Today Lord Falconer will present his assisted dying bill to the House of Lords. He’s been careful to label it ‘assisted dying’ rather than ‘assisted suicide’ although in practice there is very little between the two definitions. According to reports,… Read More ›
On Wednesday a large number of MPs met to discuss the persecution of Christians around the world and what the Government’s response through the Foreign Office should be. The debate was secured and organised by Naomi Long MP, with a… Read More ›
Last week I had the privilege of being taken round the Houses of Parliament. I have to admit that this was the first time I had ever visited, which might come as something of a surprise given the subject matter of… Read More ›
Over the last week or so I’ve read several articles on the sexualisation of children and teenagers in the press. Most of it appears to have been driven by comments made by two MPs; Claire Perry and Diane Abbott. Mrs Perry… Read More ›
Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York has been attending parliament today to launch this year’s Love Life Live Lent alongside Stephen Timms MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society. The impressive role played by… Read More ›
This is a great piece of news from the Evangelical Alliance on some of the outstanding work Christians are doing around the country serving their communities, often receiving little in the way of publicity and recognition. ———- The winners of the Inspire… Read More ›
I have completely lost count of the number of press and blog articles I’ve read on the women bishops vote since last Tuesday. It feels as if every angle and view has been thoroughly picked apart repeatedly and analysed to… Read More ›
It really wasn’t very surprising to see the levels of anger vented towards Amazon, Google and Starbucks earlier this week regarding the minuscule amounts of tax they each pay into the UK’s coffers compared to their revenues. It’s not new news for… Read More ›
When Mars Hill is mentioned in Christian circles it usually is in relation to either a) Mars Hill Church in Seattle led by the controversial author and speaker, Mark Driscoll or b) Mars Hill Church in Michigan until recently led by… Read More ›
A big thank you to everyone who responded to last month’s post asking you to email your MP to invite them to an parliamentary meeting on religious liberty in the Arab world co-hosted by Open Doors. Over 2,000 invites were emailed…. Read More ›
Those of you who have been following this blog for a while will know that I’ve been keeping a close eye on the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA’s) investigation of Healing on the Streets (HOTS) Bath. You can read the latest… Read More ›
On Friday July 6th at 7pm up to 1,000 leaders, politicians and prayers will gather at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster for the sake of our parliament, government and nation. The event entitled ‘United Kingdom Cone is being hosted by Christians… Read More ›
I’ve been meaning to get round to writing about the Leveson inquiry for a while now, but it’s been such a drawn out process with no end in site that it’s been hard to know where to begin and where to… Read More ›
Plenty of debate has been stirred up this week in response to the publication of a letter from Christians in Parliament to the Advertising Standards Authority criticising their ruling that Christians cannot advertise the belief that God physically heals. One… Read More ›
A few days ago I read this article on the Cross Rhythms website by Elizabeth Berridge who is Chairperson of Christians in Politics. Christians in Politics is jointly owned by the Christian Socialist Movement, the Conservative Christian Fellowship and the… Read More ›
If you have been following the events surrounding Healing on The Streets – Bath and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over the ruling that Christians cannot advertise the belief that God physically heals, then you will be interested to know… Read More ›
Section 4. What should Christians do? This is the final part of the review of the Clearing the Ground report published by Christians in Parliament on the 27th February 2012. You can read part one of the report review HERE,… Read More ›
Section 3. What can be done? This is part three of the review of the Clearing the Ground report published by Christians in Parliament on the 27th February 2012. You can read part one of the report review HERE and part two… Read More ›
Section 2. Have recent changes to the law affected Christian freedoms? This is part two of the review of the Clearing the Ground report published by Christians in Parliament on the 27th February 2012. You can read part one of… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 