CI News: 26 February 2021

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream: In Matthew’s account of the resurrection, we’re given a tantalising brief description of how some Roman soldiers had an unexpected encounter with a supernatural being: “…an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it….the guards were so […]

From Christian Concern: Today, we mourn the loss of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died this morning at Windsor Castle. His was a life of dedicated service to his country and in particular to Her Majesty, the Queen. At their golden wedding anniversary in 1997, Queen Elizabeth called him her “strength and stay all […]

By Rebecca Paveley, Church Times: RIOTING in Northern Ireland continued over the Easter weekend and into this week, despite appeals for calm, among them a joint appeal by the Archbishop of Armagh and three other Anglican diocesan bishops in the province, who warned young people not to get involved in actions that they would “regret […]

by Trevin Wax, The Gospel Coalition: A few weeks ago, Tommy Nelson, pastor of Denton Bible Church, in promoting an upcoming conference said that “wokeness” is “the most insidious and dangerous and pervasive ideology I have ever seen in all of my life.” Naturally, social media platforms erupted in commentary. Some wondered how someone in […]

by Russell Powell, Sydney Anglicans: We’ll remember 2020 for a lot of reasons – not many of them good, thanks to COVID-19. But Wycliffe Bible translators have revealed one encouraging statistic. “We are living in a season where we are seeing the fastest acceleration of Bible translation occurring at any time in the history of […]

from World Vision: More than seven million people across six countries in East Africa are on the brink of starvation. If the international community does not act now, thousands of children could face long-term health consequences or die, warns World Vision International. Andrew Morley, World Vision International President & CEO, said: ”The world needs to wake […]

from Catholic Herald: A Polish Catholic parish in London, England, said Saturday that it believed that police “grossly exceeded their powers” when they halted a Good Friday service and ordered parishioners to go home. Police officers interrupted the Good Friday liturgy at Christ the King Church in Balham, south London, on April 2, ordering worshipers […]

by Marcus Jones, Premier: The organisers of an evangelistic event in which Franklin Graham preached have won a legal dispute with Blackpool Council. The Lancashire Festival of Hope took place over three days at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens in September 2018 and saw hundreds make commitments to follow Christ. Before the start of the event, adverts […]

From Gafcon For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed–a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is […]

by Antonello Guerrera ,  Stefanie Bolzen ,  Arnaud De la Grange ,  Rafa de Miguel, la Repubblica: An exclusive interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury on the lessons of the pandemic, the “enormous danger” of vaccine nationalism, the concerns on Northern Ireland, Mohammad’s cartoons and freedom of speech, racism and asylum seekers in the UK, […]