by Robert P George, Public Discourse: Every time we fail to muster the courage to do what’s right, what God is calling us to do, there is behind that failure a still deeper failure: a failure of love. Author’s note: On January 1, 2020, Ryan T. Anderson and I published a piece in USA Today […]

by Guilio Meotti, Gatestone Institute: Martha Bulus, a Nigerian Catholic woman, was going to her bridal party when she was abducted by Islamic extremists of Boko Haram. Martha and her companions were beheaded and their execution filmed. The video of the brutal murders of these 11 Christians was released on December 26 to coincide with […]

by Ian Lovett, Wall Street Journal: Leaders of the United Methodist Church have agreed in principle on a deal that will divide the denomination, potentially ending years of discord over the status of gay and transgender people in the church. The agreement, which was signed by 16 leaders of the church on both sides of […]

by David Baker, Christian Today: As we look ahead to the coming year, what may happen to the Church of England – and indeed to the wider Anglican Communion? Predicting the future outside the pages of Scripture is a notoriously unwise thing to do. Not, of course, that this has stopped some from trying. According […]

by Will Jones, Faith and Politics: […] What would a truly conservative Queen’s Speech look like, one to which genuine conservatives would raise a glass as the New Year dawns? Well, it wouldn’t include no-fault divorce on demand, which the government has revived, despite 83 per cent of respondents to their own consultation disagreeing with the […]

by George Boorman, The Federalist: First transgenderism destroyed the meaning of womanhood. Now, gender-fluidity and non-binary have destroyed the meaning of transgender. Once-celebrated author J.K. Rowling has been mobbed online for recognizing that womanhood is determined by biological sex, not feelings, tweeting support for a British feminist who lost her job over the issue. Vox, […]

by Douglas Murray, Mail on Sunday: This was the year of ‘woke’. Or at least the year that ‘woke’ made its biggest land grab. For anyone lucky enough not to have encountered the term, woke is essentially political correctness after a course of steroids. Its followers spend their lives punishing any wrong-think committed, which can […]

by David Alton, Conservative Home: On Boxing Day last year, Jeremy Hunt, then Foreign Secretary, announced that he had asked Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Truro, to establish an independent review into the global persecution of Christians. On July 4th, during the Conservative leadership election, the Bishop published his findings – including the estimate that almost […]

By Jerry Newcombe, Christian Post: Twenty-five years ago, D. James Kennedy and I came out with a book called, What if Jesus had Never Been Born? It ended up becoming a best-seller. The message is very simple: Because Jesus was born, look at all these incredible blessings we have throughout the world. For instance, the Christian church created the […]

by David Baker, Christian Today: Many Anglican evangelical clergy and lay people have been left feeling dismayed and disheartened by the appointment of Stephen Cottrell as the next Archbishop of York…[scroll down for further news and comment] …If Bishop Cottrell wants to be build trust, he could perhaps meet Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) […]