David Baker

• Brittle Britain: what could help the UK right now?

  The long, heavy heat of Britain's summer of 2018 has somehow seemed to fit well with the prevailing emotional and political atmosphere of the nation.

• Oh Israel, Israel, what have you done?

  Israel has passed 'a defining moment in the annals of Zionism and the history of the State of Israel' – according to its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

• Britain's political meltdown: what now?

  There are several scenes in classic hit films such as The Matrix and Inception where what seems to be reality convulses and melts away in front of our eyes.

• After Jerusalem, how strong is GAFCON?

  Around 2,000 delegates from around the world have returned home from Jerusalem after the third international gathering of the Global Anglican Future Conference, known generally as 'GAFCON'.

• GAFCON 2018: Anglicanism riven, reformed or simply reheated?

  Hundreds of delegates from around the world are this week making their way to Jerusalem for the third meeting of the Global Anglican Future Conference, known to most people simply as 'GAFCON'.

• Have we all lost the plot on Sunday worship?

  Are evangelicals abandoning Sunday worship?

• Lessons from the Bible on Roseanne Barr's sacking

  Roseanne Barr's tweet is a walking, talking object lesson in the truth of what the New Testament says: 'Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body'

• Harry and Meghan's wedding: What should Michael Curry say?

  Imagine, for a moment, being in Michael Curry's shoes. What would you say? Why? How would you feel? It must be pretty daunting.

• Angela Tilby's strange attack on evangelicals: a response

  There is a somewhat surprising article in the latest edition of the Church of England's biggest-selling weekly newspaper, the Church Times.

• Bill Hybels: Evangelical hypocrisy and lessons for us all

  What can Christians learn from the accusations of impropriety that Bill Hybels is facing?

• Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Missing Gospel Fragment

  Of all the cases which my friend Mr Sherlock Holmes undertook, one of the most curious presented itself to him, as I recall, shortly after one Easter Sunday.

• Church of England to consider 'animal baptism'

  Synod members will be asked to consider the implications of introducing a liturgy for pets 'in the light of an emerging consensus about the value of the environment and an increasing consciousness of animal sentience and awareness'.