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08 Sep 2017
Some of the week's happenings you may have missed. Society & Politics Rees-Mogg hits the headlines for upholding biblical views on marriage and abortion: The Tory MP for North-East Somerset, hailed by some as a possible successor to Theresa May as party leader, has nailed his colours to the mast,…
08 Sep 2017
This summer, whilst the media has shouted loudly about all the secular music festivals that have become so popular in Britain, tens of thousands of Christians have also been gathering at annual camps like New Wine, Newday and CreationFest. Last week we took a party of young people from our…
01 Sep 2017
A question came up in a television quiz the other day that caught my attention. Apparently, there has been a recent survey of what people consider to be the best decade in Britain. At last, I thought, we will hear a sensible opinion from this sample of the British public…
01 Sep 2017
Some of the week's happenings to aid your prayers. Church Issues Christian leaders sign Nashville Statement: In the face of dramatic cultural shifts in recent years, over 150 prominent Christians from the US and UK have signed a statement affirming the biblical definition of marriage, gender, family and sexuality. Read…
25 Aug 2017
Have you ever seen or been in a situation involving fracture or division (whether personally, in a relationship, at work (redundancy?), or on a larger scale - social, cultural, even cities or nations?). With the recent riots over the Temple Mount, let us consider Jerusalem. The Division of Jerusalem…
18 Aug 2017
Some of the week's happenings to aid your prayers. Society & Politics Tabernacle Christian Centre looking for a Christian teacher: An evangelical church nearby to Grenfell Tower are urgently requesting a dedicated teacher of English and History, able to teach to GCSE level, to start in September. Click here to…
18 Aug 2017
Heatwaves and weather events “could kill over 100,000 a year in Europe by 2100”.1 This recent news, no doubt published in the light of the unprecedentedly scorching weather recently in Italy, caught my attention last weekend. The article predicts searing heatwaves, droughts, floods and wind storms, all as a consequence…
11 Aug 2017
This week I came across a letter from an MP, Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford), to a constituent, about the Government’s commitment to defend Christianity in Britain. Mr Francois began by listing Christian values which, in his opinion, are “responsibility, hard work, charity, compassion, humility, tolerance and love”. He then…
