Society & Politics
This section features incisive comments on society and politics; primarily in the UK, but also elsewhere. We are in a defining period of British history, where institutions and structures that have been taken for granted for decades are crumbling, or being shown to be corrupt or unreliable.
At Prophecy Today, we believe that God is shaking Britain, revealing what happens when a nation that once honoured the gospel walks away from God.
We want to equip people to view the news from the perspective of the Bible, so they understand the spiritual significance of current UK trends and events, and can hold out the word of truth in these dark days.
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26 Jan 2018
The crisis through the eyes of a patient. Our editorials have long warned that British society is vulnerable to the shaking prophesied by Haggai and re-iterated in Hebrews 12. We have taken the stand that it is no use praying against this shaking because we would be praying against what…
26 Jan 2018
Holocaust Memorial Day should drive us to our knees. As we mark another Holocaust Memorial Day, held each year on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz,1 the ongoing nightmare experienced by the Jewish people – with anti-Semitism once again spreading like cancer – should drive us to our knees.…
15 Dec 2017
Some thoughts from Kensington and Chelsea. One of our regular readers writes from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, reflecting on the aftermath of the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower six months ago. It is six months since the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June which was caused…
01 Dec 2017
Avoid the new religion that seeks to dazzle through glitter and sparkle Coming back to the UK after our unexpectedly lengthy tour of Israel, we were particularly struck by the emphasis on Christmas – even our cappuccino at Heathrow had to be decorated with a tree-shaped sprinkling of chocolate! Christmas…