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Email your MP to vote no to assisted suicide
The assisted suicide bill will be the most important debate MPs will have in this parliamentary session, possibly their political career. The task at hand is to engage the 330 MPs who supported the bill at second reading and persuade them to reconsider their support ahead of the third reading…
Alicia Edmund
The Disclosure Act 2020 comes into force on 1 April 2025 – what does this mean for your church or organisation?
According to the Scottish Government, the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 had two key aims: Focus on protecting the public, while balancing the need for people to move on from offending;Simplify the process for disclosing criminal history information. The act makes several changes in this regard,…
Chris Ringland
Adolescence: Is the crisis of masculinity leading young men to Christ?
I find the conversation about masculinity bubbling up in society particularly interesting because this week the Bible Society released a report that reveals something both surprising and encouraging: over the past six years, male attendance at church has seen a significant rise, especially among…
Katherine Brown
What is a woman?
This follows a case brought by For Women Scotland, which challenged the Scottish Government’s approach to gender quotas on public boards. The Scottish Government wanted these quotas to include people who are biologically male but had a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) and identified as trans…
Danny Webster
In the turbulence of 2025, the graduate scheme combined my passion for Jesus and politics
Having previously worked within local churches and children's ministry, I have witnessed firsthand the troubles many face in their day-to-day lives – homelessness, food poverty, loneliness, and much more. I also walked alongside parents navigating raising children in modern society, with gender…
Abbey Furmedge
Unity is not uniformity
The Nicene Creed, emerging from the Church Council of Nicaea (AD325), is to be celebrated because it gave us the four markers of the church in One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church. These four markers are important for church unity as they echo the apostolic prayer of Jesus in John 17, when He…
Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana
Eight reasons we are urging MSPs to vote against the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is expected to be debated and voted on at stage 1 on Tuesday, 13 May. If it passes, it will progress to stage 2, where it can be amended. If it doesn’t pass, the bill won’t progress any further and won’t become law. Over several years we…
Chris Ringland
Discipleship in an age of self-obsession
We don’t just live our lives – we measure them, analyse them and compare them. Statistics show that gym use has skyrocketed, as has plastic surgery and use of health apps. At the same time, other studies are showing an increase in church attendance, Bible sales and openness to spirituality. It…
Katherine Brown
George Floyd and the church – five years on: justice or jargon?
I would argue that at the time, British and Irish churches were playing catch-up on racial justice and so were unable to shape or lead the conversations on those equality-related issues which came into focus after May 2020. Nature abhors a vacuum, and with regard to racial justice, into this vacuum…
Richard Reddie
Five things the church can do to support mothers in pregnancy crisis
Coming to terms with the pain caused by abortion – or the pressure of an unintended pregnancy – is never easy. But we have a Saviour who lived through this. Jesus was born to a Judean teenager in perhaps the most unexpected pregnancy in history! Mary faced shame, scorn, and accusations of…
Mark Gilmore
An update on the push for assisted suicide in Westminster and Scotland
Ultimately, only one amendment was put to a vote – Rebecca Paul’s proposal to allow hospices to opt out of providing assisted suicide. Despite all the talk of freedom, this amendment designed to give hospices a choice was voted down. It has become increasingly clear that this bill is not only…
Mark Gilmore
What the decriminalisation of abortion really means in practice
Labour MPs Tonia Antoniazzi and Stella Creasy have each tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill – New Clause 1 and New Clause 20 – aiming to fully decriminalise abortion in England and Wales. As Christians, we believe every human being bears God’s image and has inherent dignity from…
Mark Gilmore
Boredom and the search for meaning
In the study, participants were placed in a room for up to 15 minutes with just their minds for company. They also had the option to give themselves a mild electric shock. Shockingly (pun intended), 67% of men and 25% of women chose to do just that. Why? Because we all get bored – and we really…
Peter Lynas
Parliament votes to legalise unsafe and dangerous abortion
Instead of the law protecting both lives in pregnancy, all unborn children have lost legal protections and women have been abandoned by those tasked and paid to provide care. Some women will risk their own lives and health in the name of ‘autonomy’. Others will be coerced into ‘choosing’ by…
Dawn McAvoy
Assisted suicide bill advances to the House of Lords
It is often said, how a society treats its most vulnerable is a reflection of how it measures and values humanity. I would like to go one step further and suggest the decision of politicians to conceive and propose to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales is a reflection on how cultural…
Alicia Edmund
