from BBC News: The police response to an ex-officer’s allegedly transphobic tweets was unlawful, the High Court has ruled. Harry Miller was visited by Humberside Police at work in January last year after a complaint about his tweets. He was told he had not committed a crime, but it would be recorded as a non-crime […]

by Andrew T Walker, National Review: It’s a complicated situation for religious conservatives. But these are complicated times. In January 2021, someone will take the presidential oath of office, and religious conservatives will undoubtedly play a crucial role in whom it will be. Their influence will be the focus of an untold number of postmortems, […]

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream: The acting Bishop of Oxford Diocese has released an ‘Ad Clerum’ letter to all clergy and licensed Lay Ministers, setting out his “reflections on how we may go forward” following the House of Bishops’ Statement on Civil Partnerships, and the subsequent apologies and distancing from this Statement. Colin Fletcher, Bishop of […]

by Martin Davie: Talking to members of many different churches over the years it has become clear that there is a widespread concern that a lot of ordinary Christians (and even a large number of the clergy) do not really understand the orthodox Christian view of sex, marriage and family life. In the lead up […]

from Christian Today: Transgenderism is one of the most contentious issues being debated today, affecting everything from beauty and fashion, to sports, education and the law. Dr Sharon James is social policy analyst for the Christian Institute and the author of Gender Ideology: What Christians Need to Know, which as the title suggests is a […]

by Archbishop Cranmer: In his maiden speech on 29th January, a Conservative MP said something which even the Bishops in the House of Lords aren’t saying. Danny Kruger, the Member for Devizes, made not only an unapologetic appeal to national identity, but also to the Christian foundations of that identity: I finish on a more […]

from Gafcon: The Anglican Reality Check takes a look at the recent history of the Anglican Communion. It reveals how predominantly Western church leaders have relentlessly sought to undermine Resolution I.10 of the 1998 Lambeth Conference which reaffirmed the clear teaching of Scripture on marriage and specifically rejected homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture. In […]

from Christian Today: Labour MP Ben Bradshaw today told the House of Commons that “serious questions” will be asked about the Church of England’s established status if it stands by its position on opposite-sex civil partnerships.  A statement by the College of Bishops last month said that sex was for married heterosexual couples only. “For Christians, […]

by Dr Lisa Nolland, Heart Publications: Horrified by the needs but encouraged by changed lives, Lisa Nolland reports on how Kenyans are resisting the pressure to adopt the West’s LGBT agenda. Kenya is publicly standing against the West’s financial pressure and propaganda, by refusing to adopt its agenda of sexual minority/‘reproductive rights’, but this stand […]

by Felix O’Mahony, Cherwell: St Hilda’s College will abolish its chapel from next year, replacing the space with a multi-faith room. The announcement makes St Hilda’s the third undergraduate college in Oxford not to have a dedicated anglican chapel. The announcement follows months of debate around the presence and need for a chapel at the […]