CI News: 11 December 2020

Dec 11, 2020 by

from The Christian Institute: In the news this week: A psychiatrist faces disciplinary action after warning of the risks of puberty-blocking drugs, a teenager considers legal action against the College of Policing over its guidance on...

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Australian LGBT laws vs UK verdict

Dec 11, 2020 by

by Claire Chandler, MercatorNet: In light of the verdict on the Keira Bell case, are Australian legislators rushing in the wrong direction? Last week in the United Kingdom, a momentous judgement with international implications was handed...

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Labour won’t tolerate freedom of conscience

Dec 11, 2020 by

from Christian Concern: Tim Dieppe comments on the recent resignation of Labour’s shadow faith minister, Janet Daby. Janet Daby resigned as Labour’s shadow faith minister last week over comments she had made in support of freedom of...

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Advent Meditations: Friday 11 December

Dec 11, 2020 by

Fri Dec 11 am 31 pm: 36 Isa 7:10-25 2 Thes 2:13-3:5 Luke 22:14-30 TODAY ON THE LITURGICAL CALENDAR – St.  Damasus, Bishop and Biblicist, 343.                 St. Damasus is perhaps best well known for commissioning St. Jerome to...

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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution, ...

Dec 10, 2020 by

from Christianity Today: In a new book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution, Carl Trueman argues that the sexual revolution and its triumphs result from a...

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COVID-19: Where is God in all this? Review by Dr Gareth Tuckwell

Dec 10, 2020 by

COVID-19 Where is God in all this? Greg Forster, Caris Grimes, James Haslam, Michael Langrish, John Pilling Edited by Chris Sugden Published by Grove Books Limited October 2020 £3.95 27pp ISBN: 978 1 78827 139 4 This publication is an...

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The Explanatory Memorandum from the Bishops of the Church in Wales – a response

Dec 10, 2020 by

By Martin Davie, Reflections of an Anglican Theologian: The Church in Wales has now published a Bill which, if passed, will allow services of blessing to take place in Welsh churches after Civil Partnership ceremony or civil partnership...

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Science and religion: The big lies

Dec 10, 2020 by

by Peter Mullen, The Conservative Woman: WHEN I was in my teens and flexing my muscles in the back streets of Leeds, my dad gave me some good advice: ‘Never argue with a drunk.’ I’ve learned that there are others with whom it is...

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Allo allo! Where is the Resistance?

Dec 10, 2020 by

by Gavin Ashenden: Our ‘cancel culture’ sacrifices individuality and free speech – all in the name of safety. Once in a blue moon, one of ‘those’ books falls into your lap. Living as I do partly in Normandy, and with an...

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Church in Wales proposals for blessings after same-sex marriages

Dec 10, 2020 by

from Thinking Anglicans: The Governing Body of the Church in Wales has published on this page its proposals for: A Bill to authorise experimental use of proposed revisions of the Book of Common Prayer (service of Blessing following a...

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