By George Pitcher2024-09-04T16:29:00
Today’s scathing report into the Grenfell Tower fire has blamed “dishonest” companies and failures by successive governments. George Pitcher says Christians can’t only mourn the 72 lost lives. We must also repent of our own blindness to the suffering of the poor, both at Grenfell and in the English Channel
This is an utterly shaming week in the history of our nation. Indeed, it is shaming for a western European civilisation that is often claimed to be built on Christian foundations.
Two desperately tragic events – one from seven years ago, just revealed in all its scandalous horror in a published report, and the other occurring in real time this week – stand in cold condemnation of our carelessness and moral abandon.
The bald facts are these: The inferno that swept through London’s Grenfell Tower criminally dangerous flats in 2017 killed 72 people. And, this week, 12 desperate human beings, including six children and a pregnant woman, drowned in the English Channel, seeking asylum in the UK.
2024-09-10T10:58:00Z By Tim Farron MP
Means-testing winter fuel payments is more nuanced than headlines suggest, says Tim Farron. But it runs the risk of leaving older people worse off. If we want to look after those on the margins, Christians must pray for wise leaders and support those who are vulnerable
2025-06-12T17:41:00Z By Krish Kandiah
With so much tragedy and unrest dominating our news headlines, it can be tempting to turn away or become disheartened. But in a world where conflict drowns out compassion, we need peacemakers more than ever, says Dr Krish Kandiah
2025-06-11T10:47:00Z By John Funnell
A small chapel in the Welsh Valleys has experienced significant growth in recent years, with much of it driven by young men coming to faith. Pastor John Funnell of Noddfa Church shares the story
2025-06-12T18:28:00Z By George Luke
After being accused of serious sexual misconduct and drug abuse, the former Newsboys singer Michael Tait has issued a full apology. George Luke hopes other Christian leaders caught in sin will take the same approach
2025-06-12T17:53:00Z By Miriam Cates
A new UN report says all but three countries in the world will have below replacement levels of reproduction by the end of the century. God’s command to ”increase in number” was never meant to be an optional extra, says Miriam Cates. It’s time that Christians took it seriously again
2025-06-12T17:29:00Z By James Mildred
If amendments to the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill are passed next week, a woman could have an abortion at any point and not face prosecution. While the media continues to focus on the assisted suicide bill, the possible decriminalisation of abortion is flying under the radar, says James Mildred
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