Comon values at home, at church, and for the school. That is what the parents sought who started a Christian school in the European capital, Strasbourg. And now, even the inspection motivates the school to express the Christian faith in the lessons.

Insulting cartoons again. Always insulting. Ten years after the dreadful attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the magazine again keeps doing the same thing. It gives the impression that they have not learned that there are other ways to honour the Western civilisation.

Your son is dead! Many Israeli parents have had military officers at the door who gave that message. But now they add the question: Do you want us to freeze his sperm?

Anti-Semitism is growing too fast. Several governments in Europe are taking action against anti-Jewish behaviour. They come amid severe incidents against Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam.

Yes, the state was afraid for the church. But no, living as a Christian was not impossible in the Socialist Eastern Germany. “From my father, I have never heard bitter things about other people.”

In Norway, 36 Christian organisations published a joint statement this week against the modern gender understanding. The statement says this ideology is problematic, confusing, and destructive. However, the government of Norway showed its distaste for the declaration.

This column is about something that happened 500 years earlier – no problem if you have forgotten about it. On 9 October 1524, Martin Luther ascended the pulpit in regular, civilian clothes, no longer in a monk’s habit. Without this act, the revolution he unleashed seven years ago would not be complete. Even today, it is good to reflect upon this.

Francis Schaeffer looked like the hippies he debated with. But that was style, not content, says an expert forty years after his death. Schaeffer said that everybody had a belief, even an atheist.

The Norwegian government has tabled a bill for a new abortion law. In that proposal, the word “woman” is replaced by “the pregnant one”. And it is unclear about sex-selective abortions. The bill in six questions.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International had hoped more from the German court case against pastor Olaf Latzel.