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How the 'right to marry' became a 'right to children'

John Stonestreet and Maria Baer Fri 4 Nov 2022 8:18 GMT

Inherent in so much of the culture downstream from the sexual revolution is that desires and rights are the same thing.

The tragedy of Halloween

J John | Tue 1 Nov 2022 10:58 GMT

Halloween raises big questions but only gives lies as answers.
Costless activism

Ben Kruzins | Mon 31 Oct 2022 13:08 GMT

It's shallow and narcissistic, and it's time we put our money where our mouth is when it comes to the things we believe.
Why Ben Bradshaw wants the Church of England to break its contract with the English nation

Martin Davie | Mon 31 Oct 2022 11:54 GMT

Neither Bradshaw nor Parliament as a whole should seek to force the Church of England to cease preaching the truth.
How apocalyptic beliefs played into Catholic revolutions in the Philippines

Martyn Whittock | Sat 29 Oct 2022 11:56 BST

A complex relationship between Filipino Christians and colonial rulers (first the Spanish and then the Americans) led to two extraordinary revolutionary uprisings by Catholic Filipinos who felt marginalised by their colonial co-religionists.
Franklin Graham and the Glasgow Hydro: a significant judgment for Christian freedoms

David Robertson | Fri 28 Oct 2022 12:00 BST

A judgment in favour of the American evangelist is an encouraging sign that the law is prepared to protect the Church both from intolerant politicians and indeed itself.
The legacy of the Flood and the legacy of Shem

Irene Lancaster | Fri 28 Oct 2022 11:58 BST

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster explains why it is the legacy of Shem that is so necessary today.
The spiritual consequences of abortion

Lynda Rose | Thu 27 Oct 2022 11:17 BST

The reality is that from the time the Abortion Act came into effect on 27 April 1968, both women and men have tended to view legal termination as a green light allowing unrestrained sex whenever, wherever and with whomsoever they want, without fear of consequence.
Destroying a child's future to keep them happy for the moment

Michael Brown | Thu 27 Oct 2022 11:04 BST

The doctor you call to help your child in the short-term might be the doctor who hurts your child in the long-term.
Chloe Cole, detransitioning after a double mastectomy at 15

John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander | Thu 27 Oct 2022 11:00 BST

Detransitioners are considered either non-existent or an embarrassment by the cultural powers that be. Yet, they make clear that people struggling with dysphoria are not the enemy.
Jen Rees Larcombe 1942-2022

J John | Wed 26 Oct 2022 9:08 BST

Jennifer Rees Larcombe was a figure of remarkable importance in Britain and beyond.
Cancel culture is not the same as accountability

David Robertson | Wed 26 Oct 2022 8:43 BST

The Graham Norton version of accountability is deadening and stifling.
A new Anglican Province for Europe?

Susie Leafe | Tue 25 Oct 2022 8:51 BST

Hull has much to commend it, but it is not famed for being a place where church history is made. That may all be about to change.