When is a conversion a conversion?

When is a conversion a conversion?

UK Churches recently in the spotlight. Peter Sammons considers. I’m a Christian! Get me in here! Recent news that UK Churches have been complicit in affirming or styling certain migrants as Christian ‘converts’ and therefore ineligible to be sent back to potentially...
Why is Christian persecution ignored by the West?

Why is Christian persecution ignored by the West?

ACCEPTABLE BIGOTRY Facing the alarming rise in anti-Christian prejudice and attacks throughout Europe, it is worth asking the question: Why do politicians and the mainstream media ignore this? This is the acceptable bigotry rarely addressed in the West. Marches are...
José Oliveira tells his story

José Oliveira tells his story

José Oliveira tells his own, unfinished, story. Part 1 of 4 episodes The mirage Born in Portugal in 1968, with only one sister 13 years older than me, I grew up pretty much alone until going to school. I was raised in Lisbon, Portugal. My first contact with school, a...
China-Russia-Israel

China-Russia-Israel

China comes down on the ‘side’ of the ‘Palestinians’. Why? And what might we understand from this in our present days? Peter Sammons considers. Sino-Shift For the past 20 years I have wondered when China would ‘come off the fence’ and take sides in the...
Gaza and Zephaniah

Gaza and Zephaniah

Does the Bible speak specifically of Gaza? Peter Sammons considers. Introduction This article is prepared in some haste and does not allow for the detailed assessment I would normally make, but times are moving on so fast and Christians are (legitimately) asking...