Iran’s Rejection of International Humanitarian Law
This is the international symbol for civil defence, often used by state and voluntary organisations set up to assist nations in times of emergency and disasters. It represents people who give their time and risk their lives to help others affected by emergencies, disasters and mass casualty attacks. Jesus once …
The Great Disengagement?
*This article is a continuation of our series on Christian strategy All around the world Christians are finding it harder to practice their faith in the public sphere and increasingly in the private sphere also. Even in formerly Christian nations, now loosely termed ‘the West’, Christians are persecuted for uttering …
The Truth shall set you Free
Sunday January 10, 2021, was Lord Acton’s 187th birthday. This difficult era of a global pandemic, a crisis in institutions, and civil unrest seem strange times indeed to look back on the life and legacy of a Victorian historian of ideas – but, as Lord Acton himself remarked, “if the …
How to Be Saved Through Jesus Christ
Ask for salvation Through prayer, then learn to follow Jesus by reading the Bible According to the Christian Bible, Jesus’ forgiveness is eternal, and anyone who accepts Jesus into their life is eligible for salvation. If you want Jesus’ gift of salvation, there are a few things you have to …
I have overcome the world
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God say, “You shall not eat from any tree in the garden”?’ The woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat of the fruit of the trees …
The End of the United States of America?
The ideological and culture conflict that has raged in the USA from the 1950s on has now found its political expression with its most anti-God administration seizing power. Two thirds of Americans believe there was wide scale voter fraud, so much so that most Trump supports believe that the looser …
The Church at War, still in its Pyjamas
It is the start of the year 2021, so it seemed a good time to write a review of the state of the Church in the world. It isn’t that the state of the church is so different from what it has mostly been, an immiscible mixture of heroic suffering, …
Proclamation on 850th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
Today is the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket on December 29, 1170. Thomas Becket was a statesman, a scholar, a chancellor, a priest, an archbishop, and a lion of religious liberty. Before the Magna Carta was drafted, before the right to free exercise of religion was …
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us
David and I wish all our readers Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, in whatever part of the world you may live. In a troubled world, the Word of God made flesh is an amazing historical truth that changes the whole understanding of our existence. This is what John, …
Burnley’s Pastor Mick – from dangerous drug dealer to lifesaver
Two weeks ago, millions of people watched Pastor Mick Fleming and Father Alex Frost on BBC News, feeding and clothing the poor in Burnley. Many were moved by their work, and since then they have received more than £250,000 in donations. But Mick’s life wasn’t always about love and care. …
