by Sian Griffiths, Sunday Times: A Christian school governor with decades of service has been suspended after saying that she would not have wanted her two sons to read books with LGBT themes. Maureen Griffith, 73, who worked as an NHS nurse for 40 years, was a governor at Alperton Community School in Brent, northwest […]

by Martin Sewell, Archbishop Cranmer: We are now well into the season when our priests planning their services and delivering sermons in churches and schools to celebrate and give thanks for Harvest time, and in doing so they will be treading a thin line whatever they do or preach. They should, of course, be setting […]

by Jules Gomes, Rebel Priest: The incoming bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury is refusing to disclose if she authorised a same-sex married candidate to be accepted for ordination training and in doing so violated the Church of England’s rules, even before her consecration as bishop. On the day Bishop-designate Rose Hudson-Wilkin was named as […]

by Christopher Shell, Anglican Mainstream: There are five rules of announcing the results of new scientific studies in the mass media. One – dress the results up as being sensational. Two – do so even if they are exactly the same as the results of former studies. Three – never mention former studies. Four – […]

from SPUC: In a decision that “turns justice on its head” the High Court in Belfast has ruled that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws breach the UK’s human rights commitments. The High Court judge found in favour of Sarah Ewart, a woman from Northern Ireland, who travelled to England for an abortion after she was told […]

from Christian Concern: An experienced Christian doctor who was forced out of his job working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after refusing to use transgender pronouns has lost his Employment Tribunal case. The tribunal ruled that his belief in the Biblical view of what it is to be male and female was […]

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. I’ve written before about my fascination with the last few chapters of Acts, which portray the apostle Paul on trial again and again. Here are some more reflections. While there are great differences between the early church and contemporary Christianity in the West, Luke was writing to an audience of […]

by Martin Davie: The bishops’ joint statement about Brexit. Following the events that took place in the Supreme Court and Parliament last week the Bishops of the Church of England have issued a joint statement about Brexit in which they make four key points: First, that the result of the 2016 referendum ‘should be honoured.’ […]

by Trevin Wax, The Gospel Coalition: Not long ago, I wrote about the American Dream turning on itself due to our changing definitions of “freedom” and “happiness.” We’ve moved away from the idea of freedom for something to freedom from everything—any constraint that would stop us from being or doing whatever we want in life. […]

from RT.com: For trans people, the quest to create the body that matches their perceptions is a life devoted to drugs and doctors. For Big Pharma, the challenge is to serve the interests of this group without being blinded by big profit. Western society is currently witnessing something of a medical revolution, which many have […]