Billy Graham pleads for pastor in Iran jail
BILLY GRAHAM HAS WRITTEN TO THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT TO PLEAD PERSONALLY FOR A JAILED PASTOR. Even President Obama raised the US citizen’s plight with President Rouhani.
How Monty halted a Middle East Holocaust
A desert race for oil and a dictator with genocidal intentions. Sounds familiar? The discovery of a unique Bible presented to General Montgomery by a grateful Jewish population shows that…
When Sunday buses stopped at churches
ANN WHITAKER, THE AUTHOR of last issue’s brilliant leaflet insert, “When the nation prayed” about WWII, writes:
Perth street preacher arrested for “breach of the peace”
A Christian pastor was recently arrested for the second time for preaching on the streets of Perth, Scotland.
Church hit over marriage notice in community hall – “a taste of things to come”
A church group in Shetland which uses a local community hall has come under fire for displaying its support for traditional marriage.
Stephen Hawking backtracks to support assisted suicide
BRITAIN’S MOST FAMOUS SCIENTIST, Professor Stephen Hawking, has changed his mind and now supports assisted suicide.
“Gender abortions are legal”, says abortion boss
Gender abortions are well within the law, according to the head of BPAS, formerly the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.
B&B couple forced to sell up
The Christian couple who lost their court case in 2011 following their refusal to give a gay couple a room in their B&B have now been forced to sell their…
Three new books by Sussex authors
Has God really finished with ISRAEL? GOD’S COVENANTS WITH ABRAHAM, ISRAEL, AND THE CHURCH
C S Lewis: the Sussex link
CS Lewis is still selling six million books a year, but the Narnia creator’s greatest influence was a humble Sussex pastor. Approaching the 50th anniversary of Lewis’s death, Clive Price…
Time capsule says 700 went to Sunday school
A window has opened on a lost time when no fewer than 700 children allegedly packed out a Church of England Sunday school.
Slavery Bill is “Wilberforce” moment
IT COULD BE A “WILBERFORCE MOMENT” FOR THE 21st CENTURY. That’s how Christian social concern group CARE has described plans for a Modern Slavery Bill for England and Wales.
Letters October-November 2013
World War Two: “When the nation prayed” Last issue we included two free leaflets inside HEART OF SUSSEX, sponsored by Tremore Christian Fellowship in Cornwall and World Trumpet Mission. The…
DAVID’S TENT COMES TO WISTON
WISTON HOUSE WAS HOST NOT ONLY TO THE BIG CHURCH DAY OUT this year but also to the Christian festival David’s Tent.
Peacehaven worshippers throng together
Last issue we reported on plans for churches in Peacehaven to worship together and thus heal old divisions. What was it like when they finally met? MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE…