Christian Concern Podcasts

Tim Dieppe, Carys Moseley and Paul Huxley join Ben John in discussing Muslim immigrants falsely converting to Christianity, Canterbury Cathedral hosting a silent disco in their premises, and today's debate on the bill to ban 'conversion therapy' in the House of Lords.

Paul Huxley, Communications Manager at Christian Concern comments on the controversial silent disco held in Canterbury Cathedral with Reverend Kes Grant and host Anna Cookson on BBC Radio Kent.

"If we as a society, a school or a medical service help children as young as six, seven or eight come to terms with their biological sex - the truth - that would be the kindest thing to do for them, as opposed to forcing a school and all the children in class to believe something that wasn't true. All the medical and psychiatric evidence is showing that we should not be affirming gender confusion...

This week has seen high-profile attacks on Christian freedoms and freedom of speech at large. Andrea Williams and Tim Dieppe join Ben John in establishing where Christians stand - in court, on our streets, in schools, and in every area of life that God has called us to. We share more about the letter that Nigel and Sally Rowe have written, with the Christian Legal Centre's support, to the Archbish...

This week, Steve Beegoo, Tim Dieppe and Paul Huxley join Ben John to discuss what Christians should think of attending same-sex or transgender “weddings”, as well as the contested prayer ban implemented by Michaela School. We also provide a step-by-step guide for you to respond to the ongoing government consultation for guidance on gender-questioning children. The consultation ends on 12 March 202...

As we speak. 72-year-old preacher Stephen Green faces prosecution from Ealing Council for holding up a sign of Psalm 139 in the UK's first abortion centre buffer zone. Home education is threatened by invasive monitoring from the government, whilst the fear of appearing "Islamophobic" lets numerous men walk free from organised exploitation of young girls. Steve Beegoo, Tim Dieppe and Andrea William...

'conversion therapy' ban, a concerted push for euthanasia to be legalised, while two amendments to abortion laws are being discussed. How will these shifts affect everyday life, and how should Christians engage the conversation? Andrea Williams and Tim Dieppe join Paul Huxley on our first Round the Table of the year.

Join Tim Dieppe, Paul Huxley and Pastor Ade Omooba MBE for our last Round the Table of 2023. Find out what drives us at Christian Concern and what God is doing through the Christian Concern community.

Is financial and ideological censorship on the rise? Many, many stories have emerged in the media this week of banks, with ties to LGBT+ activist group Stonewall, closing the accounts of individuals with no explanation provided. These include Nigel Farage, Rev Richard Fothergill, and Professor Lesley Sawyers. The Core Issues Trust, a ministry that offers support to men and women who voluntarily se...

Over 4,000,000 children have taken part in Just Like Us' extreme LGBT+ Diversity Week – the majority of which without the knowledge of their parents. Additionally, many more schools will have celebrated LGBT+ Pride or have plans to do so. What can parents, teachers and other concerned individuals do? Join us for an important discussion as Tim Dieppe is joined by our head of education, Steve Beegoo...

Today on Round the Table we will be discussing the highly significant case of Kristie Higgs who was sacked for gross misconduct for expressing her concerns about sex education in schools on Facebook. Last week, Kristie won an appeal in the Employment Appeal Tribunal which ruled that the Employment Tribunal had erred in its earlier ruling which supported her dismissal: https://christianconcern.com/...

This week a woman was sentenced to prison for unlawfully aborting her 32-week baby. Christian Concern was mentioned in the sentencing remarks. This sentence has provoked outrage from the abortion industry and calls for abortion to be decriminalised. What is the truth of the matter, and how should Christians respond to such a sentence? Tim Dieppe is joined by Dave Brenan from pro-life group Brephos...

It’s Pride month again! But the Bible says Love is not Proud! (1 Corinthians 13:1). How can Christians engage with Pride, respond to Pride, and learn from Pride? Today we are joined by Pastor Keith Waters who lost his job for a tweet that was critical of Pride. We also have Michael Phillips from the Christian Legal Centre legal team. Together with Tim Dieppe they will discuss Christian perspective...

A new survey shows that there is overwhelming support for people who are struggling withs sexual or gender identity issue being allowed to seek therapy for these issues. Notwithstanding the lack of popular support, the government is still planning to ban what it calls ‘conversion therapy’ which will criminalise therapists or others who seek to help people who want to be helped. Tim Dieppe is joine...

Our Head of Education, Steve Beegoo, and Head of Public Policy, Tim Dieppe, speak to Christian Legal Centre client Joshua Sutcliffe who has been banned from teaching indefinitely for ‘misgendering’ a pupil. Together they unpack more about what happened to him and what his story means for Christians in teaching. They also discuss the rights and wrongs of affirming children in social gender transiti...

This week, our Head of Policy Tim Dieppe joined hundreds of others in attending the National Conservatism conference in London. This was not a party political conference, and some speakers said they had never voted Conservative. There were a lot of Christians in attendance, and Christian values and the role of religion repeatedly came up at the conference. Tim Dieppe will be joined by theologian A...

The coronation of King Charles III was visibly Christian, with deep roots to our Christian heritage. But how are we to think of it when in so many ways our nation has turned away from God? Our Head of Public Policy, Tim Dieppe, is joined on this week's Round The Table by Professor Jonathan Patrick Burnside, professor of Biblical Law at the University of Bristol, and our co-founders, Ade Omooba MBE...

Global Anglicans met in Kigali last week for the fourth GAFCON conference which comprise 1,302 delegates from 52 countries including 315 bishops, 456 other clergy and 531 laity. The conference released a statement which was bold and forthright about how the Church of England has departed from Anglican orthodoxy. Rev. Andrew Symes was at the conference and joins Andrea Williams and Tim Dieppe to di...

Steve Beegoo, Head of Education at Christian Concern joins Tim Dieppe and Ben John to discuss the Channel 4 Programme Naked Education which features adults exposing themselves in front of children. Just what is wrong with this and what is a Christian approach to nakedness and shame? We will also discuss other related issues in education more generally with explicit sex education classes often feat...

What state is the church in when a Christian college fires a Christian lecturer for defending a Christian understanding of sexuality? This week, news broke of Dr Aaron Edwards, a lecturer at Cliff College, Derbyshire, a Methodist Bible college, who was sacked and even threatened with a counter-terrorism referral for sharing a tweet on human sexuality that went viral. The father of five was told th...

Four teenage boys were suspended from a school in Wakefield after they dropped a translation of the Qur’an owned by one of the boys and caused minor damage to the book. Incredibly, local Muslim councillors got involved in the supposed incident, with one saying that “their actions did not treat the Qur’an with the respect it should have, so those involved have been suspended.” Is this Wakefield sch...

Rev. Dr Bernard Randall, the former school chaplain who was sacked and reported to the government’s terrorist watchdog for delivering a sermon on ‘identity politics’, was told he had an 'extreme' reaction to a radical LGBT group. The group in question, Educate & Celebrate, were invited into the school and encouraged staff to chant “smash heteronormativity” – yet the judgment in Bernard’s case clai...

With First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's resignation, the door is open for next leader of the Scottish National Party to step up and take her place. MSP Kate Forbes is currently the frontrunner, although her Christian views on marriage, gender and abortion have recently come under fire from members of her own party who describe themselves as 'social liberals'. Is Christianity being pushed out of publ...

Mother Izzy Montague faced victimisation from her son’s school authorities after she raised concern about him being forced to attend a school Pride event. Izzy wasn’t the only one to raise concerns that parents had been given no opt-out. But when she met with the school’s executive headteacher, another teacher attending the meeting wore a t-shirt bearing the slogan ‘Why be racist, sexist, homophob...

As the Church of England's General Synod voted this week to approve blessing same-sex relationships, we are joined by two lay members of Synod who contributed to the debate and tried very hard to persuade the church not to go down this route. Both our guests, Ben John and Sam Margrave, gave impassioned speeches at Synod, but ultimately the vote, while close, went the wrong way. Join us as we discu...