Teaching for today

In the news this week: A top human rights lawyer has highlighted how a Private Member’s Bill seeking a new law on ‘conversion therapy’ would cut across fundamental religious freedoms; the Irish Government proposes to downgrade the place of traditional marriage, and; broadcaster Dan Walker speaks of the life-transforming power of the Christmas message. You can download the video via this link . Fea...

In the news this week: Christian MP Nick Fletcher says any new ‘conversion therapy’ law must not criminalise parents, pro-abortion MPs attempt to hijack the Government’s Criminal Justice Bill in their latest effort to decriminalise abortion, and Stonewall is blasted for campaigning to undermine equality in Britain. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Christian MP warns new...

In the news this week: Number Ten’s top terror adviser raises free speech concerns as he cautions against knee-jerk changes to current laws, a Private Members’ Bill in the House of Lords on so-called conversion therapy ignores religious freedom, and a call to extend Sunday trading hours in London is rebuffed by the Government. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories ‘Knee-jerk...

In the news this week: The Church of England is to trial services to bless those in same-sex couples, the embryology regulator seeks new powers to pursue controversial experiments on human embryos, and a Finnish MP accused of hate crime for sharing Bible verses is vindicated. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories CofE Synod narrowly approves trial services for same-sex blessi...

In the news this week: The Institute steps up its campaign against proposals for a conversion practices Bill which would criminalise the ordinary work of churches, Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch says the Government must never again let Stonewall dictate policy, and more babies born at 22 weeks are surviving following the expansion of neonatal care. You can download the video via this link . Fea...

In the news this week: Politicians on the Isle of Man have supported a Bill to allow euthanasia on the island, The Christian Institute cautions against changes to legislation on extremism that may threaten religious freedom, and six sets of conjoined twins gather to celebrate their lives and progress. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Isle of Man approves principle of eut...

In the news this week: The Education Secretary says parents have a fundamental right to know what their kids are taught in sex ed, Rishi Sunak is told not to endanger children by pushing ahead with a conversion therapy law and SNP defector Dr Lisa Cameron says she was marginalised over her Christian faith. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Education Secretary seeks to rea...

In the news this week: With press speculation rife that Rishi Sunak will publish a draft Bill on ‘conversion therapy’, the CI reiterates its readiness to take legal action if it restricts the ordinary work of churches, more than 70 Tory MPs back a Bill requiring schools to give parents access to what their children are taught in sex education lessons, and Evangelical Anglicans urge the House of Bi...

In the news this week: The Labour Party announces its commitment to introducing a comprehensive ‘conversion therapy’ law, the Government’s new university free speech tsar warns that society must learn to embrace debate rather than cancel it, and in Texas abortions have dropped by more than 99 per cent following the overturning of Roe v Wade. You can download the video via this link . Featured stor...

In the news this week: A man is a man and a woman is a woman, says the Prime Minister as he emphasises that biological sex is ‘common sense’, civil servants are compared to ‘Nazis’ for holding the view that biological sex is fixed, and twins born an astonishing 17 weeks early approach their first birthday. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Sunak: ‘A man is a man and a wom...

In the news this week: The Online Safety Bill is set to become law after passing its final Parliamentary hurdle, school governors are urged to check their school’s RSE policies for radical trans ideology, and a Hampshire mum rejoices that both of her twins are thriving after she refused to abort one to save the other. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Online Safety Bill p...

In the news this week: Polling for The Christian Institute reveals that banning conversion therapy is not a priority for voters, Westminster hears of the genuine anger of parents in Northern Ireland after it imposes pro-abortion sex ed, and Canada’s main opposition party adopts the protection of children from harmful ‘sex swaps’ as party policy. You can download the video via this link . Featured...

In the news this week: A pensioner is questioned by the police after backing single-sex spaces, Scotland’s First Minister and his Health Secretary speak out against legalising assisted suicide, and around 7,000 pro-life supporters gather for the UK’s annual March for Life. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Pensioner ‘harassed’ by police over sticker backing single-sex spa...

In the news this week: The Christian Institute urges Number 10 not to pursue a conversion therapy ban over fears it could repress religious freedom, comments from Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley could see an end to officers promoting LGBT Pride and Stonewall, and after a series of legal victories, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will hold meetings at venues that previously cancel...

In the news this week: The Republic of Ireland is urged to overhaul its law allowing 16-year-olds to choose their own legal sex, Scotland remains the worst country in Europe for the rate of drug-related deaths, and a museum celebrates the 250th anniversary of Amazing Grace. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories RoI Senator: ‘Sex-swap madness must end’ Scots drug deaths remain...

In the news this week: Costa Coffee is accused of glorifying trans surgery, disability campaigners urge MPs not to legalise assisted suicide, and a palm-sized premature baby leaves for home after a six month stay in hospital. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Costa Coffee angers customers by ‘glamourising’ trans surgery ‘Don’t remove our end-of-life protections’ disabilit...

In the news this week: A study finds that married parents are three times more likely to be together when their child reaches 14 than unmarried parents, Stonewall’s Chairman says it will soon be normal for men to breastfeed, and a couple who refused to abort their daughter give thanks for her successful surgery. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Study: Married parents thr...

In the news this week: Children struggling with their mental health are being directed to an NHS-backed app pushing gender ideology, a study of gambling ads finds they appeared every four seconds in televised Premier League matches last season, and a former soldier will not face charges for silent prayer near an abortion clinic. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories NHS-linke...

In the news this week: The Crown Prosecution Service comes under fire for claiming that refusing to fund ‘sex-swap’ surgery could amount to domestic abuse, a Christian MP in Finland faces a second trial for alleged hate speech after she shared a Bible verse on social media, and the Irish Football Association votes to maintain its ‘keep Sunday special’ policy. You can download the video via this li...

In the news this week: A Christian governor axed for challenging a school’s sex ed policy is vindicated by the High Court, women’s rights campaigner Maya Forstater is awarded over £100,000 after losing her job for defending the reality of biological sex, and in the first case of its kind in Florida, a newborn baby finds a safe haven with a new family. You can download the video via this link . Fea...

In the news this week: Two teenage girls urge the Government to combat the harmful effects of gender ideology in schools, Isle of Man proposals create a foothold for euthanasia in the British Isles, and a senior Labour MP reveals how his mum resisted family pressure to have him aborted. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Pupils urge Education Minister to end ‘authoritarian...

Our culture is not only hostile to biblical truth, but to the very concepts of truth and reality. Arguably, behind much of this hostility lies the ideology of ‘Critical Theory’. How should the Church respond? We discuss Christopher Watkin’s book, 'Biblical Critical Theory', 'That Hideous Strength' by the late Melvin Tinker and Dr Sharon James’s brand new booklet 'Critical Theory: Challenging Truth...

Pregnant men? We discuss non-Christian responses to Critical Theory in the shape of two books: 'Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity – And Why This Harms Everybody' by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, and 'The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity' by Douglas Murray. Part 3 of 4 in the Critical Theory: Challenging Truth and Reality ser...

Dr Sharon James explains that Critical Theory’s assumption there is no transcendent God leads to an all-out assault on reality. She considers its impact on the Church and how Christians should respond. Part 2 of 4 in the Critical Theory: Challenging Truth and Reality series. For more check out christian.org.uk/criticaltheory

‘Critical Theory’ is the ideology behind woke activism and cancel culture. People are facing fierce challenges at university or work because of this lethal blend of postmodernism and Marxism. As Dr Sharon James explains, it is a dangerous worldview that contrives to divide society into ‘the privileged’ and ‘the oppressed’. Part 1 of 4 in the Critical Theory: Challenging Truth and Reality series. F...