By Marcus Jones — Originally published in Premier London’s Trafalgar Square is set to host a huge gathering of Christians celebrating Pentecost on June 9. The event will be the climax of this year’s Thy Kingdom Come campaign which calls on believers to commit to praying for 5 people […]
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Dagga causing London psychosis epidemic, new study reveals
Originally published in The Christian Institute Almost a third of psychotic disorders in London are caused by cannabis (dagga) use, a new study has revealed. Published by The Lancet Psychiatry, the report suggests that if people stopped using the drug, an estimated 1 000 Britons a year could be spared […]
Weeping for Welsh awakening — Charles Gardner
An American missionary and his Guatemalan wife have been praying daily in a little used chapel for the past 14 years for a revival of Christianity in Wales. Through a series of extraordinary visions and confirmations, Dick and Gladys Funnell became convinced that God was going to revisit the principality […]
Vicar wants his own church clock to be silenced
Originally published in Premier Christian News A vicar has asked if his own church’s clock chimes can be turned off at night because they’re keeping him awake. According to the North Wales’ Daily Post, Rev David Parry has written to Conwy Town Council saying chimes from the 19th century clock […]
Anti-Semitism strikes blow for UK Labour — Charles Gardner
By United Kingdom correspondent, Charles Gardner Eight MPs resign over Corbyn leadership Jeremy Corbyn’s abject failure to deal with anti-Semitism within his party has helped spark Britain’s biggest political split in 40 years. And one of his MPs has even suggested that Israel could have funded the resignation of seven […]
This bullet-scarred Bible ‘saved the life’ of a World War I soldier
Originally published in Fox News A Bible marked with bullet holes from a German machine gun helped save the life of a British World War I soldier, his daughter has explained. The Bible belonged to Private Leslie Friston, a nurse with the Royal Army Medical Corps, Sky News reports. Blinded […]
Minister reports Scotland’s hate crime posters for being a hate crime
Originally published in Christian Today A church minister has reported the Scottish Government’s hate crime posters to the campaign’s own website over concerns that they are doing more to encourage hate than prevent it. David Robertson, minister of St Peter’s Free Church in Dundee, said the posters produced jointly by the […]
Thousands of UK children referred to transsexual clinic
Originally published in The Christian Institute Over two thousand children were referred to the NHS’ gender identity clinic in the United Kingdom in the past year, prompting fresh concerns that more and more young people are being pushed into transsexualism. New statistics from the Tavistock and Portman trust showed children as […]
British group repent in Israel as war clouds hang over anniversary celebrations
A dark shadow of imminent war hangs over Israel’s 70th anniversary celebrations, just as it had done at the nation’s re-birth in 1948. President Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran hastened the prospect of the rogue state taking out its frustration on Israel for striking its military […]
Infrequent cannabis use strongly linked to psychosis
Originally published in The Christian Institute Smoking cannabis (dagga) as little as five times as a teenager can lead to psychosis in later life, new research has shown. The study from Finland, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, adds to the evidence that indicates the drug can lead to […]
