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Anthony Smith

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God with us (in the lab)

It’s hard to predict how I will feel at the end of the Christmas break. Will I be refreshed and eager to get back to work? Or will the thought fill me with dread? Or both? It can be especially difficult when your day-to-day work is somewhat mind numbing. Every Read more

By Anthony Smith, 11 yearsDecember 29, 2014 ago
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Spotlight on… C-A-N-: the Christian Academic Network

One of the things we are aiming to do through Faith-in-Scholarship is to direct Christian postgraduates (and others) to helpful resources and initiatives. We’re planning to ‘spotlight’ a few of these over the coming months. First up is C-A-N-: the Christian Academic Network. C-A-N- was launched in 2003, with support from Agapé and UCCF, Read more

By Anthony Smith, 11 yearsOctober 27, 2014 ago
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Why disciplines are better together

It has been said that a specialist is one who knows more and more about less and less … until he knows everything about nothing! When working towards a PhD it is very tempting to try to become that sort of a specialist. Your aim is to become the world’s Read more

By Anthony Smith, 11 yearsSeptember 19, 2014 ago
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A Christian worldview (1) creation

Is there a Christian way of thinking about your discipline? I think most of us would answer, ‘Yes,’ but spelling out what that means is usually a difficult task! The Bible gives us a narrative of a good creation, spoilt by sin, and being put right through the redemptive work Read more

By Anthony Smith, 11 yearsJune 27, 2014 ago
Faith-in-Scholarship

Christian postgraduate groups: how?

So far in this series we’ve looked at the why and the what of Christian postgraduate groups. Some of our readers will already be involved in such groups. But there are plenty of universities in the UK where no such group exists at all. The cpgrad.org.uk site has been around for years, and has a list of Read more

By Anthony Smith, 12 yearsMarch 28, 2014 ago

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  1. Evan on Fifteen False Prophets and Testing the SpiritsOctober 1, 2025

    Great stuff as always, Rocky! Amazing how important scripture is, always keep the armour of God on!

  2. Kevin Keefe on Fifteen False Prophets and Testing the SpiritsSeptember 30, 2025

    Interesting, informative and thought provoking. As always!

  3. Bruce Gulland on Fifteen False Prophets and Testing the SpiritsSeptember 30, 2025

    very thoughtful, I'll share with a friend who I feel will benefit from this

  4. Duncan Stow on Fifteen False Prophets and Testing the SpiritsSeptember 29, 2025

    Thanks Rocky .. a important reminder of what Paul urges us 'to be aware of Satan schemes' .. 'that he…

  5. P K Roques on The Inspiring Story of Amy CarmichaelSeptember 2, 2025

    Good read

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