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Is purity back in fashion?

Is purity back in fashion?
John-Edward Funnell John-Edward Funnell

Each summer, I have the opportunity to serve the next generation of leaders, missionaries and committed church members at youth camps in Wales and Romania. What I have observed recently is a growth in an almost puritanical movement within our youth.

As I teach the Bible and engage with Gen Z and Gen Alpha*, I am encouraged by their deep commitment to Jesus and their desire to live authentic holy lives. They have all grown up in a post-Christian secular society, saturated with sexual ideology and they are seeking refuge. I see a counter-culture that is being refined by secularism, calling a new generation back to holy living.

The sacrament of sacrilege

The sacrament of sacrilege
Matthew Roberts Matthew Roberts

Many people were understandably horrified when the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics included sacrilegious mockery of our Lord’s Last Supper.

Perhaps you saw it: the scene was obviously blasphemous, and was taken as a grave insult by Christians all over the world. Why, many people wondered, would the organisers of the Olympic Games want to offend so many people?

Christian-secular clashes grow in the US

Christian-secular clashes grow in the US
Iain Taylor Iain Taylor

Nine Louisiana families are suing the state of Louisiana over a new law that orders every public-school classroom to display a poster of the Ten Commandments.

And in a further sign of growing clashes between Christian and secular worldviews, Oklahoma’s top education official has ordered schools there to begin incorporating the Bible into lessons. The BBC reports there has been significant push back to these measures.

Welsh school criticised for Christianity

Welsh school criticised for Christianity
Nicola Laver Nicola Laver

A Welsh comprehensive school is being investigated after the National Secular Society (NSS) complained it is teaching creationism and promoting evangelical Christianity to pupils.

The NSS criticised Llanidloes High School, Powys for teaching creationism and displaying posters combining educational content with Scripture verses – material NSS chief executive Stephen Evans said amounts to an ‘extensive campaign of evangelism’.

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