About Abortion

Understanding the times: "abortion" hits the news around the globe this week. Join Beth and Christian as they dive into a few of the recent abortion-related headlines. More on these news items: Lowering abortion time limit:  https://righttolife.org.uk/news/press-release-parliament-to-vote-on-lowering-abortion-time-limit-after-cross-party-group-of-25-mps-table-amendment-to-criminal-justic...

Common objections to speaking on “abortion” in church: A mini-series for church leaders Dave and Tim unpack the main reasons church leaders give for not speaking on “abortion”. In each case they reveal the common misconceptions behind these concerns, and how they are not valid reasons for silence. This series will encourage and embolden church leaders to address the issue of “abortion” in their ch...

Common objections to speaking on “abortion” in church : A mini-series for church leaders Dave and Tim unpack the main reasons church leaders give for not speaking on “abortion”. In each case they reveal the common misconceptions behind these concerns, and how they are not valid reasons for silence. This series will encourage and embolden church leaders to address the issue of “abortion” in their c...

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For a speaker for your church, email dave@brephos.org Join the Movement to end abortion: cbruk.org/join Episode 84   Follow us on: Twitter: brephosuk Spotify: ⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/3zyKhjr.⁠ . Anchor: ⁠ https://anchor.fm/aboutabortion⁠ Castbox: ⁠ https://castbox.fm/channel/id4970594?.⁠ . Apple Podcasts: search "About Abortion Brephos" Support these podcasts financially: ⁠ https...

What if the "don't do politics" churches are actually themselves radically politicised? What if, in a bid to "just preach the gospel", we've reduced the gospel to less than the gospel? What's the difference between liberalising "social gospel" and biblically faithful "salt and light"? What part does justice have to play in the mission of the Chur...

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Dean is here in the UK for another couple of weeks this January: come and meet him and hear him in person at a location near you! www.brephos.org/event Do we have to choose between gospel ministry and pro-life ministry? Is justice work a distraction from gospel work? Or does the gospel get in the way of saving babies? Can Christians be "non-directive" in pregnancy counselling work? What...

Many are flocking to the likes of Jordan Peterson for a courage and clarity on moral issues that they are quite simply not finding in the Church. What are we to make of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship? Should Christians get involved? In what ways do we need to caution or critique this movement, and perhaps more importantly, how do we need to let it challenge and correct us? Will the ARC s...

Apologies for this episode's low-quality visuals; Dave is learning the ropes on some new technology! What is the recent, high-profile interchange between Kevin DeYoung and Douglas Wilson really about? And why does it matter? And what does it have to do with us in the UK, and with "abortion"? Dave offers a response to Kevin DeYoung's initial critique of Douglas Wilson and "th...

Can't we give it a break over the Christmas season? Isn't Christmas about goodwill to all, peace, joy, hope and love? How can we justify talking about abortion at this time of the year? Join Beth and Tim as they dive into the Christmas accounts and show how relevant abortion really is to Christmas. If we won't talk about abortion now, are we in reality collaborating in a cover up of th...

Affinity is taking the initiative to bring people together to "explore what the Covid-19 pandemic taught us about the health of the UK church" at an online symposium today, 2pm. Dave shares some thoughts and questions ahead of time in the hope that they might receive deeper consideration this afternoon. Blog version here. Relevant/mentioned articles/links: https://christianconcern.com/co...

Right now Stella Creasy MP along with Diana Johnson MP is trying to legalise not only "abortion" up till birth but, effectively, infanticide as well, with some radical amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill going through the Houses of Parliament. Take action now: https://righttolife.org.uk/abortionamendments?utm_source=SUBSCRIPTION+LIST&utm_campaign=d67dde445f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12...

Psalm 139 may be the most well known passage of how God makes us in our mother's wombs, but it's not the only one. Find out more about this surprising Scripture that details the beauty and intricacy of God's work in forming each of us in the womb. For a speaker for your church, e.mail dave@brephos.org. Join the Movement to end abortion: cbruk.org/join Episode 75 Follow us on: Twitter:...

Should we be more like the Americans? Is politics a distraction from the gospel? Is it unreasonable to expect non-Christians to behave more Christianly? Is being publicly pro-life meant to be part of our Christian witness? Dave calls in Rhys Laverty to help us think through some of the peculiarities of British evangelicalism. What are we like, and how did we end up this way? Here's what Rhys i...

This is Part 2 of our exploration of the question of where babies go when they die - be that through miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth, or early infant death. Part 1, last week, is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eleO3_bo1c Part 1 focused on the biblical data; do go back and listen to that before listening to this episode, since this episode focuses on a much more personal take on the ques...

Today we take a deep dive into the biblical data on what happens to babies when they die - be that through miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth, or early infant birth. It's a question I get asked fairly regularly from a number of angles and for a number of reasons. We kick off with a book review of I'll Hold You In Heaven by Jack Hayford, which quickly brings us up against some of the key tex...

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John Stevens (FIEC National Director) has recently claimed that we don't have the numbers to bring about cultural transformation. This is my response. The problem is not that we don't have enough evangelicals; the problem is that we're not evangelical enough. Here is a written counterpart to this episode: https://www.brephos.org/post/john-stevens-solution-is-actually-the-problem-we-hav...

How should Christians respond to the horrors unfolding in and around Israel at this time? What has this got to do with "abortion"? Should Christians "take sides" in politics and war? Why is the UK Church responding (or not responding) the way that it is to what's going on, and what does that tell us about the spiritual state of the Church? What does the Bible say about Isra...

It's one of the most famous and scandalous stories in the Bible: King David's adulterous affair with Bathsheba, and his assassination of her husband, Uriah. In this Bible study on 2 Samuel 11, Tim and Dave explore the connection between sexual sin and violence. Adultery and killing go hand in hand, from the personal to the national level. Do we see how fatal lust is? Do we understand that...

The recent felling of the beautiful tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall hit the headlines and the hearts of many. A great hole has been left. But something much, much greater is missing. This whole affair has revealed something deeply wrong in the psyche of our nation, and professing Church. Dave explores the theology of trees, the idolatry of trees, and how we as Christians should respond to a...

A picture of a living human unborn child caused quite a stir in the popular and picturesque Lake District town of Keswick this Summer. https://www.liveaction.org/news/image... A band of locals even took to covering it up with a bedsheet. Why is a picture of a living baby so controversial? Dave and Tim tell the story of the Keswick displays, and consider how the same drive to censor the uncomfortab...

Why is it not straightforward? Why do churches and Christian leaders in particular not, when they come to know of the baby genocide, respond simply and in line with Scripture? What is holding us back? What is the root of the problem with our response, or non-response, to "abortion"? Why do we behave so strangely when it comes to this issue but not, for example, when it comes to poverty o...

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