David Robertson

• 'A Vicar's Life': Is this really a picture of the UK church?

  BBC2 has just completed a six-part series in a behind-the-scenes look at the state of the Church of England in rural Herefordshire.

• Ecclesiastes 6: Life in the Shadowlands

  After the first and highly successful Live Aid, Bob Geldof turned to his fellow organiser Midge Ure, and asked, 'Is that it?'

• #MeToo: 7 lessons for the movement from slave trader John Newton

  Whereas we say 'Me Too' in order to identify with the victims, Newton said 'Me Too' in order to identify with the oppressors.

• Ecclesiastes 5: The secret to a contented life

  David Robertson continues his series on Ecclesiasties, looking at Ecclesiastes 5:8-20

• Was Billy Graham a homophobic, Christ denying, antisemitic and bigoted failed evangelist on the wrong side of history?

  Although there were many fine tributes to the life and testimony of Billy Graham, what struck me were the number of people and organisations who couldn't even wait until his body was cold before they stuck the boot in.

• Ecclesiastes 5: What is the nature of true worship?

  The common view is as long as we are worshipping God, what does it matter how we do it?

• Why, as a Christian, I welcome Richard Dawkins and 'The God Delusion' taking to the stage

  It's finally happened. Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion (TGD) is to be put on the stage. Chorlton Arts Festival in England is going to have the first theatre version of the best selling atheist book.

• Ecclesiastes 4: Politics and the wisdom of Solomon

  I love the way that the Bible speaks directly to our contemporary situation in the politics of Westminster and the White House, as much as it did in the palace of Solomon.

• The crime of spiritual abuse: One of the most dangerous ideas in decades

  Criminalising spiritual abuse is one of the most dangerous and foolish ideas to have happened in the UK for decades, says David Robertson.

• Polyamory and polygamy – the next big social change?

  Logic and reason are being butchered so that the language becomes even more meaningless. What else can you can of otherwise intelligent people declaring, 'Although they were fully committed they continued to date other people'?

• Rachael Denhollander and the scandal of sexual abuse in the church

  Rachael Denhollander is my new heroine. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite as brave, compelling, articulate and gospel centered as her testimony in the Larry Nassar trial.

• Ecclesiastes 4 and the cure for loneliness: the cord of three strands

  Solomon speaks of a man who works hard, who makes money but travels alone. Who is it for? He perhaps never stops to think why he is doing it, until the end.