From Christian Concern. A Christian street preacher has had his conviction for using ‘threatening and discriminatory language’ whilst preaching in Lincoln overturned by the Crown Court. Daniel Courney, aged 33, had been convicted by Lincoln Magistrates on 14 September after the Crown Prosecution Service pressed charges over complaints by Muslims in the area. But at the […]

Politician (Tim Farron) and Bishop (Tim Dakin) call for new relationship between minority orthodox Christianity and dominant liberalism. By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. The main hall at the Law Society in Chancery Lane was packed. TV cameras were in attendance, and bloggers and tweeters were poised over ipads as Tim Farron was introduced as the […]

by David Robertson, theweeflea: I wrote this article on Transgender for Christian Today.  In reply CT then published this article WWJD – A Trans Christian responds. I was horrified and to be honest quite hurt about it – and I don’t often get hurt about personal articles.    The ‘on the one hand some Christians […]

by Will Jones, The Conservative Woman: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was in Moscow last week delivering a lecture on the subject of ‘theology, anthropology and Christian hope’. This wouldn’t normally be an occasion for comment, save that in this lecture the Primate of All England and leader of the global Anglican Communion broached […]

By Tim Wyatt, Church Times. GORDON BROWN has said that he should have been more open about the way in which his religious beliefs motivated him while he was Prime Minister. Writing in his memoirs My Life, Our Times, published last month by Bodley Head, Mr Brown, whose father was a Church of Scotland minister, argued […]

By Ian Paul, Psephizo. A minor theological news storm has blown up about the apparent decision of the Lutheran Church of Sweden to stop using masculine terms (the pronoun ‘he’ and the title ‘Lord’) in reference to God. The main article appeared in the Telegraph but was also reported in the Independent—though this second version appeared to be […]

by Harry Farley, Christian Today: An Anglican minister has sparked outrage after questioning whether Prince George is gay and if that might force the Church of England to adopt same-sex marriage. The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, and a campaigner for LGBT rights in the Church, was accused of a […]

by Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch: Hmm, a contradiction here? An oxymoron? We know that the word ‘secular’ is synonymous with terms like non-religious, non-spiritual, non-church, temporal, worldly, etc. Secular is the opposite of sacred. ‘Sacred’ has to do with God, religion, spirituality, etc. The word ‘theocracy’ is a compound of two Greek terms: God and rule. […]

by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. Christ is the King, as many of us remembered and celebrated this past Sunday. To quote the wonderful Psalm 2, God has installed his Son as sovereign in Zion; the nations are his inheritance, the ends of the earth his possession. That is the reality, and the powers on the […]

by Eleanor Harding, Mailonline: Three Cambridge University colleges are holding special new chapel services for gay and transgender Christians in an effort to be more inclusive. The sermons aim to create a ‘safe sacred space’ and show that Christianity can be welcoming of anyone, regardless of ‘sexuality or gender identity’. One service, held recently at […]