Teaching for today

Teaching for today

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  • CI News: 19 December 2025
    In CI News this week: Retired pastor Clive Johnston gives evidence at his trial for preaching on John 3:16 in an abortion censorship zone, the Welsh Government’s smacking ban review finds increased pressure on police and social services, and award-winning Christian songwriter Keith Getty encourages churches to sing theologically rich songs.
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    Featured stories
    • Breaking: Decision deferred in Pastor Clive case
    • Exclusive: Pastor Clive Johnston on being prosecuted for preaching in an abortion buffer zone
    • Welsh smacking ban review identifies increased pressure on social services
    • Dáil shuts down extreme pro-abortion agenda
    • ‘Christians need to sing theologically rich songs in their churches’: Keith Getty
    • 6 min
    • CI News: 12 December 2025
      In CI News this week: Gender-critical nurse Sandie Peggie wins her harassment claim against NHS Fife, a report reveals that well over three hundred parents in Wales have been criminalised for smacking their children, and Northern Ireland reports its highest number of abortions on record.
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      Featured stories
      • Partial win for gender-critical nurse in NHS Fife employment tribunal
      • Hundreds of parents criminalised under Wales’ smacking ban
      • Northern Ireland reports record number of abortions
      • ‘It’s fantastic’: Arsenal’s ‘Bible Brothers’ praise God together
      • 6 min
      • CI News: 5 December 2025
        In CI News this week: A leaked document reveals Labour’s support for legalising assisted suicide through a Private Member’s Bill, Girlguiding ditches its pro-transgender policy for new members, and London councils call for a ban on gambling ads on the Tube.
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        Featured stories
        • Labour suggested backing assisted suicide Bill pre-election
        • Girlguiding ditches trans-inclusive policy for new members
        • The Women’s Institute to restrict membership to women
        • Councils call on TfL to ban gambling ads on the Tube
        • Stormont backs baby loss certificate scheme
        • 6 min
        • CI News: 28 November 2025
          In CI News this week: Health Secretary Wes Streeting is urged to abandon plans for a puberty-blocker trial for children, Northern Ireland’s Education Minister emphasises that a recent Supreme Court ruling will not impact the Christian ethos of schools, and ‘Shine, Jesus, Shine’ is revealed as Britain’s favourite school hymn.
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          Featured stories
          • Govt under pressure to scrap puberty blocker experiment on children
          • NI Education Minister to safeguard ‘Christian ethos’ following RE ruling
          • Holyrood’s controversial assisted suicide Bill moves towards to final stage
          • ‘Shine, Jesus, Shine’ voted nation’s favourite school assembly hymn
          • Christian Institute Chairman Revd Dr Richard Turnbull promoted to glory
          • 6 min
          • CI News: 21 November 2025
            In CI News this week: The Christian Institute launches a new resource to help street preachers and the police, in Northern Ireland, RE lessons and assemblies that are exclusively Christian have been deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court, and the Scottish Government is urged to reject proposals for an extreme abortion regime.
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            Featured stories
            • The Street Preacher’s Charter: ‘An invaluable asset for gospel freedom’
            • ‘Make the Charter your own’: CI street preaching resource welcomed by leaders
            • Supreme Court reinstates ruling against ‘proselytising’ in NI RE lessons
            • Scots report pushes extreme abortion agenda
            • Baby born at 23 weeks now 1 year old and ‘absolutely thriving’
            • 7 min
            • CI News: 14 November 2025
              In CI News this week: The House of Lords’ committee of the whole house debates Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill for the first time, a Christian Institute research paper debunks claims that mild smacking harms children, and MP Danny Kruger shares his faith in Christ.
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              Featured stories
              • Peers propose almost 1,000 amendments to assisted suicide Bill
              • Study: ‘No evidence mild smacking causes harm to kids’
              • Six in ten people oppose no-fault divorce, NI consultation reveals
              • Danny Kruger MP: ‘The Gospel will never be extinguished’
              • 7 min
              • CI News: 7 November 2025
                In CI News this week: MSPs block amendments to Scotland’s assisted suicide Bill that would have better protected the vulnerable, a Government-commissioned report recommends removing Church input from Religious Education, and the winner of the Great British Bake Off shares how she relied on Jesus during her time in the tent.
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                Featured stories
                • MSPs reject mitigating amendments to ‘reckless’ assisted suicide Bill
                • Whistleblower: ‘Pro-trans cabal censored BBC news’
                • New National Curriculum could include Religious Education
                • Bake Off winner: ‘The pressure pushed me to rely on Jesus’
                • 6 min
                • CI News: 31 October 2025
                  In CI News this week: The Office for National Statistics cuts ties with Stonewall amid accusations it fell prey to the lobby group’s pro-trans ideology, Sheffield University comes under fire for warning students about ‘graphic’ scenes in the Bible, and gambling firms are taken to task by the advertising regulator for airing adverts that appeal to children.
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                  Featured stories
                  • ONS exits Stonewall scheme after census’ dodgy trans data
                  • Sheffield Uni slaps ‘violent’ trigger warning on Gospel accounts
                  • Top psychiatrist warns teenagers against ‘stewing brains in cannabis soup’
                  • Betting ads with child appeal ‘irresponsible’, regulator rules
                  • 5 min
                  • CI News: 24 October 2025
                    In CI News this week: Peers expose significant failings in Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, investigations over non-crime hate incidents have been ditched by the Metropolitan Police in the wake of the Linehan debacle, and a baby born at 22 weeks celebrates his first birthday at home.
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                    Featured stories
                    • Experts warn House of Lords Committee about assisted suicide dangers
                    • Met Police scraps investigations of non-crime hate incidents
                    • ‘Children as young as 10 are using cocaine’, says Scots Cllr
                    • Baby born at 22 weeks celebrates first birthday at home
                    • 7 min
                    • CI News: 17 October 2025
                      In CI News this week: GAFCON announces it is rejecting the Church of England’s leadership, and reordering the Anglican Communion, public figures push the Government to criminalise parents in England if they smack their children, and insurance giant Aviva is criticised for supporting an LGBT group which distributes ‘trans-affirming’ resources to primary schools.
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                      Featured stories
                      • Global Anglicans announce break in communion from Church of England
                      • CofE same-sex ‘wedding’ services on the ropes as Bishops bow to due process
                      • Latest attempt to ban smacking would only ‘criminalise loving parents’
                      • Aviva funds group promoting trans ideology to primary school children
                      • ‘I stood my ground’: Mum defied abortion pressure after cancer diagnosis
                      • 7 min

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