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Friday, 6 December 2019

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Dale Mcalpine

Street preacher vindicated after wrongful arrest

A Christian street preacher has been paid £4,000 plus costs from Cumbria Police in settlement after pursuing a claim for being wrongfully arrested and detained for six hours.

 
 

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Anglicans oppose decriminalisation of abortion

Hundreds of Anglicans have called on Church of England bishops to speak out against proposals to decriminalise abortion.

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Royal College risks ‘squeezing out’ medics who question abortion

 
 
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My Body is Me!: Children’s book counteracts gender ideology

A children’s author and poet has written a new book helping young children to accept the body they were born with.

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Poll: Fewer than one in three Scots support sex changes for 16-year-olds

 
The University of Buckingham

Universities launch free speech societies

A free speech society set up by a student at the University of Buckingham now has over 100 members, and has led to copycat societies in five other top universities.

 
Israel Folau

Rugby Australia settles with Israel Folau over sacking

Israel Folau has reached a settlement with Rugby Australia (RA) after he was controversially sacked over posts on social media.

 
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NHS Chief: Gambling figures a ‘stark reminder’ of betting prevalence

New research showing that over half of adults in the UK gamble has been described by the head of the NHS as a “stark reminder” of the prevalence of gambling in society.

 
Noah Wall

‘Boy with no brain’ continues to defy expectations

A seven-year-old from Cumbria who is paralysed from the waist down has recently moved his foot after undergoing pioneering therapy.

 
 
Dr Sharon James

PODCAST: Transgenderism

Dr Sharon James and Michael Taylor discuss the recent rise in people identifying as transgender, where this has come from, and how Christians can respond with compassion and sensitivity.

 
 
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FEATURE: ‘Why don’t you campaign on…?’

We’re occasionally asked why we don’t campaign on such and such a topic – most frequently poverty and the environment.

 
 
Charles II and William of Orange

FEATURE: Oppression and Toleration: Charles II and William of Orange

By 1660, the British people were crying out for a king. Most had never fully taken to the Cromwellian vision of a republic. A return to a monarchy was inevitable, but not without opposition.

 
 
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FEATURE: Escape from Reason

Fifty years ago the great Christian thinker Francis Schaeffer wrote Escape from Reason.

 
 

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Colin Hart

Colin Hart
Director, The Christian Institute

 
 
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