This week the published studies gained 41 notes across 2 chapters in Genesis and Mark. Each entry links to the chapter page, where the note sits beside the text and the commentaries. Genesis 1 Genesis 1:1 · open in the reader · from All Bible Study Genesis serves as both the opening of the entire Bible and our
A nationwide Christmas campaign backed by multiple UK church networks is preparing to mobilise up to 500,000 Christians across 5,000 congregations this December, with a deliberate focus on people who are lonely or isolated, including tens of thousands of prisoners. Organisers of Shine Your Light say the 2026 effort will centre on simple carol singing,
The Church of England’s move to allow prayers of blessing for same-sex couples in regular services has drawn sharp criticism from conservative Anglicans, who say the policy change goes beyond what historic teaching and previous agreements in the denomination can bear. After a lengthy “Living in Love and Faith” (LLF) process on sexuality and relationships, the
President Donald Trump has declared that journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico are banned from the White House, a move that has intensified his long-running confrontation with the press and raised fresh questions about press freedom and how such a ban could be enforced. The announcement came on September 18, 2026, in a post on
A major new survey by the Evangelical Alliance suggests that evangelicals now make up roughly two-thirds of practising Christians in the United Kingdom, painting a picture of a church that is younger, more ethnically diverse and more male than the wider population. The findings come from a nationwide study of more than 8,400 adults, which
New national data from Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute suggest that, despite talk of marriage’s decline, single adults in the United States are more likely to say they want to marry someday than they were a decade and a half ago, even as they take longer to get there and grow more open to relationships across
As questions about the afterlife resurface in churches and online, Catholic, Protestant and other Christian teachers are publishing new explanations of purgatory and whether the doctrine can be grounded in the Bible, highlighting deep but evolving differences across traditions. In Catholic teaching, purgatory is described as a state of final purification for those who die in
This week the published studies gained 37 notes across 3 chapters in Mark. Each entry links to the chapter page, where the note sits beside the text and the commentaries. Mark 12 Mark 12:23 · open in the reader · from Mark The resurrection discussed here pertains to the state of the soul at the time of death.
A leaked motion on abortion in the Scottish National Party’s draft conference agenda has triggered a wave of concern from pro-life advocates and church leaders after new analysis suggested abortion has become Scotland’s leading cause of death. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) published an analysis in August using official abortion figures alongside
Creed frontman Scott Stapp turned a nostalgic rock set into an unexpected moment of public worship during the band’s headlining appearance at the Velocity Festival at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, on Sunday night, September 6, 2026. The three-day Velocity Festival returned to the iconic cornfield ballpark over Labor Day weekend, bringing