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What does the Scottish Budget mean for you?
By covering the policy priority areas that are featured within our framework for public engagement in Scotland, our What Kind of Nation resource, we wanted to make Evangelical Alliance members aware of a snapshot of the budget proposals for the purposes of going deeper into the spending decisions…
Chris Ringland
God Unborn: Joseph said yes
Joseph was part of God’s plan, too. But what do we know about him? Did the task at hand daunt him? Did he feel the pressure of protecting and providing for his betrothed and her miraculous son? As we look at Joseph, we see not only God’s heart for fatherhood but the place it holds in family life.…
EP 2: Cultural Stories - The Water We Swim | Relationships Matter
Looking at the building blocks of our cultural stories helps us to see how truly radical and life-giving the God story is.
EP 3: Cultural Stories - Sex & Culture | Relationships Matter
In episode three we look at five big shifts that have significantly changed the way we think and act towards sex and relationships.
EP 4: The God Story - The Bigger Picture | Relationships Matter
From the marriage in the garden of Eden between Adam and Eve to the wedding between Jesus and the church in Revelation, explore the epic love story of the Bible.
EP 5: The God Story - The Key Texts | Relationships Matter
We explore how the Bible provides a clear and consistent message on sexuality, tackling head on the so-called “clobber texts” – key verses that refer to homosexuality.
EP 6: Jesus' Story - The Bridegroom | Relationships Matter
How Jesus’ teaching and practice is the reason we have the understanding of marriage that we do and why ideas like consent and equality have become commonplace.
EP 7: A Better Story - All Things New | Relationships Matter
How can we create cultures in our churches where people feel able to share their stories and their struggles, confess their sin and find grace and mercy in abundance?
Relationships Matter: Affirmations Guide
Relationships are critical to what it is to be human. At the centre of the universe is God in relationship – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Human beings are made in the image of God, created male and female. All of us, as image bearers, are made for relationships – with God and with each other. It is…
What an ethos statement is and why you should consider having one
Whilst the philosopher Eugene Lewis Fordsworthe is credited as coining the original saying, most people will have heard the saying “assumption is the mother of all mistakes” in one form or another. So before you get into the hot water that comes with assumption, why not make the decision to have…
The Evangelical Alliance releases new Relationships Matter online course
Relationships Matter: a seven-week course to explore the good, true and beautiful story of relationships, sex and sexuality found in the Bible from the Evangelical Alliance is out today. The seven-part video series with an accompanying study guide is designed to help churches understand the…
Relationships Matter: Affirmations commentary
Read our theological commentary on the evangelical affirmations on the Bible, sexuality and same-sex attraction
What's changing in the new Mental Health Bill?
In today’s society, we are increasingly aware of the importance of addressing poor mental health and providing support to individuals and families in such situations. Statistics regarding the current legal framework for mental health have highlighted a significantly imbalanced system. For example,…
Abbey Furmedge
80th Holocaust memorial: lamenting the lost and caring for the survivors
My mother was a Holocaust survivor, and I saw the way it impacted her life until she passed away last year at the age of 82. Through her life, I saw the deep needs of this population. There are not many Holocaust survivors left. It’s become my desire and hope, and a very urgent matter in my heart,…
Kata Tar
Holocaust memorial prayer
We remember, and pray for families and communities who still carry the pain of the Holocaust
