Opinion
Why does God allow us to experience difficulties and disasters?
The Faraday Institute's Dr Roger Abbott speaks to Christian Today about the relationship between God and suffering, and why the truth is so much better than what we may naturally be inclined to think.
My experience of graduating into a Covid world
Graduating has seldom been easy. Jobs are hard to come by and the safety of studenthood dissipates almost immediately. Imagine graduating into a world near-paralysed by a pandemic.
What does Covid have to do with Exodus?
Exodus - and the humble almond - can teach a lot in this Covid time.
Trump should have taken lessons in leadership from Jesus
The problem with power is that it can corrupt us infinitely more than we ever think possible.
The greatest threat to American democracy is not Trump
The reaction to the storming of the Capitol is a far greater threat to democracy than the event itself. And that is something that should greatly concern the Church, because we will inevitably be caught up in the backlash.
A lifeline for women considering abortion
When a woman faces a crisis pregnancy, abortion may be high up in their mind. London pastor Regan King heads up the Pregnancy Crisis Helpline, which is there to let women know that they have options and that abortion need not be the answer.
What will the Church look like post-pandemic?
No one will come through this pandemic unscathed, even without contracting the virus. Therefore, we need to learn the lessons and act on them with great speed.
How to cope with the difficult seasons of our faith journey
You might not think it, but pylons are a wonderful metaphor for our lives as God's children, standing tall, standing strong however much they are beaten by the elements.
Why food poverty and hunger need to remain a priority as the pandemic rumbles on
I have seen people eating clay to stop hunger pangs; villages reduced to consuming grass. What I had not expected to see was children in my own neighbourhood here in the UK with clothes hanging off them, smiling because they had an orange in their food hamper.
Britain is still a Christian country? Why I'm not so excited
It is good news though, right? Christianity isn't as socially irrelevant as some glum folk claim. I wish that I could agree with this comforting conclusion. Sadly, I find myself fearing a far more unsettling reality.
In these unsettling times, we can always trust in our unchanging God
God doesn't change. What He did in the first century He can do anytime.
Is there a cult of Trump?
How can you tell if you're part of the cult of Trump? These are some telltale signs.
If the US Church hasn't called out Trump before, it needs to now
This was a deliberate, calculated tactic, which culminated in a destructive mob and people dying. It's time for the Church to call this behaviour out.
Is the Bible full of contradictions?
At first glance it can seem like God's Word is full of contradictions, but in his new book "Both-And", Ross Cunningham explains how all of the apparent paradoxes in the Bible can beautifully co-exist.
A black pastor's election to the Senate was a sign of hope amidst the chaos of the Capitol
Even on an ordinary day, the election of an African-American Baptist pastor to the US Senate would have been a game-changer, but after the shocking events of Wednesday, it's even more so.
Trump's toxic legacy is a huge problem now for US evangelicals
The past four years of Donald Trump, and the association of many evangelicals in the US with him, could well be the most effective 'reverse act of evangelism' for a generation.