British Isles
Thursday, 17 January 2019 22:47
CofE representative doesn’t believe in resurrection
Senior Anglicans are asking the Archbishop of Canterbury to force his ambassador to the Vatican to resign because he does not believe Jesus rose from the dead. In an Easter sermon some years ago Dr John…
Thursday, 17 January 2019 22:43
Government urged to stop paying Palestinians teaching martyrdom
Dame Louise Ellman MP, the vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, presented a bill in Parliament on 9 January under the ten-minute rule, arguing that British taxpayers are funding the teaching of a curriculum that preaches…
Thursday, 17 January 2019 22:19
Praying for our leaders
The Evangelical Alliance writes, ‘Paul reminds Timothy that praying for our leaders “pleases God our Saviour, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.’’ (1 Timothy 2:4) So…
Thursday, 17 January 2019 22:17
Northern Ireland exit agreement
Arlene Foster, its leader, has said that the DUP will act in the best interests of the UK. ‘The promotion and protection of the Union is at our core’. She added, ‘We had made clear in…
Thursday, 17 January 2019 22:14
A disturbing atheist trend
Ten years ago the notorious atheist bus campaign marked a high point for militant atheism. But now there's a new and more serious challenge to the Church. It is ‘identity politics’. Although it highlights oppression or…
Thursday, 17 January 2019 22:02
Diet to save lives, save the planet, and feed us all?
37 experts from farming, climate change and nutrition groups across the world came together as part of the EAT-Lancet commission. They took two years to come up with their findings, now published in the Lancet. The…