David Baker

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  Nadia Bolz-Weber's call for Sexual Reformation: do we need to hear it?

  The time is ripe for a strong woman with a backstory of personal pain to articulate something new and appealing. But, Scripture tells us to be discerning.

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  After 25 years of Sunday trading, have we caved in to the culture?

  Looking back, it is hard to believe the extent since that time to which Christians in general, and church leaders also, have simply rolled over and rolled into line with the prevailing ethic of seven-day trading and activity.

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  Grumpy or Godly? What Christians might learn from mindfulness

  Christians should, quite rightly, reject any metaphysical teaching accompanying mindfulness. But learning to step back and view our thoughts, sensations and emotions; well that, it seems to me, is an entirely different matter.

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  Is Justin Welby a 'Cultural Marxist'?

  The Archbishop of Canterbury isn't advocating 'Cultural Marxism' but cultural sensitivity, which is a wholly different sort of thing.

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  Do we need a new evangelical manifesto?

  Evangelicals, as we know, tend to get pretty short shrift in much of the media these days.

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  A grotesque abortion ruling defeated – but why was an abortion activist the judge?

  One young life has been saved. But, on current reckoning, another 200,000 this year will be lost. They have no voices but ours.

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  Anglican clergy claim Bishop of Chelmsford told them to leave C of E – despite his denials

  The Bishop of Chelmsford told "more than 30" clergy that if they didn't agree with his diocese's approach to sexuality they could quit the Church of England, it was claimed today.

• Crack-heads or blockheads? Drug-taking, adultery and the Tory leadership contest

  Does their drug-taking matter, from a Christian perspective? How might we – if we can muster the weary energy in these turbulent political times – even start to think about the respective claims of the Tory leadership contenders?

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  What would a Christian conversation about transgender look like?

  A combination of ignorance, prejudice, dogma and hysteria from some quarters and on all sides of the debate, mixed with social media, is a toxic brew. But as Christians we should be able to do better.

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  Lessons from a Godly life: an appreciation of Richard Bewes

  Richard Bewes, who has died aged 84, was far more than an influential Anglican evangelical church leader, speaker, writer and composer.

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  Gafcon calls alternative conference of worldwide Anglican bishops

  The global network emerging as an alternative to the Anglican Communion has called a conference open to all orthodox bishops around the world.

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  Extinction Rebellion: some Christian reflections

  At the end of the day we have to be very shrewd about when and how we as believers engage in civil disobedience.