Renowned hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith OBE: 1926-2024
Aug 16, 2024 · The Rt Revd Timothy Dudley-Smith OBE, honoured by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to hymnody, has died peacefully in Cambridge aged 97. He wrote more than 400 hymns for Christian worship, including ‘Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!’, ‘Lord, for the years Your love has kept and guided’, and ‘Name of all majesty’.
Justin Welby: 'Gay sex is not sinful' - The Christian Institute
Oct 25, 2024 · As a concession, he said that “because of conscience, no one, no priest or church should be compelled to have these services”, though he claimed such blessings and services are “a long way from church same-sex marriage”.
Assisted suicide - The Christian Institute
References. 1 See Oregon Death with Dignity Act: 2023 Data Summary, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, March 2024, page 14.Figures from previous years calculated from annual reports since 2013; 2 Oral evidence: Assisted dying/assisted suicide: House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, 27 June 2023, HC 711, Q200; 3 …
MPs to consider 'dangerous and ideological' assisted suicide Bill
Oct 4, 2024 · She warned that groups like Humanists UK are already claiming the proposals do not ‘go far enough’. Disability policy expert Dr Miro Griffiths commented: “When there are rigid circumstances you then have a situation where more and more campaigners will say ‘this doesn’t include me and I want to be eligible’, and as we’ve seen …
Pension pot tax hit could push elderly towards assisted suicide
Dec 6, 2024 · Vulnerable people worried about providing for their loved ones may seek to end their lives early, a pensions expert has warned. The fact that deaths before the age of 75 are “treated more generously tax-wise” than those on or over the same age could be a “consideration” in someone asking for assisted suicide under Kim …
Isle of Lewis Christians urge Tesco to keep Sunday special
Oct 3, 2024 · Church leaders on the Isle of Lewis are urging Tesco to abandon plans to open on Sundays. Ministers from the Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) have called on the supermarket chain to respect the island’s long-standing Sabbath observance, as it consults staff about opening seven days a week.
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Pro-lifer awarded £13k after being arrested twice for silent prayer
Aug 19, 2024 · Pro-life campaigner Isabel Vaughan-Spruce has received £13,000 and an apology from the police after being wrongfully arrested for silently praying outside an abortion clinic.
Christians to benefit from CI’s ‘Street Preachers’ Charter’
Jan 19, 2024 · The Christian Institute has announced it is developing a ‘Street Preachers’ Charter’ to foster better relations between the police and Christians involved in street evangelism.
Graduate pioneers porn recovery programme for students
Sep 17, 2024 · A university graduate is pioneering a scheme to help students across the US to overcome their porn use. Joshua Haskell, who first encountered online pornography at 15 years old, invited fellow students at the University of Notre Dame, Illinois, to join his accountability programme after publishing his testimony in the student newspaper last year.