Apr 26
Christians in the UK are being ‘driven underground’ and ‘vilified’ by British judges, former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has warned. Lord Carey condemned British judges who ‘consistently applied equality law to discriminate against Christians.’ The result, he warned, is that Christians are being progressively driven out of the public sphere. The former archbishop’s remarks …
Apr 25
In Part 1 of this two-part series, we considered some of the challenges that have faced the British church from the time of Romans through to the reign of Bloody Mary. We saw that despite these and other difficulties, the British church remained a remarkable beacon to the world, culminating in the 18th century revivals …
Apr 25
Last year we ran a couple of articles in our monthly newsletter about the persecution of Christians in Britain. In light of the upcoming hearing at the European Court of Human Rights to consider the case of various Christians in the UK who have been discriminated against, we thought it would be appropriate to make …
Apr 19
A blog on the Daily Telegraph has shown how the bus advert storm has highlighted a homosexual activist U-Turn. Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked, says it used to be ‘the gays’ who emphasised their choice of sexuality and said they had a right to whatever orientation and lifestyle they wanted. Now, he says, organisations like Stonewall …
Apr 14
Following the 2003 publication of Dan Brown’s publishing phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code, there has been a renaissance of interest in the ancient heresy of Gnosticism. This ancient heresy has exerted its tentacles deep into the fabric of contemporary life, even influencing the church in many unhelpful ways. (To read about some of the ways …
Apr 13
The Conservative Mayor of London has banned London buses from carrying adverts promoting an ex-gay ministry. Boris Johnson, who is running for re-election next month, told Transport for London to pull the adverts booked by two conservative Anglican groups within two hours of the story about the adverts appearing in the Guardian. The ads were …
Apr 10
They have had the embarrassment of the ‘big price drop’ flop, the worst perfomance of the ‘big four’ over Christmas, the humiliation of their market share dropping below 30% for the first time since they achieved that milestone, a shock profits warning, their share price plummet almost 20%, wiping almost £5bn of their valuation, their …
Apr 04
David Cameron has quoted from the Gospel of Luke and spoken of ‘we’ Christians at a pre-Easter reception at Downing Street. Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell famously didn’t ‘Do God’, but Mr Cameron is making rather a habit of it. As Easter Sunday approaches, Mr Cameron has decided to “do God” in public, as Alastair …
Apr 03
A MOSQUE that could cater for 600 people, with a minaret towering 21 metres into the sky, will be built in Derby. Derby City Council’s planning committee last night ignored advice from planning officers that they should refuse the application, pictured left. The news was described as “devastating” from campaigners against the plans but scores …
