17 September 2011 salvationarmy.org.uk/warcry

by PHILIP HALCROW

MILTON JONES is delivering some divinecomedy in a new book. ‘As a comedian,jokes are how I engage with the world,’ hetells The War Cry. ‘I am also a Christian. Inthis book those two things come together.’

In 10 Second Sermons the stand-up performer andMock the Week panellist uses one-liners (and a few cartoons) to make observations about subjects such as

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� EVANGELICAL Christiansare more likely to play an

active role in their communitythan the average person,according to researchpublished last week. Anonline survey of 1,151evangelical Christianscarried out by theEvangelical Alliance andChristian Research foundthat a quarter of respondentsare trustees of a registeredcharity, compared with 2.2 per cent of people in theUK, and 9 per cent serve asschool governors, comparedwith 0.7 per cent of peoplein England.

WHEN he visited CambriaHouse in Camden, NorthLondon, Frank Dobson, theLabour MP for Holborn andSt Pancras, heard how TheSalvation Army is helpingpeople who have lost theirhomes and jobs.

Cambria House is aSalvation Army Lifehouse – asocial service centre – whichprovides accommodation andsupport to men who haveexperienced unemploymentand homelessness.

Mr Dobson met one ofthem, Richard Allen, 38,who lost his job in theconstruction industry

because of his heavydrinking and drugaddiction. AtCambria House heis starting an ITcourse and healthand safety training tohelp him get back to

work.He says:

‘For years, I was stuckinside a bottle and couldn’tget out. Coming here was amassive weight off myshoulders. I feel like I’vebeen given a chance at lifenow. Staff are supportive andare helping me to get myconfidence back.’

Of residents who have leftover the past two years,

98 per cent are still livingindependently.

Mr Dobson said: ‘Thepeople who are staying herethink it’s a really good place.All the evidence is that ifpeople are given theopportunity to live or worksomewhere that is good-quality, it’s anencouragement to them.’

worker met a youngmother who said herbreast milk had run dry.Once a day she tried tofeed her babies withporridge made of cassa-va flour. It is not verynutritious, but it was allthat she could afford.The worker encouragedher to go with her chil-dren to the nearbyhealth centre. In themeantime hers was oneof more than 700 fami-lies who received maizeand beans from TheSalvation Army.

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provided round-the-clocksupport to firefighters battlingwildfires in Texas. The teamsworking in the mobile kitchensprovided emergency servicespersonnel with drinks andsnacks. Two people are knownto have died in the fires andmore than a thousand homeshave been destroyed.

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YOUR prayers are requested forGloria, who is grieving after thedeath of her two brothers; and forJane, who has a tumour and isawaiting an operation.

The War Cry invites readers tosend in requests for prayer,including the names of individualsand details of their circumstances.Send your requests to PRAYERLINK,The War Cry, 101 NewingtonCauseway, Lon don SE1 6BN. Markyour envelope ‘Confidential’.

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THE Salvation Army in Uganda hasprovided mattresses for malnour-ished children and their familieswho were sleeping on the floor oftwo health centres.

The Magada and Nsinze clinicsare being used by the Governmentto treat children during the coun-try’s severe drought. The Red Crossand Unicef were providing food, buta Salvation Army assessment teamlearnt that people were having tosleep on the floor and that the clin-ics were suffering a lack of water,making good hygiene difficult.

The team set about providing 200 mattresses, 200 jerrycans, 200washbasins, 500 bars of soap and100 jerrycans of liquid soap.

Plans were being made to sink aborehole to ensure a constant supplyof clean water.

Staff in the health centres workday and night to look after morethan 250 children, but ten childrenhave died in the past few days. TheSalvation Army says that the prob-lem seen in the health centres is thetip of the iceberg. There are manymalnourished children in the sur-rounding villages.

In one village a Salvation Army

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So in the book he makes observationssuch as: ‘People think of the concept ofsin as being repressive and restrictive.And it’s true – you can drive a car a lotfaster if you have no brakes.’

Ultimately 10 Second Sermonsacknowledges thelimitations, theflaws and the fail-ings that everyoneexperiences, butalso covers the

love, joy and peace beyond understand-ing that God can give. We mess up – weare guilty of anger, jealousy, lust andgreed. But it’s part of God’s routine tooffer us forgiveness and an indescrib-able hope.

As Milton writes on one page:‘Salvation is like being returned to factory settings. But you have to admitthere is a factory, and that there could besome settings.’

Milton wants such micro-sermons toprompt a reaction. ‘I hope that peoplelaugh,’ he says. ‘I hope that people willlike the book, that preachers quote it,that it makes a difference. And thatmaybe someone will pick it up andcatch a glimpse of God in a new way.’

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sin, the Bible, faith, Christmas and God.Milton finds that there is plenty to

laugh about in Christianity. He writes:‘Christianity is like a Cornish pasty.There’s something in it, but sometimesit’s difficult to find out what it is exact-ly.’ But he is also not afraid to mock theweak points in arguments against faith.

Milton says that by writing the book –which was picked up by Christian publishers Darton, Longman and Todd –‘I was trying to put my feelings into a form that was memorable. But I wastrying to make a point as well.’

He believes comedy is a good way totackle subjects such as faith and God.

‘If you can tickle and punch someoneat the same time,’ he says, ‘it somehowmakes attacking them more acceptable.People are desperate to laugh in church-es. There is so much passive-aggressivebehaviour, fear and tension. Also,Christians are battered by everyone elsein society. That’s all part of our faith, butsharing a joke together reminds us thatwe’re part of a team.

‘I also like to think,’ he adds, ‘that inthis small book the scapegoats biteback.’

Sharing a joke reminds usthat we’re part of a team

Milton Jonesis standingup for faith

I was tryingto put myfeelings into a memorableform

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kids at school.’Today, Mark has replaced his embar-

rassment with enthusiasm. He is so passionate about God that he wants to help others get to know him. Mark istraining to become an officer, a full-timeChristian minister in The Salvation Army.

‘I would never have chosen this path, but itfeels good to be where I believe God wantsme,’ he says. ‘I feel a sense of adventure inbeing a Christian. If you follow God, you’renever really sure what’s round the corner.’

Mark speaks from experience. Before hebecame a Christian, he struggled with bingedrinking and a gambling addiction. The prob-lems started in his teens.

‘I became increasingly interested in sports,drink and girls, so I started to drift away from my Salvation Army church,’ he says. ‘I realised that I was professing one thing butdoing the opposite. For example, I’d play inthe band but I would still be smelling of lastnight’s alcohol. So I dropped out.’

Mark went to Cardiff University to readeconomics. As well as working hard, he likedto play hard. Especially on the fruit machines.

‘So much of my money went on gam-bling,’ he says. ‘Waiting for the next big win was a buzz. At weekends, I also drankexcessively.’

After finishing university, Mark went hometo his parents. They were preparing to goaway for the weekend to help at a SalvationArmy youth group event. To get out of look-ing after the dog, Mark decided to go with

them. He was surprisedby what he encountered.

‘The youth group hadchanged since I had lastbeen. It was larger in

number and people seemed to have a deeperrelationship with God. I started to wonder if I could know such faith myself.

‘During the weekend I met Alison, whowas a Christian. We became a couple, and Istarted going to church more. But deep downI felt as though I was still going through themotions. I continued to drink and gamble.’

Mark and Alison married. They had children. For the next few years they contin-ued to attend The Salvation Army. ButMark’s problems with alcohol and gamblingwere getting worse.

‘Then one day I decided to have it out withGod. I said: “If you’re real, I need to see you.I’ll give you 100 per cent of my life, but you need to show me you’re there.”

‘From that time onwards I started tosay “yes” to God more. I attended a

Christian weekend for men and felt Godprompt me to confess my addictions toAlison. I decided I was going to come cleanwith her. I felt this huge weight lift off myshoulders.’

Mark did not know how Alison would take

MARK GODWINtells Claire Brine how his life changed

Waiting for the nextbig win was a buzz

‘WHEN I was younger, I thought The Salvation

Army was quite odd,’ says former bingedrinker and gambler Mark Godwin. ‘I used togo to its Sunday school and youth group inCheltenham, and I played in the band. Butwhen the band went carolling at Christmas-time, I hid behind my instrument because Ididn’t want my friends to see me wearing thefunny uniform. I felt different from the other

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NO HOLDS BARRED:Mark confessed hisaddictions to wife Alison

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his news, although he felt that God wouldmake everything OK. But when he was driving home, all was not well.

‘My stomach was churning and graduallyit got worse. My friend and I pulled over andI fell out of the car on to my hands and knees.I called for Jesus to help me, and my friendwas also praying. Then I saw what lookedlike a vapour come out of my mouth and disappear into the tarmac. Suddenly I felt different. Free. It was as though I had beendelivered from my addictions. I was elatedand went home full of faith in God.’

Mark found that he was able to giveup gambling and drinking –

something he had tried to do before butfailed. But telling Alison was not easy.

‘I told her all the things I had done wrong.It was difficult on our marriage. But weworked through it.’

Mark was a changed man. He could notget enough of God.

‘I had this great love for God and people,’he says. ‘I started taking on leadership posi-tions at church. In time, the idea of becoming

a Salvation Army officer seemed like a natural step. I knew that Alison had

always wanted to be an officer.’The couple are halfway

through their training. Mark isconvinced that he is finallyexperiencing ‘life in all itsfullness’, as Jesus prom-ised.

‘Jesus has given me anewfound sense ofpeace,’ he says. ‘My lifeis so much better fortrusting in him. Before, I was controlled by drinkand gambling. Now, Iam free.’

Next week: Alison tells her story

stage a daily Christianassembly, reports TheDaily Telegraph.

Almost two thirds ofparents who responded tothe survey said their

children did not take partin collective worship atschool every day. Lastyear some teachers andreligious leaders wrote toEducation SecretaryMichael Gove, insisting

that children should not be‘coerced’ into religion inschools. But under the1944 Education Actschools must provide‘broadly Christianworship’ every day.

DANNIELLA WESTBROOK spoke about hernew Christian faith on ITV1’s Lorraine. Live fromLA, the former EastEnders actress appeared along-side Pastor Jay Haizlip of The Sanctuary, thechurch which she attends. She explained: ‘I’dalways believed in God, but nobody had ever toldme about Jesus. I thought I was past saving, but I was completely wrong.’ She said that, throughtheir becoming Christians, her family’s way of lifeand thinking had com-pletely changed.

Pastor Jay commented:‘It’s amazing just towatch the transformationthat has happened withher and her family … It’sjust the beginning.’

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THEY were words written not byan American but by an unknownpoet (or poets) in unknown cir-cumstances in the Middle Eastabout 2,500 years ago – yetPresident Obama chose to readthem at the 9/11 memorial servicein New York on Sunday.

Over the centuries countless peoplein countless countries have found thatthe words of the Bible’s Psalm 46 givecomfort and hope: ‘God is our refugeand strength, a very present help in trouble.’

But the words also challenge us all.

The Psalm continues: ‘The Lord …makes wars cease to the ends of theearth.’ In which case, we should makeour prayer: ‘Thy will be done.’

A SURVEY by the EvangelicalAlliance suggests that evangelicalChristians are more active in thelife of their communities than theaverage person in the UK.

The Evangelical Alliance itself admits that its sample and method ofcarrying out the research may have‘overrepresented people who are morelikely to be active in public life’.However, it goes on, ‘the results represent a huge investment of unpaidtime and energy … in the voluntary and community sector, in education andhealth services, in politics and in thetrade union movement’.

According to the Evangelical Alliance,24.5 per cent were trustees of a charity,compared with 2.2 per cent of the population as a whole. Those charitiesincluded secular as well as church-based charities. The report also suggests that evangelical Christianswere more likely to be school governorsthan the population at large.

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SONGS of Praise begins celebrations of its50th anniversary by returning to thelocation of its first broadcast. Tomorrow(Sunday 18 September 4.55 pm) viewerscan see Pam Rhodes visit the TabernacleWelsh Baptist Church in Cardiff to join thecongregation as they sing the hymnschosen for the first broadcast back in1961.

The programme will also include formerpresenter Geoffrey Wheeler talking abouthis role on the programme and CliffRichard recalling life in the Sixties whenSongs of Praise was in its infancy.

Two further 50th anniversaryprogrammes are to follow in the comingweeks.

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Berkshire profiledthe work of TheSalvation Army atthis year’s ReadingFestival. PresenterHenry Kellyhighlighted that TheSalvation Army wasthere not just toprovide soup and aroll, tea, coffee andmuffins but also tooffer support toanyone wanting todiscuss problems.

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sider the advantages of taking out both kinds with just one provider.

Your age, safety record and the type of vehicle you drive can influence the

cost of car insurance.It is also worth searching

for the right deal on credit cards, especially if you use them frequently and pay annual fees.

Many credit card compa-nies offer low introductory rates and other incentives for you to switch to them. But it is best to look care-fully at what you will be paying after the offer period ends.

It is also worth consid-ering buying your gas and electricity from just one supplier.

your present insurer, but it is worth shopping around before coming to a decision. Phone various companies and see if they can beat your existing deal. Some companies will give you a cash

bonus if your present insurer penalises you for leaving before the year is up. If different companies are providing your building and contents insurance, con-

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INJURIES can be traumatic and, if severe, can even change a person’s life. Sometimes the injured person is entitled to compensation. The serious injury law practice Serious Law has compiled five tips for people who are looking to bring a personal injury case.

Get the right solicitor. An expert solicitor will not only secure any appropriate personal injury compensation but will also be able to put the victim

in touch with charities and arrange practical help such as adaptations to homes or vehicles.Keep receipts for medicines, parking tickets, hospital visits, missed days at work and loss of earnings, all of which will affect compensation.Get witnesses’ contact details – a solicitor may need statements from them.Get the right medical

help. People who suffer an accident should get checked out for injuries such as brain damage and delayed concussion, even if initially they feel OK.Take family into account. Solicitors should be informed of family members having to take time off work to look after someone who is seriously injured, as these costs may be incorporated into the compensation.

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TAKING control of your finances is rather like going on a diet – the only difference is that you try to gain pounds rather than lose them.

Every now and then it’s a good idea to review monthly outgoings to see if savings can be made. Try to set aside a couple of evenings for a thorough inspection of all the payments that go out of your bank account. Those payments could include gas, electricity and credit card bills, insurance cover and – possibly the biggest payment – the mortgage.

Changing mortgage lenders can make sense. Although it is a good idea to seek professional financial advice when changing, there is noth-ing to stop you doing some homework first. Look out for relevant advertisements in newspapers, magazines, directories and on TV, and ring round for quotes. The figures you collect will give you a fair idea as to whether your present monthly payment is competitive.

A very low introductory fixed rate for a year or two followed by a fixed term on an unknown variable rate is not necessarily the best deal in the long term.

When insurance is due, it’s always tempting just to tick the renewal box on the letter from

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Singer and choreographerSHIMMY JIYANE tells PhilipHalcrow about the messagebehind the music and movement

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Awards, made successful appear-ances at the Edinburgh FestivalFringe, toured with the Red HotChilli Peppers and collaborated withartists such as U2, Celine Dion andRobert Plant.

At the end of this month, the choir arereturning to the UK for a tour of Englishtowns and cities. Audiences can expectsongs in a variety of languages anddances reflecting a variety of SouthAfrican cultures. As a tenor singer and a choreographer, Shimmy Jiyanecontributes to both aspects of the choir’sperformances.

Shimmy was a founding member ofthe choir and remembers how it wasformed back in 2002 ‘to go all over theworld and showcase the talent and celebrate the diverse cultures of SouthAfrica’. He says that ‘500 or 600’ people attended auditions to join thenew group.

Shimmy was recruited as a choreog-rapher.

‘The choir has always aimed to showthe heritage of South Africa,’ heexplains over the phone.

‘There are lots of different traditions

in the country. First of all, there are thelanguages that we speak, and the choirsing in many languages. The culturesare also different – the various peoplesdon’t live in the same way. So, theTswanas don’t live the same type of lifeas the Zulus, who don’t live in the sameway as Sothos.

‘The differences show in the dances.For instance, the Zulu dance is mainlymade up of high kicks; the Sothos usetheir shoulders a lot as well as quickfootwork.’

Shimmy is familiar with many kindsof dance – not all of them originating inAfrica.

Earlier in his life, he was focused onanother kind of footwork. ‘I started outplaying soccer,’ he says. ‘But I gotinjured when I was 12 or 13, and I beganlooking for something else that I coulddo.

‘When I began to dance I took to it naturally. I trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary and tap.

‘There are some big differencesbetween those dances and traditionalAfrican dances. Classical ballet is basedon technique. You need to have disci-pline, you want to look right when you

SOME things are worth making a songand dance about; and for the past nine

years, Soweto Gospel Choir have been highlighting the talent and cultures of SouthAfrica – along with a message of hope.

At the same time, audiences and critics have been makinga song and dance about them. They have won two Grammy

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perform the movements. You have to be in the rightposition. With traditional African dance, however, youdon’t worry about the right technique. There’s not theemphasis on position – you just do it out of emotion.’

Shimmy believes that combining dance with musicis a step in the right direction. He argues: ‘Dance addssomething to song. Every time you hear music, what’sthe first thing that you do? You want to move. So thebeauty of the voice is translated to the body move-ments, and the body movements show the character of the person dancing. It’s a moving combination – a beautiful song and beautiful choreography.

‘I am always listening to music and trying to createfresh choreography. Every time the choir come up witha new track, I listen to it and think about the culture ofone of the languages in which we sing, and I thinkabout how we can use movement to show that cultureand the character of the music.’

The character of the music is important to the choir.Soweto Gospel Choir sing songs from a variety of origins. Their repertoire has included 20th-centuryAmerican pop classics such as Simon and Garfunkel’s‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ and Bob Dylan’s‘Forever Young’, the Rugby World Cup anthem ‘Worldin Union’ and the genre-hopping English hymn‘Amazing Grace’ but also, naturally, traditional Africansongs about faith. Their most recent album Gracebegins with a Sotho song ‘Kae Le Kae’, which talks ofbeing able to ‘go anywhere … when I have Jesus’ and

Every timeyou hear music,what’s the firstthing that youdo? You want to move

of the grace ‘which brings joy’. Thealbum continues with the Zulu‘Mangisondele Nkosi Yam’ in which thechoir sing ‘Let me be nearer my Lord’and also includes the Venda song‘Muphulusi’ the title of which is trans-lated as ‘My Saviour’.

Shimmy explains: ‘God is good allthe time. Everything we do, we do itbecause we believe God is alive and isdoing wonderful things in people’s lives.As a choir we are a living testament ofthat, because of how we have grownfrom where we started to where we arenow – singing to so many people allover the world. It’s through grace thatwe are going strong.’

The choir has been hitting the rightnotes with audiences from the word go.Their debut album Voices from Heavenwent to No 1 in the US Billboard WorldAlbums Chart. Shimmy says the high-lights of his time with the choir havebeen ‘singing for Nelson Mandela onhis birthday and taking part in the concerts of his 46664 humanitariancampaign. It was also great to win ourtwo Grammys and to be the first SouthAfrican group to perform at the Oscars.’

The choir took part in the AcademyAward ceremony in the year that theywere nominated for their collaborationwith Peter Gabriel on ‘Down to Earth’

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the choir in concert.‘One time he came,his feet wereswollen. We tookhim backstage andwashed his feet.Today this guy isleading a good,healthy life and

goes to church – and he still comes andwatches our concerts.

‘Music has a power,’ concludesShimmy. ‘When you listen to music thatmoves you and you listen to the messagethat the writer has put into the words, itbrings you peace.’

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Shimmy says that life has changed forthe choir members since those first audi-tions were held and the choir wasformed. ‘But,’ he volunteers, ‘I’ve alsoseen that we’re changing other people’slives. Through gospel music, we keepon blessing them and making a differ-ence to their faith. God is workingthrough what we do.’

He cites the story of one man in theUK who was going through a roughtime. He was so affected by seeing aSoweto Gospel Choir show that hewould walk miles to other venues to see

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and had a lot of questions that hewanted God to answer.

Job lists everything thathappened to him and ends bysaying: ‘All my intimate friendsdetest me; those I love haveturned against me. I am nothingbut skin and bones; I haveescaped only by the skin of myteeth’ (Job 19:19, 20 NewInternational Version). He felt hislife was hanging by a thread.

God answers Job, but not withan explanation. Heresponds by saying thathe is God, all-powerful, all-knowing and everywhere-present, and that Job cantherefore trust him witheverything.

The account ofJob’s experiencesends with hisrestoration to healthand prosperitybecause hecontinued to trustGod, eventhough at timeshis faith wasvery weak.

Sometimes bad things dohappen in life – even to the best ofpeople. The temptation is to ask:‘Why is this happening to me?’God still says to those whobelieve in him: ‘Trust me. I knowwhat I’m doing.’

To commemorate this year’s 400thanniversary of the King JamesBible, PHILIPPA SMALE looks atsome everydayexpressionspopularised by the translation

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‘My bonecleaveth to myskin and to myflesh, and I amescaped with theskin of my teeth’(Job 19:20)

A PARATROOPER jumped from the plane. But hisparachute was not working.

Regular readers of The War Cry may rememberthe story last week of Jamie Kidd, who was hurtlingtowards the ground when his parachute did notopen properly. He thought it would be a good timeto start praying. So he did. He pulled on his reservechute. It inflated, and he landed safely. He hadescaped disaster by the skin of his teeth.

The phrase ‘skin of your teeth’ is used todescribe avoiding catastrophe by the narrowestmargin. It comes from the Old Testament Book ofJob. Job went through a lot of trials and tribulations.He lost his family and possessions and was afflictedwith terrible diseases. Through all that happened hedid not blame or curse God or accuse him ofinjustice – although he did feel very hard done by

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and have a slower temper. When we feel that way on the

inside, our behaviour will reflect it on the outside. We will find that we are able to speak kindly to difficult people. We will be able to tell the truth even when it isn’t easy.

We will practise what Jesus preached. Hour by hour, our hands will do things his way. Minute by minute, our faces will reflect his attitude.

Isn’t it time to give Jesus our heart?

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TAKE a look at your watch. Does it tell the right time, or do you find that it runs too fast or too slow? The clock in my car races ahead, while the one in the kitchen lags behind. Both need constant readjustment.

When the clock shows the incorrect time, I feel like putting a sign underneath it which says: ‘Don’t blame my hands, the trouble lies deeper.’ The cause of the problem is not external, but somewhere inside.

Such truth applies to things other than temperamental timepieces. The Bible emphasises that the way we express ourselves outwardly stems from what is happening inside us. Jesus said: ‘For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come’ (Mark 7:21 New International Version).

When the heart is set up in a way that doesn’t tie in with Jesus’ teachings, harmful actions may ensue. We may start to lie, cheat

and disregard others.But all hearts – whatever state

they are in – can be made stronger or reset completely.

One Bible writer explained to people that they could reset their hearts if they turned to Jesus. He said: ‘Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith’ (Ephesians 3:17).

When we believe in Jesus – and live as he lived by loving and forgiving others – our hearts and mindset will begin to become more like his. We will be less arrogant, experience fewer fits of jealousy

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Ingredients:

Knob of butter1tbsp olive oil500g onions, sliced1kg potatoes, peeled and thinly

slicedSalt and freshly ground black

pepper1.5kg leg of lamb2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced1 beef or lamb stock cube250ml hot waterFresh parsley, chopped

Method:Preheat the oven to

220C/425F/Gas Mark 7. Heat thebutter and oil in a frying pan.Add the onions and cook themgently until they are soft and juststarting to colour.

Place the potato slices in thebottom of a roasting pan.Spoon the onions overthem. Season with the saltand black pepper.

Make small incisions around

the bone and under the skin ofthe leg of lamb, then insert thegarlic slices.

Place the lamb on a rack over thepotatoes and onions. Seasonwell.

Dissolve the stock cube in the hotwater, and pour it over thepotatoes and onions.

Roast the lamb for 20 minutes, thenlower the oven temperature to180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and cookfor another hour.

The lamb may be cut into thickslices, arranged on the bed ofpotatoes and onions andsprinkled with the choppedparsley. Serve in the dish it wascooked in so that none of thejuices are lost. Serve with mintsauce and green vegetables.

Serves 6

SWEET TREAT

Banana cake Ingredients:

125g butter, plus extra for greasing 150g light soft brown sugar 2 eggs, beaten 3 very ripe bananas, mashed 250g plain flour 1tsp baking powder ½ tsp grated nutmeg

Method:Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Grease a

1kg loaf tin and line the base with baking parchment. Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy and pale in

colour. Beat in the eggs, a little at a time, mixing wellafter each addition. Add the bananas.

Sift the flour, baking powder and nutmeg together with apinch of salt and then fold gently into the bananamixture.

Transfer the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for50–60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into themiddle of the cake emerges clean and dry.

Transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool before serving.

Serves 8

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have to decide whether they are telling the truth or lying.

In the episode broadcast yesterday (Friday 16 September), team leader David Mitchell was joined by his comedy partner Robert Webb and broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan. On the other side, Lee Mack teamed up with Not Going Out co-star Katy Wix and comedian Kevin Bridges.

The panellists’ tales were bizarre. Kevin Bridges told of how he had once

found a suspicious suitcase in a train station – and that it turned out to be filled with nothing but bananas. Terry Wogan said that, during his early days in radio, he set fire to a colleague’s script while live on air.

The search for the truth was not straightforward. In truth, it’s often a challenge.

It can be difficult to work

out the truth about the world – who’s right and who’s wrong; whether there is anything more to life than getting through each day; and how we should live.

Sometimes even we may hide the truth about who we really are from others, because we fear rejection, or from ourselves, because it’s painful to think about.

But the truth can be life-changing. Jesus said: ‘If you hold to my teach-ing … you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ (John 8:31, 32 New International Version)

When we accept Jesus into our lives, we will see the world as it really is. We will be able to take comfort in the truth that we don’t have to lie to people or ourselves. We need not be trapped by our failings, because – as Jesus taught – God offers us forgiveness. And that’s no lie.

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AMAZING truths and big fat lies are back on the box. BBC One’s Would I Lie to You? is in its fifth series. The aim of the game, hosted by Rob Brydon, is to identify what is true and what is false.

Every week, two teams of three celeb-rities square up. The individual team members reveal something extraordi-nary about themselves. Their opponents

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Rob Brydon (centre) challenged the panellists to find the truth

The tales were bizarre

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