Apr 23, 2025 | Infusing Culture
In a clear and unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 means biological sex. The terms ‘woman’, ‘man’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) refer to biological sex, the Supreme Court has judged. In a unanimous...
Apr 23, 2025 | Infusing Culture
With the growing sense of God’s heart for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit, across our nation, there’s a growing desire for holiness. This is very much in line with what, retrospectively, can be seen as ‘deep repentance’ across a much wider number of people when...
Feb 26, 2025 | Infusing Culture
In 1784, a call to prayer was issued among Baptist churches in England. These churches were in a state of serious decline, both in number and in spiritual vitality. John Sutcliff was the pastor of the Baptist church in Olney, Buckinghamshire for thirty-nine years. He...
Nov 27, 2024 | Infusing Culture
We had a great Leaders Day recently with Justin Brierley, exploring what he’s described as ‘the surprising rebirth of belief in God’. If you’re not familiar with Justin’s thesis he’s raising the question whether Matthew Arnolds’s ‘melancholy, long, withdrawing roar’...
Sep 23, 2024 | Infusing Culture
Expressive individualism – why does it matter? If you are a frog, you jump from a pot of boiling water. But if you are placed in a pot of tepid water that is gradually heated to boiling, you die. It’s been one way to explain why humans react quickly to sudden...
Aug 27, 2024 | Infusing Culture
I was disappointed when “Brexit” wasn’t accepted in a recent game of Scrabble—especially since it would have landed me a triple word score! I have a hunch it might already be included in a more current Scrabble dictionary. However, this contentious...
