David Baker

David Yonggi Cho: Money, sex, power and the perils of church leadership
David Yonggi Cho: Money, sex, power and the perils of church leadership

Church leaders are not expected to be perfect – but they are expected to be living in daily repentance and faith.

Could you or I show as much grace as this man in North Korea?
Could you or I show as much grace as this man in North Korea?

Dr James Chin-Kyung Kim, a Christian Korean-American, was once sentenced to death by North Korea. Today, he is there serving the country and the children of its elites.

After ten years of Facebook, let\'s remember the antidote!
After ten years of Facebook, let's remember the antidote!

Facebook has just celebrated its tenth birthday – and it's hard to believe the website has only been around for a decade.

Heart of Darkness: gender-based abortion is only half the story
Heart of Darkness: gender-based abortion is only half the story

Thousands of developing children are being discarded every year like disposable nappies

The life-changing power of forgiveness
The life-changing power of forgiveness

If there is one powerful force in life that is often forgotten and under-used, it is the power of forgiveness

Throwing out the baby with the baptism water? The C of E\'s experimental liturgy
Throwing out the baby with the baptism water? The C of E's experimental liturgy

It is best to explain terms rather than abandon them

New Year – new you?
New Year – new you?

Grace-fuelled change is always centred on a person, Jesus, rather than a programme

Is The Pogues' Christmas song 'Fairytale of New York' better than many carols?
Is The Pogues' Christmas song 'Fairytale of New York' better than many carols?

Some of the carols we sing sentimentalise the Christmas story in a way that undermine its central message

How plausible is a good atheist?
How plausible is a good atheist?

It's great to be kind, but it's even better to know where true kindness comes from

Pondering Pilling: a report that will satisfy no one
Pondering Pilling: a report that will satisfy no one

There are two completely incompatible worldviews at the heart of the human sexuality debate in the Church of England

Remembrance in a land of forgetfulness
Remembrance in a land of forgetfulness

There are dangers in collective amnesia when it comes to spiritual matters

Eavesdropping: who's listening to you then?

Can we be sure of keeping anything really confidential in this kind of world?

Keeping Sunday Special: does it still matter?
Keeping Sunday Special: does it still matter?

Let's enjoy – with delight – Sabbath peace and worship

Hunger in a land of plenty: Britain\'s food scandal
Hunger in a land of plenty: Britain's food scandal

The gospel is always socially transformative

Christ-like capitalism? God, mammon and the Church of England
Christ-like capitalism? God, mammon and the Church of England

A Christian approach to economics will want to explore the possibility of financial systems being redeemed under the rule of Christ – and of money being used properly rather than improperly.

The BBC and Christians: speak now!
The BBC and Christians: speak now!

Sometimes we watch or listen to the BBC's news coverage of Christians and the Christian faith and we groan inwardly