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Lucy Allan MP: “Is a Conservative welcome in the Church of England?”

Conservative MP Lucy Allan has challenged the Archbishop of Canterbury directly on his 'robust' intervention in Priti Patel's (presently thwarted) policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. "When the Church takes a strong political stance, it forgets that many of…

Welby prays Lambeth Conference won’t be dominated by human sexuality

April 3, 2022
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed his sincerest wish, if not profoundest hope, and quite possibly his most earnest prayer that this summer's Lambeth Conference won't be dominated (again) by…

‘Legal but harmful’: making social media the arbiter of gospel truth

February 21, 2022
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WARNING: This blog post is legal but harmful (potentially). If you proceed, there is a significant risk that the nature of the content might cause adverse psychological impact on an…

Tutufication is not the solution to division and oppression

January 3, 2022
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Canon Mark Oakley wrote to the Times over the weekend with a plea for the Church of England to adopt Tutufication: It is an interesting thesis, not least because quite…

A ‘Church for England’, but whose understanding of Englishness?

August 12, 2021
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Much has been written about the Archbishop of York's article in the Telegraph, in which he set out his vision for England woven with his preferred themes of Englishness, calling…

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Bishop of Liverpool seeks to expunge male and female from marriage

June 30, 2021
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"I want to see a gender-neutral marriage canon, such as they have in the Episcopal Church or in the Scottish Episcopal Church," said the Rt Rev'd Paul Bayes, Bishop of…

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Stop arresting street preachers, and laugh at them instead

May 4, 2021
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Another street preacher has been arrested for proclaiming the gospel in a public place. This time it was in Uxbridge, in front of the Underground station. We've been here before…

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The LGBT+ bigotry which bludgeoned Starmer into apologising for visiting a church

April 8, 2021
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When Sir Keir Starmer visited a church on Good Friday and thank them for all their good and faithful works, he attracted some criticism. His visit caused such offence to…

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Law Commission ‘consultation’ on weddings is just another secularist push

September 7, 2020
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This isn't a government consultation, though it has the authoritative whiff of one, and many people will doubtless mistakenly believe it to be one, but it is definitely not one:…

Decriminalising abortion: Labour abandons the Catholic vote

November 22, 2019
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A few weeks ago the Liberal Democrats deselected one of their candidates. Robert Flello, a practising Roman Catholic (and so opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage) was ditched just 36…

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Imposition or liberation? Abortion and same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland

July 16, 2019
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"If I was a Northern Ireland MLA I’d vote for equal marriage, just as I did in Westminster," tweeted former LibDem leader and committed Christian Tim Farron. "But I support…

When did traditional morality become ‘fundamentalist’?

July 10, 2019
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It was a question posed by Professor John Milbank on Twitter a few days ago. Or, rather, it wasn't posed as a question, such as the 'when' inquiry into conceptual…

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Israel Folau – a fool for Christ’s sake

May 9, 2019
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Israel Folau plays rugby in Australia. He plays at quite a high level, actually, being paid around $1.6m per season. He is, however, considered to be worth every cent, not…

Sir Brian Souter barred as sponsor of Turner Prize for being a morally orthodox Christian

May 3, 2019
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Sir Brian Souter is a Christian. He also happens to be a wealthy Scottish businessman, philanthropist, and supporter of the SNP, but he is a Christian first and foremost: his…

Why are there anti-Christian extremists on the Commission for Countering Extremism?

February 4, 2019
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"The Commission for Countering Extremism supports society to fight all forms of extremism", declares the Government website for the Commission for Countering Extremism. "It advises the government on new policies…

What makes Jair “God above everything” Bolsonaro a far-right politician?

October 29, 2018
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Those stupid people have gone and done it again. Not content with Brexit, Trump and Orbán, or the rise of the National Front, Alternative for Germany, Golden Dawn or the…

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Gender Recognition Act: could reform be used to impose same-sex marriage on the Church of England?

October 18, 2018
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"This week we will also complete our consultation on plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act," the Prime Minister confirmed in her video message at the Pink News Awards last…

Church of England Evangelical Council warns against redefining marriage

October 16, 2018
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The Church of England Evangelical Council describes itself as "a network of networks, bringing evangelicals in the Church of England together for the sake of the gospel". It was created…

Rainbow Church, LGBT Eucharist and intolerable utterances

September 21, 2018
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This picture has not been photoshopped: it is the altar of Reading Minster draped in the rainbow flag for this year's Gay Pride festival, in order to convey to the…

Supreme Court Judge Anthony Kennedy retires: Donald Trump was elected for such a time as this

June 28, 2018
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Yesterday, the real prize of winning the last US General Election was presented to the American people. The resignation of US Supreme Court Judge Anthony Kennedy offers Donald Trump the…