It’s time for me to take a break for a couple of weeks to recharge my batteries and spend time with my family. I’ll still be keeping busy as Archbishop Cranmer has told me I need to broaden my knowledge… Read More ›
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Building bridges: My interview with Justin Lee, founder of the Gay Christian Network (part 1)
Following on from the huge amount of interest generated by last month’s book review of Unconditional: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs-Christians Debate by Justin Lee, I thought it would be a good idea to contact him to ask for an interview…. Read More ›
53% of children don’t know the meaning of Easter, so isn’t an Easter egg about Jesus a good idea?
If an alien happened to land its UFO in the car park of your local Tesco sometime in the next few weeks and popped in for something to eat, would it have any idea if it was asked, why the… Read More ›
Unconditional: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs-Christians Debate by Justin Lee – a review
Even though I know several people who are gay, the biggest problem I have when I talk or write about anything to do with being gay or gay relationships, is that I’m not gay. I can’t get close to explaining… Read More ›
Christians encouraged to donate their flesh and blood
This is an interesting partnership between the NHS and various Christian denominations and bodies: A ‘groundbreaking’ new campaign has been launched today asking the church to increase the number of blood and organ donors in the UK. It will encourage Christians to… Read More ›
Being gay, Steve Chalke and where the church has got it wrong
Back in the summer of last year I was given the chance to attend a seminar on supporting LGBT students in the educational environment. Most years as a teacher I will have one or two students who are openly gay, so it made… Read More ›
A Christmas reflection to sign off the year
Unless there is a major news story that I feel needs responding to, this will be my last post of 2012. It’s time for God and Politics in the UK to have a Christmas break and I’ve decided to finish… Read More ›
First Birthday! What I’ve learnt over the last year
Today God and Politics in the UK is one year old! On November 30th 2011 I published my first post on St. Paul’s and the Occupy protests, which you can read here. I have to admit that I had no idea what… Read More ›
Police and Crime Commissioners – not sexy or funny but bear with me
This Thursday those of us in England and Wales outside of London get to vote for our choice of Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). Well done if you haven’t clicked away already. As far as unsexy blog posts I’ve written go,… Read More ›
Being a Christian doesn’t make me stupid
Not so long ago being in a position of public leadership and also a professing Christian was seen as a virtue and nothing to be ashamed of. Margaret Thatcher may not have been everyone’s favourite politician (to put it mildly),… Read More ›
Only Labour stand in the way of the abortion limit being reduced
A week is a long time in politics as the saying goes and certainly this has been the case with all the political discussion on abortion limits since I last wrote about it of Friday. I had no idea when… Read More ›
Rowan Williams: A wise man who makes my brain ache
Last night I was in London attending the Annual Theos Think Tank lecture, which this year was being given by Archbishop Rowan Williams. I don’t think I’ve seen so many dog collars in one room before, but I digress. This… Read More ›
European Court of Justice rules in favour of persecuted believers
Thanks to Barnabas Fund and Stuart James at eChurch who have publicised the news of the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling earlier this month that people who are persecuted in their native countries due to their religion have the right to… Read More ›
Green Party’s shocking decision as it expels Christian councillor
Christina Summers, who is a member of Brighton and Hove City Council, the UK’s only Green Party council, has been dismissed from the Green Group of councillors over her views on same-sex marriage which she expressed during in a free… Read More ›
Keep Searching…
I spotted my first Alpha Course billboard advert today (see above), which surely signals the start of the annual Alpha Course publicity push. Alpha is fantastic for so many reasons, not least because so many individual’s lives have been impacted by it. … Read More ›
Is it really ‘McCarthyite’ to ask teachers at Catholic schools to make a declaration of faith?
Not long after I started out as a full-time youth worker I visited my local school and innocently asked the Head of RE if they were a Christian.The reaction I received was probably about the same as if I’d asked her… Read More ›
Does the Cervical Cancer Jab make girls more promiscuous?
There were a couple of news items yesterday that had the secularists up in arms. One was The British Humanist Association (BHA) complaining about proposed ‘Creationist’ Free schools getting approval from the Department for Education. The BHA has subsequently been… Read More ›
Advertising Standards Authority admits fundamental flaw in ‘God Can Heal ban’ judgement
On Wednesday the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published an update on its ruling against Healing on the Streets (HOTS) – Bath. Following a single complaint against the Christian group jointly run by churches in Bath who regularly go onto the… Read More ›
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the benefits of celebrating community
If you take a look at the Old Testament you’ll see that the Jewish calendar was full of festivals each celebrating and aspect of God’s faithfulness to their nation. Probably the ones we’re most familiar with are Passover and Pentecost…. Read More ›
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