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Dream of Christ transforms would-be   topless model who now embraces Proverbs 31

Dream of Christ transforms would-be topless model who now embraces Proverbs 31

Milla Ling-Davies
Milla Ling-Davies

Caught up in popular culture and dabbling with the supernatural, at age 17 Leah Levin-Martins was on her way to becoming a topless model – but meeting Jesus in a dream changed everything. Sixteen years later, she is a passionate champion for Christ – and for modesty.

In her teens, like most of the young girls around her, Leah Levin-Martins began to dress like the celebrities she looked up to. Memorably, she wore a mini skirt like the one Christina Aguilera wore in a music video for her song ‘Dirty’. Her peers started to notice.

Can a business be a place of worship?

Can a business be a place of worship?

Terry Young & Philip Hanson

When the idea of a ‘Christian Business’ is discussed, there are widely different opinions. Some would say a business can never be ‘Christian’ – it is a ‘thing’, not a person or soul. A business can’t be ‘saved’. Others argue that a business can be a platform for advancing God’s kingdom. 

At the heart of every business are people working together. It is no accident that we call it a ‘company’ (cum panis – with bread). The people in a business are not simply human resources or assets, they are people in relationships with other people.  Every business is community. 

Can Christians use their conscience in secular jobs?

Can Christians use their conscience in secular jobs?

David Shepherd
David Shepherd

For some public commentators on religion, the moral to the recent court judgment that went against ex-magistrate Richard Page is that taking religious zeal into one’s secular occupation does no favours for the Christian cause.

At the Court of Appeal, Richard Page’s legal team failed to overturn the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment that upheld his sacking for forthrightly contradicting the assertion in the social worker’s report for a same-sex adoption case that same-sex couples make better adoptive parents than straight couples.