How Christians should respond to the questions, the issues and the situations that surround us, is about more than simply who is right and who is wrong. It’s about truth spoken with grace and in wisdom. That’s what we’re looking for on these Sunday evenings as we think about how we ought to respond to our world.
Just before Christmas the Church of England produced a 60 second advert as part of their Just Pray campaign, showing people reciting the Lord’s Prayer. The media company that represents the majority of the UK’s cinemas refused to show it on the grounds that it might cause “offence”. What does this say about the society we…
In March 2014 Gareth Lee place an order for a cake with the Ashers Baking Company with a picture of Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street and the message, “Support Gay Marriage”. Their subsequent refusal of the order has led to a very high profile court case and an appeal which is still ongoing. As…
On the 7th December last year, a report was published by the Commission on Religion and belief in British Public Life, called “Living with Difference”. It represented two years of work, 200 public submissions and a number of meetings across the country designed to respond to a number of changing facts about our society. The…
Steve Chalke is a name that is familiar to many evangelicals in the UK. He has been, for many years, a prominent figure in the ‘evangelical’ church. He made his profession of faith at the age of 14, served as an assistance pastor for four years in Tonbridge Baptist Church in Kent and founded a Christian Charity called Oasis which…