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“COL”: now a universal acronym
UK inflation rates have hit levels we haven’t seen in 30 years, eye watering energy prices are predicted to rise again, and Northern Ireland tops the list of areas in the UK where the percentage of households is predicted to fall into fuel poverty by a whopping 76.3% by January 2023. The…
Danielle McElhinney
Ten podcasts for public leaders
Cultural intelligence Q Podcast Q, a website of videos and articles, was birthed out of Gabe Lyons’ vision to see Christians, especially leaders, recover a vision for their historic responsibility to renew and restore cultures. The podcast (qpodcast.libsyn.com) covers a large subject-base…
Abi Jarvis
Coronavirus conversations live: Gavin Calver, Jo Frost and Rev Celia Apeagyei-Collins
Live conversation from 14 May which explores what God is doing at this time, how we can pray into this, and what we might learn and discern to prepare us for what lies ahead
Heavenly citizenship and earthly justice
The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have both faced difficult questions from MPs, as it has been revealed that migrants from the Caribbean who have lived in the UK for decades have been asked to prove their right to be here. Some have lost the benefits they need to live on, others have been…
John Coleby
Understanding the politics of lockdown
The system of individual local lockdowns in England has now been replaced with a three-tier set of restrictions, with every local authority placed in one of the three categories. At present only the wider Liverpool City Region is in the highest tier of restrictions, which sees the closure of many…
Danny Webster
Ealing Council’s decision to institute a censorship zone is a brazen attack on civil liberties
On Tuesday, 10 April, Ealing Council’s cabinet voted to introduce a ‘safe zone’ outside of the Marie Stopes abortion centre on Mattock Lane. Ealing Council said that it was an “absolutely necessary” move to combat rife “harassment and intimidation” occurring outside the centre. Council leader…
Guest writer
Christ's teachings – a sure foundation
As I watched the news, following the trail of destruction left by Storm Ciara, I saw an awful and heart-wrenching video of a guest house in Hawick, a victim to flooding, as part of the building slid into the racing river below. I could not help but remember the parable of the two men who built…
One Body in Christ: The History and Significance of the Evangelical Alliance
This book by Rev Dr David Hilborn and Rev Dr Ian Randall traces the Evangelical Alliance from its foundation in 1846, using previously unexplored archives
Government’s anti-persecution inquiry launched
At yesterday’s launch event at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hunt said: “We wanted to do this not just because freedom of worship is a fundamental human right, but also because freedom of worship is the invisible line between open societies and closed societies. “Where freedom of worship is…
Danny Webster
Finding God in unexpected places
I didn’t think this was the sort of place I’d meet a Christian. This is a fairly regular phrase I hear as our teams at Third Space Ministries go about sharing God’s love in the ‘third spaces’ of society; places outside of home and work; places of leisure such as gyms, nightclubs, pubs, cafes. I…
Carolyn Skinner
Reaching students in your city
On the university campuses in your city there are thousands of people open to talking about the gospel during one of the most pivotal seasons of their lives. Among them, you’ll probably find students not just from all over the UK, but all over the world. How can local churches in university cities…
Peter Dray
Scottish Government supporting communities funding
With more details here and here, this is a summary of what has been made available: £350m fund to support welfare and wellbeing £95m to local authorities: £50m in Barnett consequentials from the UK Government’s hardship fund directly to local authorities; £45m added to the Scottish Welfare Fund…
Kieran Turner
The challenges around conversion therapy
The Government’s 2018 LGBT Action Plan set out its intention to end conversion therapy in the UK. Proposals on how the Government will do this are now imminent. In the four-year action plan, and in recent parliamentary statements, the Government has sought to reassure churches and other faith…
Danny Webster
Education secretary outlines plans to restrict freedoms to home educate
Education policy is devolved in the UK meaning each parliament – Holyrood, Senedd, Stormont and Westminster each legislate, fund and implement policies affecting children from early years through to higher education. The Education Act 1996 states that it is the responsibility of parents to seek…
Alicia Edmund
Brexit, Herod and contemptuous politicians
The five-day debate on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement was always going to be tense, with predictions that the government could lose the vote on 11 December by a large margin – one tracker now has more than 100 Conservative MPs pledging to vote against it. But then there was the tricky matter of…
Danny Webster
