by Michael Horton, TGC: Few conference talks have flowered so richly into an evangelical classic as John Stott’s Baptism and Fullness: The Work of the Holy Spirit Today. Published in 1964, this book appeared just before the explosive growth of the charismatic movement in mainline churches. With the second edition in 1975, slightly revised yet […]

By Rosie Dawson, Religion Media Centre: Voting closed on Friday in the elections for membership of the Church of England’s governing body, the General Synod, with candidates from all wings of the church claiming that the next five years will be the “crunch time” for the CofE’s future. The coming quinquennium — five years — […]

from Christian Concern: A Christian nurse is challenging her former hospital after being forced out of her job because she wouldn’t remove her small cross necklace. Mary Onuoha was told her small gold cross, clasped to her neck, which she had worn for 40 years as a symbol of her deep Christian faith, was a […]

by John Horvat, The Imaginative Conservative: The collapse of our liberal order is upon us. As expected, many liberals assign the blame to Christian conservatives. We are the ones waging “forever” culture wars that prevent society from progressing, diversifying and becoming more inclusive. We are the ones who use culture as an identity marker to […]

from Christian Today: Dr Harvey Kwiyani, a theologian and missiologist from Malawi, East Africa, is set to lead a freshly launched Master’s degree programme at Church Mission Society (CMS) that will focus on the “new movement of post-colonial missionaries” formed by African Christians in the UK. “I grew up in Africa, so I know what […]

By Micah Watson, Public Discourse: We should be very wary of changing our minds about a teaching or practice that has been taught clearly, continuously, and authoritatively on the basis of scripture throughout the history and breadth of the Church. The following ten considerations can help us think carefully when friends inside or outside the […]

A powerful reminder of how a nation turned to God for help in its darkest hour, and experienced his protection. Can something like this happen again? The organisation ’Strengthen the Faithful’ circulated a powerful message to churches in the UK in the form of a leaflet and video released in the early days of the […]

by Gavin Ashenden, Christian Today: Over the last half century there has been a consistent assault on Christian ethical values in the name of secular progress. The outcome has been almost uniformly disastrous in terms of social cohesion, personal wellbeing and the stability of society. The latest proposals to license assisted suicide continue the same […]

by Rod Dreher, The American Conservative: The other night, a friend in Kansas said that I should watch the new Apple TV take on Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series of novels, because it sounds like the Benedict Option. I did, and really liked the first episode. Then yesterday, a friend in Texas texted to tell me […]

by Heather Preston, Premier: A new report suggests that despite their challenges, online worship services are here for the long term as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Research from Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Chester has found that Covid-19 has accelerated a trend towards a more digital religious experience. The study, British […]