"A lot of the problems faced by Christians in Britain are faced by Christians in the US."

Mike Judge, Head of Communications for the Christian Institute, a pro-family organization in the UK, came onto the Matt Friedeman Show today to talk about how the Christian Institute is standing up for truth in the UK.

Tell us about the Christian Institute. What are you trying to do?

We're keeping an eye on parliament for laws that threaten life and family.

We're also litigating.

And we're also keeping an eye on the Muslim problem.

That sounds like a lot of what the AFA is doing over here.

A lot of the problems faced by Christians in Britain are faced by Christians in the US.

There's still sort of a groundswell of the remnant over here. Do you still feel that way about Christianity in England?

Yeah, sure I do.

What it does take is for a nucleus of Bible-believing Christians to start stirring the pot.

Yeah, I do think that there could be a backlash against the liberal agenda we've seen in Britain.

Talk to me about the state of that Bible-believe Christians in the UK. Is that group growing, shrinking, or staying the same?

Most American Christians are already aware of the cultural battle....more so than Christians in Britain.

I'm excited to say that the churches that are preaching the Bible are the ones that are growing.

You've said over and over again this term Bible-believing. You believe in an inerrant scripture. How important is a high view of scripture?

If we don't believe in the Bible, we believe in ourselves.

We're seeing the social breakdown in Britain. We're seeing the heartbreak and the pain.

When God says those things in his word, he's saying them for a purpose.

We've got to rely on the Bible. It's gotta be our ultimate authority.

Talk to us about abortion in the UK. Settled issue or still a fight?

Abortion in the UK was enacted by an act of parliament.

With a disability or handicap, children can be aborted all the way to birth.

That's the area where abortion is being challenged at the moment.

Another difference in the UK is that we have taxpayer-funded abortion.

But also, there are those who are incrementally trying to get rid of the abortion law, possibly trying to reduce it to 20 weeks.

How are we doing on the family in the UK?

Much the same as in the US, I would think.

Divorce is far too common.

There are attempts to give the legal rights of marriage to cohabitating couples.

But most couples in the UK get married, and stay married. And most kids want to get married.

Is there a rise of homosexual-friendly laws in the UK?

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, said he wouldn't object to same-sex marriage.

There's no legislative proposal in front of the British parliament right now.

We're very concerned about that, about the implications for education. So we will be resisting those changes.

The rising tide of Islam in the UK. How did it get like that?

Because of the British Empire - sorry to raise that over a former colony...that's how we've got such a Muslim population.

Of course, there's homegrown terrorism that comes with that problem.

One of the things that we are doing is we're backing a bill in the House of Lords that cracks down on the Sharia courts.

Mike, I'd love to know just personally, do you look at the situation in the UK and feel hope or do you see it as a long battle, or do you think you'll just go down fighting?

I think it's a little bit of all of these things.

On religious issues, I think we're making progress.

So I'm very optimistic in the short-term about that.

For marriage, it will be a long-term struggle.

And there are some things that we have to speak out against regardless.

I think we can learn from history, and we should.