Proposals from the Scottish Government will allow teenagers as young as 13 to legally engage in oral sex and other forms of sexual activity. This booklet explains why these proposals would leave children more vulnerable to sexual abuse and send out the wrong message to teenagers.
The Charity Commission is currently holding a public consultation on its Draft Public Benefit Guidance for religious charities. The Commission has asked a series of questions to which it invites responses. However, in addition to these questions, The Christian Institute wishes to highlight issues about which the Commission has not asked.
Included in this updated briefing:
Clause 126 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill introduces a new offence of inciting hatred on grounds of sexual orientation. There is wide-spread concern about ‘hate speech’ legislation and its impact on freedom of expression. This booklet sets out the concerns about the impact of a proposed ‘homophobic hatred’ law on free speech and religious liberty.
In this comprehensive but plain-speaking book John Ling sets out how the morning-after pill works and its wider social effects. Taking in evidence from science to philosophy, and from God’s law to British law, he argues that the morning-after pill demands a powerful Christian response.
David Holloway
In this short, easy-to-read booklet David Holloway gives an engaging and clear-sighted overview of the life of a giant of Evangelicalism – J C Ryle. Even those who are familiar with Ryle’s works may not know the real-life sufferings and heartbreaks of the first Bishop of Liverpool.
David Holloway
The life of Raymond Johnston shows how a Christian can be salt and light in society. This booklet examines his life and his beliefs. It shows how he was rooted in the Bible and the 16th Century Reformers, warned of the nation’s cultural disintegration and called for Christian thinking and action.
This briefing is a response to the Government’s deregulation of Britain’s gambling industry. The Gambling Bill 2005 is unprecedented in both its scope and aim of encouraging and facilitating gambling. Yet the evidence overwhelmingly shows the Bill will lead to a massive increase in problem gambling.