The freedom to criticise other religions is essential for the work of evangelism. While there is strong protection in law, the freedom to criticise Islam in particular is being eroded. Police have a track record of arresting people they view as insulting Islam. In seeking to adopt an official government definition of Islamophobia, the government is privileging Islam over all other religions and worldviews and thus discriminating in favour of Islam.

Religious Freedom

Case Thrown Out Against Christian Preacher Prosecuted For Stating ‘Jesus In The Quran Is Not The True Jesus’

“My aim always when preaching is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and that all of us can only be saved if we follow His teaching. It was intimidating to be attacked and surrounded by such an angry mob, but I was determined to stand my ground and not back down over my beliefs."

Europe

‘Christian’ Groups In The UK Call Britain To Apologize For Balfour Declaration

Public discourse in the UK has become increasingly polarized. The Palestinian Return Centre and Christian groups like Kairos Britain have called for the UK to apologize for the Balfour Declaration, arguing that it led to Palestinian displacement. Acts of protest, such as defacing portraits of Balfour and stealing a bust of Chaim Weizmann, underscore the growing hostility toward Zionist history.

Distress of Nations

Trump-Zelenskyy Press Briefing Turns Into All-Out Brawl Of Words: ‘You’re Gambling With World War III’

The escalation began after Zelenskyy repeatedly interrupted the President, delivered back-handed remarks, and backed out of agreeing to a ceasefire in front of reporters. Vice President JD Vance admonished the Ukrainian President for showing clear disrespect to the United States and its leadership.

Europe

Europe Shook After Its Erosion Of Fundamental Freedoms Is Placed In The Spotlight

From that continent, Christianity, along with the freedoms that follow it, spread to much of the world. Now, rights such as the freedoms of religion and speech abruptly end with the application of one of several labels. And those labels are easily applied by the government so that government leaders can protect their power. The labels include “hate,” “radical,” and “extremist.”

Christian Persecution

‘Expressing Biblical Truth Is Not Discriminatory’: In Groundbreaking Victory, UK Court Rules In Favor Of Fired Christian Teacher

“I pray that today will prove to be a landmark day for Christian freedoms and free speech. Christians have the right to express their beliefs on social media and at other non-work-related settings without fear of being punished by their employer. Expressing Biblical truth is not discriminatory.”

Distress of Nations

UK Liberal Gov’t Refuses To Point The Finger At Islam As Country Faces Horrific Crisis Of Muslim Grooming Gangs

I would certainly not describe all Muslims as ‘sex groomers’, but this example appears to want to characterise any suggestion that Muslims have been responsible for grooming gang offences as ‘Islamophobic’. There is no doubt that fear of being called Islamophobic has motivated police and other authorities to avoid tackling these grooming gangs.

Anti-Semitism

Nearly Half The World’s Population Holds Antisemitic Views, Alarming Poll Finds

Millions of Jews across Europe were terrorised, hunted and murdered by not only the Nazis, but those who collaborated with them. Hatred of the Jews did not end there and it is an inescapable fact that the same antisemitism which drove hatred of the Jews in the 1930s is once again infecting the hearts of many people today.

Europe

The Forced Absence Of The Jewish State From Poland’s Holocaust Memorial Speaks Volumes

The Prime Minister of the very country representing the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust in general and the ones who died in Auschwitz, in particular, will be absent from the ceremony... but not by choice.

Europe

1,800-Year-Old Archaeologist Discovery Shows Just How Rapidly The Gospel Spread In The Roman Empire

Using a state-of-the-art version of tomography, they analyzed each section and pieced together most of what the document stated and then painstakingly translated the ancient Latin into English. The 1,800-year-old amulet reads “holy, holy, holy!” is “Jesus Christ, the Son of God”

Christian Persecution

Beyond Reckless: Western Governments Are Ignoring The Fate Of Syrian Christians Under Islamic Rule

For a UK Prime Minister’s official spokesman to publicly announce the government wants to hold talks with a proscribed terrorist is tantamount to saying to every jihadist group in the world who persecutes Christians: “if you are successful, topple an existing government and seize power – we will, in effect, recognise you as the government of that country”

Children in the Crosshairs

The UK, Alberta Take Steps To Protect Children From The Irreversible Damage Of Gender Ideology

Children—young, naive, and impressionable—are under massive attack from gender ideology and desperately need protection. Thankfully, the law is supplying some of that protection, but it’s parents who must be on the front lines—parents who will love and nurture their children, discipling them in God’s Word and helping them have an identity grounded in God’s created order and what Jesus has done for them.

Wars and Rumours of Wars

One Thousand Days Of Wars And Rumors Of Wars

As we reach the 1,000th day of war in Ukraine, things are starting to get concerning for other nations. As the government of Sweden just presented its seventh military package of weapons and supplies to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the Homefront, Sweden started to distribute copies of a 32-page booklet advising its citizens how to prepare for war.

Christian Persecution

Anti-Christian Hostility And Restrictions on Religious Freedom Sharply Increase Across Europe

Public universities in Europe are seen as being particularly hostile to people with Christian or other “alternative” worldviews, OIDAC says. A 2023 study of four British universities found that Christian students were one of the groups most likely to report hostility and discrimination: “In particular, students with pro-life views across Europe have reported hostility and even death threats.”

Morality

Co-Founder Of UK’s Oldest Breastfeeding Group Resigns, Warns Transgenderism Is ‘Destroying Our Organization’

In her resignation letter, Tompson wrote this warning to the other LLL leaders: "This shift from following the norms of nature, which is the core of mothering through breastfeeding, to indulging the fantasies of adults, is destroying our organization."

Europe

Did The World Just Witness The ‘Global Intifada’ Begin On The Streets Of Amsterdam?

"The attacks in Amsterdam last Thursday night, reminiscent of Nazi-era pogroms, are the direct result of the 'Globalize the Intifada' movement that anti-Israel protesters have been championing for over a year. This slogan isn’t just a catchy chant; it’s a blatant call for violence against Jews, mirroring the atrocities of the First and Second Palestinian Intifadas."

Euthanasia

British MPs Share ‘Horror Stories’ From Canada To Warn The UK Against Legalizing Euthanasia

Yes, it’s a very slippery slope because euthanasia—though it masquerades as compassionate care—is, at its heart, a low view of the value of human life. Suddenly what gives our life value is not our innate humanness (being made in God’s image—Genesis 1:27) but, rather, our perceived quality of life, personal autonomy, or, frankly, how financially feasible it is to keep us around (bear in mind Canada has socialized medicine and is currently facing a growing health care crisis).

Anti-Semitism

Hundreds Of Jews Hunted Down, Violently Beaten In ‘Pogrom’ On The Streets Of Amsterdam

"We are receiving very disturbing reports of extreme violence against Israelis and Jews on the streets of Holland. There is a pogrom currently taking place in Europe in 2024. These are the true faces of the supporters of the radical terrorism we are fighting. The Western world needs to wake up now!"

Euthanasia

Better Off Dead?: UK Expert Warns, ‘Once You Legalise Assisted Suicide You Have Crossed A Rubicon’

If assisted suicide is legalised, then carers or medics could suggest assisted suicide to patients. This turns carers or medics into agents of death rather than trusted providers of care and medicine. Can you imagine your doctor suggesting that they could help you kill yourself? This does happen in countries where assisted suicide is legal.

Religious Freedom

UK Man Convicted of Thought Crime: ‘The Left Cannot Tolerate Even Silent Disagreement’

“The left is so committed to abortion that they cannot tolerate the thought of someone disagreeing with them, even silently. This aligns with the warning found in Romans 1, where Paul warns that yielding to sexual immorality can lead to futile thinking and God giving people over to depraved minds.

Euthanasia

UK Pro-Lifers Use Canada As Warning: There Are ‘Extreme Consequences’ For Assisted Suicide

“Initially, only those whose death was ‘reasonably foreseeable’ were eligible, but following legal cases and campaigning, MAiD has been extended even to those suffering solely from mental illness. MAiD now accounts for over 4% of deaths in the country and is the fifth leading cause of death.”

Religious Freedom

‘Dangerous Precedent’: Scotland Jumps On the Bandwagon, Banning Prayer Outside Abortion Clinics

the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) posted on X: “Buffer zone legislation is an affront to basic freedoms in Scotland. Criminalizing someone for praying or offering help to a woman is an outrageous and dangerous precedent.”

Religious Freedom

Scottish ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban Gets Delayed As Critics Insist Plan Expressly Targets ‘Conservative Evangelicals’

The Christian Institute threatened legal action if the government went through with its plan, pointing out that supporters of the plan were “openly calling for it to cover ‘casual conversations,’ ‘gentle, non-coercive prayer’ and ‘repentances.’ They expressly want it to target ‘conservative evangelicals.’”

Christian Persecution

Liberties Eroded: Governments Throughout The West Are Increasingly Targeting Churches

The handwriting on the wall indicates that governments throughout the West are becoming increasingly hostile to Christians and local churches. The same pressure is mounting in places like Germany, Great Britain, Australia, and Canada.

Anti-Semitism

UK Media Blames Pastor For ‘Fanning Hatred’ After Muslim Woman Storms Church: ‘I Am Here To Kill The God Of The Jews’

The Metropolitan Police were urgently called to The Angel Church in Islington, London, last Sunday after a Muslim woman stormed the building screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ and ‘I am here to kill the God of the Jews.’ Local media, however, refused to describe the attack as Islam related or motivated.

Europe

Details Emerge: Israel’s Response To Iran In April Destroyed Russian-Made Defense System

It is a big deal that the Russian Bear has now been introduced into this conversation. The s300 system is Russian-made and Russia-supplied. While it took forever for this to arrive in Iran, it speaks more largely to a prophetic, in all the wrong ways, alliance that we are seeing shaping up.

Distress of Nations

Just As The Bible Prophesied, Russia Has Chosen Its Side

The war in Ukraine exposed that Russia must obtain weapons from Iran. Russia understood this would be unacceptable in Israel, clearly indicating that Putin is not afraid to antagonize the two states completely. Although Israel is hesitant to enter full-blown conflict with Russia, Russia has chosen its side, evidenced by its invitation of Hamas leaders to Moscow on October 26, 2023.

Lawlessness

Rights and Rioting: How Europe And The UK Are Turning Laws Into Meaningless Drivel

Jesus said that lawlessness would increase in the last days. An especially egregious form of lawlessness is that of government itself refusing to uphold its highest laws and fundamental principles.

Europe

Israeli Youth Banned From Tournament In Belgium; Police Chief Says, ‘This Is Your War, Not Mine’

Israeli youth who want to play competitive frisbee in a major Western European city—Belgium’s third-largest city—are being banned from participating and even watching a sporting event because they’re Jewish. A team coach said the Police Chief said to Israeli Kids, “This is your war, not mine.”

Children in the Crosshairs

Swiss Government Takes Custody Of Child After Parents Reject Harmful Puberty Blockers

“These parents are living every parent’s worst nightmare. Their child has been taken away from them simply for trying to protect her from harm. The implications of this are devastating not only for them as a family, but also for all of society. No society can claim to be free if parents can lose their daughter solely for affirming biological reality.”

Christian Persecution

UK High Court Ruling Shows The Teaching Profession Is ‘Not A Safe Place To Navigate For Christians’

"I believe affirming children in a transgender identity in the classroom is psychologically damaging for them. I refused to go against my Christian faith and conscience and cause a child harm. I refuse to apologise for that. I do not believe it is any child’s best interests to affirm them in something that is untrue."

Distress of Nations

Gog of Magog: Who Is The Russian Leader At The Center Of The Ezekiel 38 Prophecy?

Today’s events in the Middle East, though not direct fulfillments of Ezekiel’s prophecies, strikingly foreshadow them; and a survey of Ezekiel 38 in its context reveals that the events Ezekiel described may be on the horizon.

Religious Freedom

Franklin Graham Establishes ‘Billy Graham Defense Fund’ To Protect Gospel Outreach In The UK

"We’re going to use these funds that came from this battle against cancel culture to help other Christians who may be threatened into silence," he announced. "This is a victory, not just for us, but for all Christians and churches across the UK."

Abortion

UK Politicians Are Preaching That People Are Disposable And We Are Living With The Consequences

It’s not only about so-called moral issues. When you dig deeper, you realise that this devaluing of human life is not a peripheral issue, of interest only to Christians, but it underlies a host of the biggest problems our society faces.

Berean Review

The Collapse Of Societies Is First-And-Foremost The Result Of Rejecting God

This is why we must pray for our nation. We pray that our nation and our nation’s leaders would love God and submit to him, because that offers us the only hope for a flourishing society.

Religious Freedom

‘Terrifying’: UK Police ‘Weaponize Their Authority’ Seeking To Root Out Christian Council Member

The story involves arrests, interrogations, media censorship and collusion between police officers and Labour party activists. The beliefs expressed by Cllr Stevens included backing a fellow Conservative councillor’s right to express his Christian beliefs.

Europe

Why Students Of God’s Word Aren’t Surprised By Russia, Iran, And Turkey’s Mutual Hatred Of Israel

Here we are today, reading what the prophet Ezekiel wrote some 2,500 years ago, speaking of the very things we are witnessing.

Children in the Crosshairs

‘Young People Have Been Experimented On’: Scotland Pauses Puberty Blockers for Minors

“You tried to bully people out of their jobs for opposing you. Young people have been experimented on, left infertile and in pain.”

Children in the Crosshairs

Report Sounds Alarm on Puberty Blockers: ‘Professionals Are Afraid To Openly Discuss Their Views’

“Children have been badly served by an ideological system which believed that affirming children in a false gender identity and prescribing harmful drugs was helpful. We are created male and female, and we cannot change this.

Euthanasia

Healthy Woman, 28, to Be Euthanized in the Netherlands; Franklin Graham Urges Prayer

“I wish Zoraya knew how much God loved her,” Franklin Graham posted on Facebook Sunday, “and I pray someone can get to her and tell her that He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, from Heaven to Earth so she could have forgiveness of her sins and have a relationship with Him.”

Morality

‘Designed To Stop Free Speech’: New Scotland Hate Crime Law Sparks Outcry

“The law seems to be designed to stop free speech and impose the LGBTQ agenda on all of Scotland,” Franklin Graham posted on Facebook. On April 1, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to protest the law and its potential effects on free speech.

Religious Freedom

UK Lawyers Argue Employing Christians May Lead LGBT People To Suicide, Calls John 3:16 ‘Triggering’

The organisation’s lawyers argue that they can’t employ someone like Felix because his views on sex and gender might ‘damage’ the mental health of people identifying as LGBTQ+. They take their argument to the extreme when they assert that those identifying as LGBTQ+ might kill themselves if they discover [an employee] is a Christian.

Europe

‘Highest Percentage Of No Votes In Irish History’: Ireland Rejects Effort to Redefine Family

Voters in Ireland have resoundingly rejected two constitutional amendments that attempted to redefine traditional definitions of family and motherhood.

Christian Persecution

‘Creeping Culture Of Censorship’: UK Police Concede After Unlawful Silencing of Street Preacher

Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, said, “Dia Moodley’s case exposes a clear double standard in British policing when the issue concerns the expression of core beliefs; particularly Christian beliefs.

Abortion

‘Milestone Victory For The Culture Of Death’: France Enshrines ‘Right’ To Abortion Into Its Constitution

"[The decision] is largely a publicity stunt by the nation’s elected leaders, but we must also recognize that the move represents a major milestone victory for the Culture of Death. Christians must realize that the move in France can only be explained by the nation’s radical secularization and the eclipse of the Biblical worldview.”

Christian Persecution

‘The World Will Hate You’: UK Politician Cleared After Biblical Tweet Ignites Firestorm

“How I have been treated is really troubling for a democratic society. It must ring alarm bells as this can now happen to anyone that is not in support of this extreme LGBT movement."

Distress of Nations

Chaos In Parliament: MP Safety Fears Cause Islamic Terrorism To Influence UK Democracy

Threats from Islamists caused chaos in parliament on Wednesday, when the Speaker of the House of Commons broke with convention because he was persuaded of security concerns from Islamic protestors.

Morality

‘Trampling On Rights’: UK Parliament Sees Overwhelming Opposition To Extreme ‘Conversion Therapy’ Bill

“Of course it’s an attack on free speech if parents can’t feel they give guidance to their children. It is an absolute duty of parents to give advice to their children.”

Religious Freedom

‘No Verse From The Bible Should Be Prohibited’: Preacher To Appeal Conviction For Holding Sign With Scripture Passage

“If it is now a criminal offence to hold a sign with a verse from Psalm 139 on it in a London street, then none of us is free. I have been ordered to pay costs, frankly I would rather go to prison than pay this to the state that has banned the Bible.”

Europe

Iran Has Become A Proxy Of Russia… And They May Have Just Crossed The Line

Right now, the Middle East is a boiling cauldron whose lid could blow off at any moment, a powder keg whose fuse could be easily and quickly lit.

Religious Freedom

Teacher Wins Settlement After Being Fired For Street Preaching, Pressured To Renounce Christian Activity

“I was shocked and amazed that the headteacher could do what he did. He made me feel like a criminal; his aim was to bully and humiliate me into renouncing my Christian activity. I believe if I had renounced it, I could have kept my job.

Euthanasia

Assisted Suicide Is Unbiblical, And Christians Should Never Be Lured Into Supporting It

Euthanasia would clearly count as a deliberate act of murder and a violation of the sixth commandment. It is intentional destruction of someone who is created in the image of God and therefore a deliberate act of rebellion against God himself.

LGBT+ Agenda

World Health Organization Pushes Gender Self-ID With New Activist-Driven Guidelines

The WHO is clearly involved in pushing transgender policies onto people of all ages, particularly children and adolescents, and we need to ask whether member states should start withholding money from it.

Children in the Crosshairs

‘Parent First Approach’: Christians Welcome UK Government’s Draft Guidance on Gender

“We believe that the government has listened to many of the problems we have been raising through legal cases and with the department over the last 10 years. Had this guidance been followed, many more children would have been protected and several Christians we are supporting would not have lost their jobs."

Christian Persecution

UK High Court Judge Upholds Criminalizing Prayer And The Bible In Abortion Buffer Zone

“There is no evidence whatsoever to show that anyone is being harassed outside abortion clinics. The truth is quite the opposite. It is the abortion supporters who intimidate and harass"

Christian Persecution

Poll Finds UK Young Adults Are Open To Banning That Bible For ‘Hate Speech’

Many modern unbelievers (as the poll indicated) see a better world without the Bible in it. The modern church (as seen in progressivism) sees a better world with a modified Bible to suit the times.

Morality

New Law In Italy Mandates Cell Phone Providers Block Minors From Pornography, Anonymous Web Searches

Italy’s new porn-blocking directive follows the government allocating €1 billion (nearly $1.1 billion) in funding for pro-family initiatives in an effort to boost the nation’s flagging birthrate.

Religious Freedom

Christian Lecturer Launches Legal Action For Unfair Dismissal, Threats To Label Him As ‘Terrorist’ For Biblical Tweet

"It was not an extremist religious view. It was addressed to evangelicals as a point of doctrine, and it has been misunderstood by many who wish to cause personal and institutional trouble for those who express that view."

Christian Persecution

‘Bible Trial’ Victory: Court In Finland Rules God’s Word Is Not ‘Hate Speech’

A four-year legal battle in Finland, dubbed “the Bible trial,” has ended with a second acquittal of a member of Finland’s Parliament who faced charges of “hate speech” for sharing her Christian beliefs about marriage and sexuality in a 2019 social media post.

LGBT+ Agenda

Creating Families Counter To God’s Design Is Wrong And Harmful To Children

When we start with God’s Word, we know that children have a right to their parents—a right given by the God who gave children to their parents. But adults don’t have a right to have children, sacrificing the well-being and rights of children on the altar of adult desire.

Deception

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