David Robertson

The existence of evil suggests that God exists
The existence of evil suggests that God exists

In his second post from the Keswick Convention, David Robertson explains why it's contradictory to say the existence of evil disproves the existence of God.

The problem of evil is a bigger problem for atheists than Christians
The problem of evil is a bigger problem for atheists than Christians

David Robertson explores why the evil in the world can bring us closer to God rather than pushing us away

Bad News for the Good News - a response to Steve Chalke
Bad News for the Good News - a response to Steve Chalke

David Robertson responds to Steve Chalke's call for a redefined evangelicalism.

Why England Lost the World Cup - it was all my fault
Why England Lost the World Cup - it was all my fault

Proud Scot David Robertson on why he still loves England

Why we must not let fundamentalist atheism destroy our Christian education system
Why we must not let fundamentalist atheism destroy our Christian education system

The way to deal with Islamic fundamentalism in schools is not to remove faith from education altogether, writes David Robertson

Trojan Horse: Forget Islam, the real threat is secularists who want faith removed from schools
Trojan Horse: Forget Islam, the real threat is secularists who want faith removed from schools

Forget the Trojan Horse row, the real threat to education is secularists who want to see faith removed entirely, says David Robertson

James McConnell: hate preacher, brave purveyor of truth, or somewhere in between?
James McConnell: hate preacher, brave purveyor of truth, or somewhere in between?

Northern Irish preacher James McConnell, in trouble for branding Islam 'satanic', has made life difficult for us all

Is \'Christian Europe\' a thing of the past?
Is 'Christian Europe' a thing of the past?

Europe was once a largely Christian continent. Can it be that again?

Comment: New Secularism is an attempt to undermine and destroy Christianity
Comment: New Secularism is an attempt to undermine and destroy Christianity

The New Secularism is militantly anti-religious and illogical at that, writes David Robertson

A lesson for the whole church in Britain: \'We need to stop our compartmentalising\'
A lesson for the whole church in Britain: 'We need to stop our compartmentalising'

It is the God-given way of transforming lives and communities, writes David Robertson

Too much of the British church is without God, without Christ and without the Holy Spirit - just like Rev
Too much of the British church is without God, without Christ and without the Holy Spirit - just like Rev

If the Holy Spirit were removed from the church in the UK today I suspect that 90 per cent of what we do would carry on as if nothing had happened!

Christian Britain? Make way for the thought police
Christian Britain? Make way for the thought police

If the secular humanists want to be taken seriously then they have to show the rest of us what our Christian traditions are going to be replaced with – and that they will work

Our politicians, like many of our religious leaders, want Christianity without Christ
Our politicians, like many of our religious leaders, want Christianity without Christ

The Disneyesque fantasy of 'look how nice we all are and what a nice country we live in, built on love and faith in each other', denudes the cross of its meaning and power

Firefox fails the tolerance test: We\'re free but it may cost us our jobs
Firefox fails the tolerance test: We're free but it may cost us our jobs

It is depressing is to see how the equality, diversity and tolerance brigade manage to twist and turn in order to justify their unequal, monocultural intolerance.

Taking the Bible at its word: Some thoughts on Steve Chalke\'s evangelicalism
Taking the Bible at its word: Some thoughts on Steve Chalke's evangelicalism

The historian David Bebbington has identified four marks of evangelicalism, Biblicism, crucicentrism, conversionism and activism, so where does Steve sit with each of these?

Planning God into our towns and cities
Planning God into our towns and cities

If we want to avoid soulless urban sprawl, perhaps the Government and planners would do well to consider that as well as a railway station, each community needs a church?