There’s plenty of talk in today’s papers about former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey’s, article in the Daily Mail where he accuses David Cameron of doing more than any other recent political leader to make Christians feel they are becoming… Read More ›
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Christians Against Poverty launches major new initiative in front of MPs today
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is an amazing organisation, passionately seeking to lift people regardless of age, gender, faith or background out of debt and poverty. It partners its financial expertise with the care of the local church to offer free debt… Read More ›
Transforming lives on a deprived housing estate through the love of Jesus
Today’s guest post is by Robin Peake. Robin works for Innovista, a Christian charity that exists to identify and develop young leaders to take the hope of Jesus to those around them. —————————– When I first moved to Barton, a council… Read More ›
Lynne Featherstone proudly takes credit for railroading gay marriage legislation
Last night I was sent this email from a friend who is a Liberal Democrat member. It’s from Lynne Featherstone MP, the ex-Equalities Minister who oversaw the same-sex marriage consultation, boasting of her achievements surrounding gay marriage legislation. They said… 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 ›
Majority of British adults say tax avoidance is ‘morally wrong’
Press release from Christian Aid: New research has revealed that 56% of British adults believe that tax avoidance by multinational companies (MNCs), while a technically legal way of reducing what they owe the taxman, is morally wrong, and half of… Read More ›
Is homophobic bullying really worse in faith schools?
Last week the gay lobbying group Stonewall published a major report entitled ‘The School Report‘ on the experiences of gay young people in Britain’s schools today. It is the second in a long-term study commissioned by Stonewall and carried out by the… Read More ›
Radio 4 interview tells powerful story of God’s love destroying gang violence
As I was listening to the Today programme on Radio 4 on the way to work this morning I heard a story that completely blew me away. It was an interview with Pastor Mimi Asher who lives in Brixton. The… Read More ›
Finding a biblical framework to heal society’s division between the generations
Mark Easton is BBC News home editor. Last week at the Hay Festival during a talk he was giving, he gave some thoughts on economic division in our society. Journalists who do their job well should be able to take an… Read More ›
Why are we scared of being radical?
Yesterday the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) published its report card on the Coalition Government’s performance over the last 12 months to mark the second anniversary since they came to power. I have a huge amount of respect for the… Read More ›
Should I be getting excited about the Leveson Inquiry?
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 ›
If you want to win friends and influence people, don’t throw stones
I generally enjoy reading articles by secularists and atheists in the media. That might sound like a strange thing for a Christian to say, but if you only ever read things that you agree with, you’re never really going to… Read More ›
Iain Duncan Smith: “Government is clear that marriage should be supported and encouraged”
This is my second post reviewing the new government paper entitled ‘Social Justice: Transforming Lives’ launched by Secretary of State, Iain Duncan Smith. The first post is entitled: The breakdown of our society in numbers. Social Justice: Transforming Lives seeks to address… Read More ›
Who is Joachim Gauck and what can he teach our church leaders?
Germany has elected a new president. No, this is not the same as appointing a new chancellor – Angela Merkel is still in charge of the German government, but instead the President is the head of state, in a role rather… Read More ›
Clearing the Ground a review – part 4: If the Church doesn’t defend liberty and justice, who will?
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 ›
Clearing the Ground a review – part 3: How to turn the tide against the myth of secular neutrality
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 ›
Premier launches New Media Centre of Excellence
Please forgive the slightly off topic plug! Premier Christian Media who own Premier Radio and leading UK Christian magazines, Christianity and Youthwork have launched a brand new website; New Media Centre of Excellence. The site describes its aims as follows:
Review of the Westminster Faith Debate: Religious identity in ‘superdiverse’ societies
This is a guest post from regular site contributor, Graham Goldsmith, who attended the First Westminster Faith Debate at Whitehall on 8th February. You can watch the video of the debate at the end of this post: I was recently privileged… Read More ›
This week’s news and links (mainly featuring Richard Dawkins)
Religion’s relationship role in society continued to stay in the headlines yesterday as Richard Dawkins’ Foundation for Reason and Science released the results of a poll it commissioned looking at Christian belief and practice in the UK (full Ipsos MORI report… Read More ›