On Ian Paul‘s blog “Psephizo“, Dr Julie Maxwell writes:

You may have seen the recent media coverage of the Judicial review brought by Keira Bell and Susan Evans against the Tavistock and perhaps you wonder what on earth this is all about. This was a landmark judgement that will have world wide repercussions as well as implications for churches and society in general.

Read the full article here.

Dr Maxwell is a part-time Community Paediatrician and who also works for Lovewise, a Christian charity which provides relationships and sex education from a Christian perspective, one day a week. She is married and has three children, and is involved in leading youth work at her local church. Her personal and professional experience led her to became increasingly interested and concerned at the rapid growth in the numbers of children and young people presenting with gender identity issues and the way this was being managed.

Normally, I don’t give a hoot for what goes on at places like Eton College, the venerable English publicA public school in England and Wales is a fee-charging endowed school originally for older boys which was public in the sense of being open to pupils irrespective of locality, denomination or paternal trade or profession. What other countries call a public school is called a state school in England and Wales. (i.e. private) school, but there is currently a controversy involving Eton which to me illustrates how perverse our society has become. (more…)

To many of our worship songs today appeal primarily to our emotions, and while that is not bad, it is not enough: it will not sustain us when our emotions change, as they inevitably will in the course of every day life.

So many songs articulate primarily how we feel about God and what we will do for Him. That’s nice but we need songs that articulate the truths of God’s holiness, our own sinfulness and need, of His love for all of us and His merciful and compassionate provision for our need, and of His might and power and ultimate victory.

Video: Orchester der Gemeinde Gottes, Eppingen  / Orchestra of the Church of God in Eppingen, Germany

German firm Bertelsmann, the world’s largest book publisher (parent company of Penguin Random House), has successfully bid to buy Simon & Schuster publishing house from ViacomCBS. This will make Penguin Random House (PRH) more than twice the size of its nearest competitor, Harper Collins. (more…)

At the beginning of this year’s Advent season here is a classic Advent hymn, performed by musicians from Sovereign Grace Music. Somehow these classic hymns appeal to me more than most contemporary worship choruses.

Zu Beginn dieser Adventzeit gibt es hier ein klassisches Adventlied, aufgeführt von Musikern von Sovereign Grace Music. Irgendwie sprechen mich diese klassischen Kirchenlieder mehr an, als die meisten modernen Worship-Lieder.

Der englische Text ist von Sovereign Grace Music adaptiert, der deutsche Text ist der traditionelle Text, deshalb sind die Strophen leicht unterschiedlich.

The English lyrics have been slightly adapted by Sovereign Grace Music, while the German lyrics are the traditional version. Hence the slight differences.

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Reading the biography of Bruderhof founder Eberhard Arnold, “Against the Wind”. (more…)

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