When I joined The Christian Institute ten years ago it was this verse that resonated in my mind as I walked through the doors for the first time. Or more specifically, a portion of the verse: “[Jesus Christ] came from the Father, full of grace and truth”. It was my great desire to work somewhere that modelled “grace and truth” and to live them out in my own life.
In The Times earlier this month, James Marriott – a journalist who writes on society, culture, and ideas – recommended the podcast Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman.
Since I joined The Christian Institute in 1996 I have watched the monarch set out the Government programme 27 times.
In the ‘first-past-the-post’ system for Westminster elections you vote for a particular candidate. So there are two key factors we all must consider when deciding who to vote for. We must consider both our local candidates and the parties they represent.
Ten years ago, the owners of Ashers Baking Company in Belfast were surprised to receive a letter from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) threatening legal action. A few weeks before, they had refused customer Gareth Lee’s order when he had requested a cake decorated with a pro- same-sex marriage slogan.
The new Parliament elected on 4 July 2024 could vote on laws affecting religious liberty, freedom of speech, transgenderism, abortion, assisted suicide, drugs legalisation and gambling.
