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European Union
Jan Rosman in CNE Podcast: Liberals and secularists in Sweden prefer to close our Christian schools
In secular Sweden, Christian schools are not just educating pupils – they are standing on the frontlines of a cultural and ideological battle. That's the powerful message from Jan Rosman, head of the Kristna Friskolerådet (Christian Schools Council), in a new episode of the CNE Podcast. His organisation represents 137…
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European Union
Grégor Puppinck in CNE podcast: Goal of EU abortion initiative is to make national laws ineffective
The European Citizen’s Initiative to broaden access to abortion is an attempt to make national rules ineffective. And the goal is even to do this with EU taxpayer’s money. This is what Grégor Puppinck says in the CNE podcast. He is a lawyer and director of the European Centre for…
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European Union
Laszlo Demeter in podcast: Child at public school is listening to an atheist preacher
Would it not be more practical to do Bible teaching at home and send our children to the local public school? No, certainly not, says Laszlo Demeter from an international organisation that helps Christian schools. As director of ACSI Europe (Association of Christian Schools International), Demeter often gets the question…
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European Union
Christine Chiner in podcast: Christian schooling is a big struggle in France
The French city of Lyon is comparable to Jerusalem in the days of the prophet Nehemiah. Both cities are ruins, Jerusalem a literal one, Lyon a spiritual one, school leader Christine Chiner says in the CNE podcast. Chiner leads the Evangelical school called Chrysalide. The school started ten years ago…
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European Union
Gabriele Kuby in CNE podcast: Sexual revolution only brings depression to young generation
The young generation that could enjoy maximum sexual freedom is not enjoying this at all. On the contrary, they are depressed. The German author Gabriele Kuby tells about this in the CNE podcast. Gabriele Kuby once wrote a bestseller: *The Global Sexual Revolution*. Her other book is just a logical…
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European Union
The challenge of Christian education in a turbulent world
The political situation in Romania is unstable at the moment, and that is threatening Christian education, too. The main parties are losing credibility, and some fear that this may lead to the growth of groups critical of Christian schools. “Still, the Lord says: Do not fear in this turbulent world.…
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Northern Europe
Court in Norway acquits Jehovah's Witnesses from “violence against children”
The Court of Appeal in Norway rebuked the country’s government for not respecting the religious freedom of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW). The state’s accusation that the group is guilty of “psychological violence” against minors is just not true, according to the judges. > Stay up to date with Christian news in…
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European Union
Euthanasia could easily become an EU topic, study group warns
Supporters of euthanasia can push the European Union to harmonise legislation among the member states on this issue. By doing that, euthanasia can become an EU policy. > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. This is a warning in the recent report The…
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Christian Life
Iain H. Murray, the historian who looks forward
As a boy, Iain Murray would only pick up a book on tennis.?The rest didn’t bother him.?The school noticed he was “far behind” with reading.? Now, Iain H. Murray has become a world trademark with his stack of books and biographies from the English-speaking church history. And even at 93,…
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Northern Europe
Must the Norwegian state protect the children of Jehovah's Witnesses?
The 12,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway will be waiting nervously for another three weeks. The court in Norway will come with a decision about the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) mid-March. But experts already know that this verdict on religious freedom in Norway will be historic and crucial. > Stay up to…
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