by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. Attempts to suppress a documentary illustrate widespread ignorance, intolerance and injustice in Western sexual politics. What makes a good society? Should there be ‘liberalism’ and ‘tolerance’ for any point of view, within a framework of law that protects against exploitation and violence? Or are certain viewpoints, voices, actually better kept […]

by Justin Welby, Mailonline: As a country, we are facing our biggest challenge and shake-up to society since the Second World War. As we look around, we see divisions and inequalities that are already damaging our way of life. But we also see grounds for hope and the capacity to overcome our problems. Brexit makes […]

from Christian Concern: The Department of Health has preemptively responded to an online petition calling for a ban on gender reassignment for under-18s. The petition, which is still open, was set up by Christian campaign group Voice for Justice, and has attracted over 9,000 signatures. The Department of Health and Social Care published an announcement in […]

from The Christian Institute: The Government has been urged to allow faith schools to teach sex education in accordance with their religious ethos by councillors in a London borough. Barnet Council unanimously backed a motion calling for tolerance to be shown to people of faith. The Government has just concluded a “call for evidence” on […]

by Peter Jensen, Gafcon: Do you want to square an ethical circle? Then insist that holy matrimony can only be between people of the opposite sex, and, at the same time, approve monogamous, life-long sexual relationships between people of the same sex. Very strange? Well, the argument in favour goes like this: Marriage between two […]

By Ian Paul, Psephizo. [Editor’s note: this is important because of the growing popularity of Rohr’s teaching among Christians in the English speaking West who are looking for something less inconvenient and apparently more “deep” than re-statement of historic biblical faith for contemporary life.] […] Two things struck me immediately. First, from the beginning, the […]

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. After a long period of discussion and, I’m certain, lots of prayer, three organizations which have had overlapping membership, leadership and aims have agreed to merge, or in reality Reform and Fellowship of Word and Spirit will cease to exist, and a new, beefed-up Church Society will be created. Church […]

by T A Pascoe, The Conservative Woman: A fortnight ago the Government confirmed that it would look at how to support the institution of marriage in policymaking. Kit Malthouse, Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, pledged to examine the possibility of a ministerial working group while responding to a motion moved by Derek […]

by Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism: News about American religious freedom has not been good in recent years. Religious Americans have watched in amazement as courts have ignored it, liberal sectors in the country disowned it after years of accepting and advancing it as a core commitment, and opinion against it has solidified even as religious […]

by Philip vander Elst, BeThinking. […] The glaring contrast between its commitment to ‘tolerance’ and its censorious attitude towards those who challenge its precepts, however, reveals the internal incoherence and inconsistency of humanistic ‘liberalism’. Even when its belief in choice and toleration is sincere, it is inconsistent with its other assumption that all values are […]