Looking back on 2024
Policies, legislation and ideologies which run counter to biblical ethics are being promoted throughout our society by people in positions of influence – whether in government, education, medicine, the media or elsewhere.
Features
Handshakes, haircuts and ‘hate’
What have handshakes, the smell of fish, haircuts and Bob the builder got in common?
Down the primrose path: 30 years of the National Lottery
“30 years of changing lives”, boasts the National Lottery, three decades on from the day Noel Edmonds hosted the first ever draw. With “seven millionaires every week” and “£49BN for good causes”, it could almost be mistaken for a philanthropic organisation.
Kemi Badenoch: How the new Conservative leader voted on our issues
On Saturday, the MP for North West Essex took over from Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservative party. Mrs Badenoch has been a MP since 2017 and has served as Minister for Women and Equalities and Secretary of State for Business and Trade.
John Burn – A tribute from a friend
by Stephen Grant
Are the ‘gender wars’ largely over?
In 2002, I got a phone call from a church in south Wales. A man who was presenting as a woman had been attending the church for a year. The fact he’d been attending for a year tells you the church had been good at welcoming him. But he wanted the church to let him use the women’s toilets and attend the women’s Bible study. They said no. So he sued them.