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Assisted suicide backed: A dark day for the vulnerable Just moments ago, MPs voted 314 to 291 in favour of the assisted suicide bill. Lives will be needlessly lost as a result.Despite the many flaws with the legislation, intense criticism of the process a...

"Christianity might still be 'in the air we breathe', but the air is becoming more and more polluted"

James Mildred writes following today's 'devastating' afternoon in Parliament where MPs voted 314 to 291 in favour of the assisted suicide bill.

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This abortion law change is evil, pure and simple MPs have approved the biggest change to abortion law in England and Wales for 50 years.It was done via an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill. If this comes as a surprise to you, it is because th...

"Inevitably, if you make human freedom your god, you will always prioritise those able to choose what they want. The casualties of this are those without a voice..."
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Loving your pro-abortion neighbour after THAT vote Last night MPs debated the Crime and Policing Bill, and voted by a majority of 242 to decriminalise abortion at any gestation time when a woman has acted in relation to her own pregnancy.I hope it goe...

"We can recognise the awful situations that many women considering an abortion find themselves facing, whilst still maintaining that unborn children are undeniably human beings and should have protection as the most vulnerable."

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The last best chance to stop assisted suicide Bill is here We are drawing close to crucial debates and votes on Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.The aim of the legislation is to give terminally ill adults over 18 in England the right ...

Ahead of the third reading of the Assisted Dying Bill, expected to take place on Friday, what can we do?

James Mildred from Christian Research Action and Education writes:

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When a church member falls in love with an AI: Preparing for new ministry realities A new world is bringing new opportunities. With those new opportunities come new challenges: challenges to know what is good and right and true; and challenges to know what choices to make around our ...

My latest for @evangelicalsnow.bsky.social on digital sex.

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How do Ukrainian Christians now want us to pray? “How can we pray for Ukraine?” is a question I am often asked, as someone with extensive personal and ministry connections there.There are numerous suggestions I have made by way of an answer, some mo...

Here are 11 ways to pray for the ongoing war in Ukraine, from Christian Ukranians themselves.

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VE Day 80 years on: A lasting victory? After the battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815), Arthur Wellesley, the Anglo-Irish 1st Duke of Wellington and the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces fighting Napoleon, famously commented that “I don...

Today marks 80 years since Victory in Europe at the end of World War II. Here, historian Michael Haykin looks back and considers what lessons and relevance it has for our turbulent times today.
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More people attending church than before pandemic Churches are seeing twice as many people commit to following Jesus as in 2021, the Evangelical Alliance's new Changing Church survey reveals.Changing Church 2025, released today, explores the state of...

A new report released today from the Evangelical Alliance UK reveals that there are now more people attending church than before the pandemic.
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Pope Francis 'world's foremost false teacher' says well-known evangelical Well-known Canadian reformed pastor, speaker and author Tim Challies says Pope Francis was "the world's foremost false teacher".Writing on his blog, which he has updated regularly since 2003, Challies...

Well-known Canadian reformed pastor, speaker and author Tim Challies says Pope Francis was "the world's foremost false teacher".

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A message from one broken person to another Life in my thirties looked somewhat sorted out, at least from the outside.I was married, had three children, worked part-time, and was active in my local church. I ran the toddler group, played piano ...

"In my thirties, I felt like a Christian superwoman... However, life in my forties was very different. When I was forty, I left my husband, got divorced, and left the church..."

Thank you for this honest account Anna Jones @passionforevangelism

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To a better understanding of ‘Scripture trumps all’ Again and again since the close of the New Testament, the church has reasserted the essential evangelical principle of the supremacy of Scripture alone. Why so? Quite simply, because that is what Jesu...

"Sola Scriptura is not the same as the view that we should have 'no creed but the Bible!'"

Michael Reeves asks if a right view of the Bible's supreme authority has also become a panicked retreat from all learning or tradition?
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What do you want from a sermon? I have spoken about this a number of times before, but it rarely stops needing a new airing. Preaching can be a difficult business. It can be hard work reading, preparing, trying to understand the passage on its terms and trying to wrap our head around the commentaries we have that are at least supposed to shed some light on the passage at hand. Hard as that is, that is not where the work stops. Once we have some understanding of the passage, we have to think about how we are going to present what it says.

What do you want from a sermon?

I have spoken about this a number of times before, but it rarely stops needing a new airing. Preaching can be a difficult business. It can be hard work reading, preparing, trying to understand the passage on its terms and trying to wrap our head around the…

To a better understanding of ‘Scripture trumps all’ Again and again since the close of the New Testament, the church has reasserted the essential evangelical principle of the supremacy of Scripture alone. Why so? Quite simply, because that is what Jesu...

"Sola Scriptura is not the same as the view that we should have 'no creed but the Bible!'"

Michael Reeves discusses why a right view of the Bible's supreme authority must not also become a panicked retreat from all learning or tradition.

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Prison sees three ‘emotional’ baptisms Three prisoners have been baptised at HMP Chelmsford after attending weekly Bible studies run by Daylight Christian Prison Trust.“It was a very emotional service, and other prisoners attending were cl...

Three prisoners have been baptised at HMP Chelmsford after attending weekly Bible studies run by Daylight Christian Prison Trust.

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Smiling, serving, and disabled: Why that shouldn’t be surprising I smile a lot. I’m known for it.I wear bright clothes, wacky glasses and glam up my wheelchair. I also receive a lot of comments about being smiley and bright, and living my life ‘out there’. I love l...

"At one event, a delegate refused to let me into a venue because 'the leadership team is meeting in there'... they couldn’t see how a disabled woman could be part of the leadership team."
@platypuskay.bsky.social

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Surge of spiritual interest among youth in Wales Through the faithful preaching of God’s word, prayer, and community outreach, several churches in Wales are seeing God “doing more… than He ever has before” and lives being transformed by the gospel.M...

“God is doing more among us than He ever has before... It’s exciting to be a part of. Five, six, seven years ago we weren’t seeing that.”

Hear about four churches across Wales experiencing renewed interest in the gospel.

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Successor to Word Alive is unveiled The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) is launching a new Eastertime gathering, after popular Christian festival Word Alive shut down last year (see en July 2024).Rising Lights will take place from 6–10 April 2026 in the Devon town of Torquay, and is described as a chance to “hear God’s word, to praise our risen Saviour, and to rest.”

FIEC is launching a new Eastertime gathering, after popular Christian festival Word Alive shut down last year.
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Should we make alcohol available at church events? Last week, I wrote about the Jurassic Park Principle of Christian freedom. You can read that post here. After writing that, I saw a question floating around about whether it is okay, or wise, to have alcohol at church events. So, with a nod to that previous post, let me have a stab at my particular answer. Two basic principles The two relevant principles are pretty basic. On the one hand, we have Christian liberty. On the other hand, there are times whereby - out of love and for the sake of the gospel - we will not take up our liberty for the sake of others.

Should we make alcohol available at church events?

Last week, I wrote about the Jurassic Park Principle of Christian freedom. You can read that post here. After writing that, I saw a question floating around about whether it is okay, or wise, to have alcohol at church events. So, with a nod to…

The Chosen Season 5: A 'powder keg' about to blow In the poster for The Chosen: The Last Supper Part 1 Jesus is sporting a striking purple cape – described in Mark 15 as a ‘robe’ but dramatised here almost as a superhero’s cape. We know Jesus is goin...

"However we might have imagined it in our minds – seeing a depiction of it all on-screen done with this much care and love is a privilege – and has the power to turn us to the Bible again."
@rebeccabexchapman.bsky.social

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The Supreme Court, transgender ideology - and women Is the steady but rapid descent into the insanity that is transgender ideology starting to unravel?Today (16 April) the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that "woman" under the Equality Act 2010 mean...

Is the steady but rapid descent into the insanity that is transgender ideology starting to unravel?
Nicola Laver takes a look.

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CofE complementarians ‘extremely concerned’ Evangelicals are reacting with “extreme concern” to the launch of a new campaign aiming to eliminate the provisions included in the 2014 women bishops’ legislation – claiming it may leave complementar...

Evangelicals are reacting with “extreme concern” to the launch of a new campaign aiming to eliminate the provisions included in the 2014 women bishops’ legislation – claiming it may leave complementarian CofE evangelicals “unable to continue in ministry.”

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Francis (1936-2025) – the Pope so close, yet so far away? A leading evangelical in Rome, Leonardo De Chirico, offers his personal reflections on the direction of the Roman Catholic Church globally under Francis over the last 12 years.

A leading evangelical in Rome offers his personal assessment of Roman Catholicism's direction of travel under Pope Francis.

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The King of Kings: my son was riveted by the gospel Here we have the gospel laid out for - and seen through the lens of - a wide-eyed, sword-wielding small boy. Simple truths are explained without becoming overly simplistic, and at the same time, despi...

"To have my son sit there riveted listening to the gospel being so clearly articulated, I’d have to give it a 5/5."
@rebeccabexchapman.bsky.social

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Creativity and spiritual inspiration: Iain McGilchrist and C.S. Lewis on Reason and Imagination The surprising connections between McGilchrist's brain science, the origins of Narnia and the idea of Christianity as "myth become fact"

How does creativity work – what’s going on in our brains when we exercise our imaginations? And how can imagination point us to spiritual truth? I dig into these questions with the help of C.S. Lewis and neuroscientist/philosopher Iain McGilchrist... www.biggerinside.co.uk/p/creativity...

The Day No One Came Embracing The Fear Of Failure

Today I'm thinking about the presence of fear in the task of church planting... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/the-day-no...

A quiet UK revival? How can we respond? As we look forward to Easter, some of us may reflect on how many people attended Christmas services, and be recalling the joy of overflowing churches.There has been talk of a Christian revival in the ...

"It shows a potentially significant shift – and particularly in young people’s approach to Christianity."
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Tariffs, Trump and free trade - forming a Christian worldview ‘Replace capitalism with something nicer.’ – May Day placard, 2001 (1)‘The failure of our world is not that there is too much globalization, but that there is too little.’ – Martin Wolf (2)

How do we understand Trump and tariffs from a gospel perspective?

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'Devastating' disability cuts: what you need to know The Government has now released its Green Paper on disability benefits.You may have been aware of the discussions around this, both from the government and in the press.

Here's my piece for @evangelicalsnow.bsky.social about the green paper on disability benefits, the impact of which will be catastrophic.
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Had my first article published in @evangelicalsnow.bsky.social in the April edition! I take a look at the uncomfortable nature of mission, why that this is actually good to realise, and why it shouldn't put us off...

TV: Adolescence - a message for us ALL The gripping Netflix mini-series Adolescence screened last week. Some are suggesting it might be as influential as Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which aired at the beginning of last year.It’s all about...

'It addresses all of us, whatever our age or network of relationship, whether or not we go near Instagram or have any idea what an ‘incel’ is.'

Paul Yeulett on Netflix's new hit series, Adolescence. www.e-n.org.uk/comment/tv-a...