The One Right Answer to the Problem of Pain

Mar 4, 2024 by

By Randy Newman, TGC. Over the many years that I’ve listened to people share their struggles and questions about faith, the problem of pain is the objection most frequently raised. That makes sense. It’s a disturbing and ever-present...

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Kemi Badenoch vows ‘conversion therapy’ legislation won’t criminalise therapy discussions

May 21, 2023 by

By Glen Owen and Sanchez Manning, Mail online: The conversion therapy ban will not affect parents, teachers, religious leaders or health professionals having ‘exploratory or even challenging conversations’ with young people about gender,...

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Oxford Pride condemns conversion therapy open letter

Feb 17, 2022 by

from BBC News: Church leaders and an LGBT charity from Oxfordshire have condemned a letter signed by Christian ministers opposing a ban on conversion therapy. The letter to Equalities Minister Liz Truss was written in response to a...

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Are UK health bodies barring Christians from counselling?

Feb 11, 2022 by

from Christian Concern: Dr Mike Davidson, director of Core Issues Trust, comments on how Christian pastors and counsellors are at risk of being barred from offering legitimate help, guidance and counselling for unwanted sexual...

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Conversion therapy ban must not infringe on religious freedom, says equalities watchdog

Jan 31, 2022 by

from Christian Today: Government plans to introduce a ban on so-called conversion therapy must not infringe upon religious freedom, the equalities body has warned. In a major intervention, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)...

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‘Gay conversion therapy does not work’ – Really?

Jan 3, 2022 by

by Lisa Nolland, Christian Today: Conventional wisdom claims this therapy is neither beneficent nor effective. Examples include ‘corrective’ rape; ‘ice baths’; heterosexual pornography; being exorcised and offered...

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