Christian Concern Podcasts

It is a serious thing for a doctor to deliberately mislead anyone - his patients, a government agency, the general public. It's even more serious when that doctor tries to withhold potentially life-saving treatment from vulnerable patients by lying about it. Yet this is exactly what Dr Jonathan Lord, medical director at MSI Reproductive Choices, stands accused of. Now six UK doctors are calling on...

Christian charity worker Matthew Grech will be facing trial in Malta on 3 February, in a case believed to be the first of its kind. His crime? Sharing his testimony of finding Christ in an online interview. Thanks to finding faith, Matthew says he was able to leave behind a homosexual life, changing his life dramatically. However, Matthew has now been accused of discussing and advertising 'convers...

After six years of discussing the Church of England's position on same-sex 'marriage', bishops have now announced plans to bless sexual immorality and sin. In a landmark moment, confirming the church's departure from Biblical teaching on human sexuality, the Church of England has announced it now plans to allow 'prayers' and 'blessings' for same-sex couples in civil partnerships in its churches, a...

A Church of England school has justified secretly teaching 8-year-olds that they can change sex, encouraging the idea that 3-year-olds can declare themselves 'non-binary' to their parents. Two valiant parents are now challenging the guidance that the schools uses, accusing the school of child abuse. Calvin and Nicola Watts, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, were forced to remove their child...

What are you grateful for in 2022? 2022 has been a year of ups and downs for many of us, what with new wars, new governments, new monarchs, a cost of living crisis… the list could go on. But despite the challenges, we are grateful for the many victories we have seen over the past 12 months. We’ve seen many cases won over the past year, including Nigel and Sally Rowe’s challenge over trans policies...

Should nations ever be Christian? Supposedly, we now live in a 'post-Christian' UK, but is this true? Could the UK ever be Christian in future? With new census data showing that less than 50% of the population of England and Wales now identifies as 'Christian', Dr Joe Boot, Tim Dieppe and Paul Huxley look at what that means for the UK, the societal cost of becoming 'less Christian', and how, as a...

A hospice chaplain was told by none other than a Methodist minister to remove his small cross pin on his jumper at work because it might offend the patients. Derek Timms, who worked for a Marie Curie hospice in Solihull, was told he would face consequences and would need 're-training' if he refused to remove his small cross pin from his jumper - despite wearing that exact cross for the past four y...

The Bible was once revered in the courtroom; now it's accused of being 'abusive' and 'no longer appropriate in modern society'. With thanks to support from the Christian Legal Centre, two street preachers have recently won their cases, having both been accused of 'hate speech' after quoting the Bible and explaining who God is. Freedom of speech laws allow street preachers to quote directly from th...

'Buffer zones' are supposedly there to protect women entering abortion clinics from the 'intimidating' pro-life lobby - so says the abortion industry and pro-abortion campaigners. But is that really what goes on outside abortion clinics in the UK? In reality, pro-lifers outside abortion clinics are being shut down, threatened and attacked by pro-abortion activists - not the other way around. 'Buff...

Will the Church of England start endorsing same-sex 'marriages'? This week, five senior Bishops have come out and openly expressed that they believe that the Church of England should allow blessings of same-sex 'marriages'. This follows the Bishop of Oxford's recent statement, explaining his change of view on the matter. In this week's Round the Table, Tim Dieppe is joined by Rev. Calvin Robinson...

Account closures for differing viewpoints, censorship zones around abortion clinics, and blasphemy laws for Islam? We're asking, 'does the government care about free speech?' This week, we're joined by free speech campaigner and co-founder of Fair Cop, Harry Miller, and CLC legal counsel, Roger Kiska, as we discuss various free speech issues that have made the headlines this week. #RoundTheTable #...

People have recently been waking up to the danger of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for children. But the problems don’t start there – ‘social transition’, where a child cross-dresses and is affirmed in a different gender, is itself harmful. On Round the Table we’re joined this week by Dr André Van Mol, co-chair of the American College of Pediatricians’ Committee on Adolescent Sexuality,...

Core Issues Trust (CIT), supported by the Christian Legal Centre, was told in July 2020 that its banking facilities with top-ranking Stonewall employer, Barclays, would be stopped following a coordinated harassment campaign by LGBT activists. Over that period, the group received over 300 nuisance calls, numerous intimidating messages and death threats, including messages expressing hopes that fami...

Over 1,600 people have now signed the 'Greater Love' Declaration, affirming Christian teaching on marriage, sex and gender - and rejecting some churches' push for same-sex 'marriage' and transgender affirmation. On today's Round the Table, Tim Dieppe speaks to one of the co-authors of the declaration, Rev. Dr Matthew Roberts, to find out why this declaration is so needed - and how you can get invo...

Parents Nigel and Sally Rowe, who were backed by Christian Concern, recently won a huge case victory, culminating with a commitment from the government to reform transgender policies in schools and £22,000 in legal costs. This is huge news, and means that children will be much better protected from harmful teaching that has been infiltrating the classroom. Meanwhile, the Charity Commission has als...

Dr Richard Scott has now secured the freedom for doctors to pray with their patients, following no less than 10 years of investigations against him, including multiple complaints by the National Secular Society. In a brand new series of Round the Table, Tim Dieppe and Andrea Williams are joined by Dr Scott, as they discuss what this new victory really means for Christians up and down the UK. Learn...

Praying, protesting or even just offering support outside an abortion clinic could land you up to two years in prison if a new amendment to the Public Order Bill is made law. Sadly the effort to silence the pro-life voice and viewpoint isn't new. But why this targeted attack on the pro-life movement? Tune into this week's Round the Table with Ben John, Andrea Williams and the Christian Legal Centr...

This week on RTT we will be joined by special guest Calvin Robinson. Calvin is a political advisor, broadcaster, and commentator. He has also trained for ministry in the CofE, but found that he was blocked from taking a curacy. A subject access request showed that Bishops objected to his political views. In this week’s livestream we will be discussing the state of the CofE. Is the CofE institution...

Church pastor Keith Waters was pushed out of his part-time job as a school caretaker after he tweeted a warning that Pride events are harmful to children. However, an Employment Tribunal recently ruled in his favour, finding that he had been discriminated against for his Christian views. From death threats to spam calls, messages of support to taking on new cases, find out from pastor Keith Waters...

Pastor Keith Waters has won his case after an employment tribunal ruled that he was discriminated against over a tweet he sent about LGBTQ pride. Meanwhile, a Christian school has dropped its support for Christian charity Samaritan's Purse because of its leader Franklin Graham's Christian beliefs. Learn more about Pastor Keith Waters' case win: https://christianconcern.com/news/pastor-who-warned-a...

This week, 'The Family Sex Show' was cancelled - but is a theatre show providing sex education for all the family ever really going to be appropriate? We're also joined by the Christian Legal Centre's Roger Kiska to talk about his legal opinion on conversion therapy - is a ban even legal? Read more about The Family Sex Show: https://christianconcern.com/comment/is-a-sex-show-for-the-family-ever-re...

Wilberforce Publications is pleased to announce the launch of Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government, the new book by Rev. Dr Joe Boot. About the book We are living in an era where the cult of the expert enables the increasing encroachment of civil government into areas of cultural and societal life where it does not belong. This growing statism must be countered by a distinctly C...

Some senior church leaders - including former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, and Baptist minister Steve Chalke - this week wrote a letter to the government urging it to ban 'conversion therapy' for 'trans people'. In the letter, they make the claim that "to be trans is to enter a sacred journey of becoming whole." But is this true? Or does this message contradict foundational Christian t...

What's really behind the government's double U-turn on a 'conversion therapy' ban? Our panel reacts to the twists and turns of the last 24 hours. We'll also be joined by special guest Dr David Mackereth, who refused to be compelled to use 'transgender pronouns'. His case was heard this week in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Join us on today's episode of Round the Table for a round-up of this week...

In a culture where schools can’t always be relied on to help raise children in line with Christian faith, home education is a much-needed option. Today’s Round the Table sees Tim Dieppe joined by Head of Education Steve Beegoo (a former headmaster of a Christian school) and by Janine Bell – a home educator and Coordinator for Classical Conversations UK, which supports homsechooling parents with re...