't know what to do with it!
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Bookworm heaven
 Our monthly round-up of some of the new titles hitting the Christian bookshops. A must for anyone wanting to further enhance their faith.
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