Opinion

Turn off the internet service and go back to church

It is time for us to wake up earlier, get dressed and go to physical church. We were never meant to do church alone. We were meant for fellowship.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion: Empowering women or the end of civilisation?

The justification for this p0rnography is that it is empowering women by celebrating their sexuality. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Lessons from Covid-19 have shone a light on city slums giving hope to India's poor

India's coronavirus crisis is reported to have reached a critical level this week. More than two million cases have been diagnosed and 50,000 deaths reported. For the nine million people living in Mumbai's slums there's little hope of avoiding the virus.

University: the battleground for young minds

The concept of the university as a place of genuine learning with the free flow of ideas and the cut and thrust of rigorous debate creating a place where the brightest of minds might grow and blossom intellectually is, to a significant extent, no more. And this should concern Christians.

What is our attitude to those seeking safety on our shores?

A YouGov poll has found that almost half of the British people have little or no sympathy for the migrants crossing the Channel, and a similar number believe that we have no responsibility to help or protect them. But what should a Christian response look like?

It's OK to ask God: 'Why did you let this happen?'

A questioning and thoughtful response to our human experience of suffering can be a really important part of coming to terms with terrible things that have happened to us. But I want to suggest that it can also be a crucial part of exploring the Christian faith.

Are British Christians robust enough to suffer?

When eventually our churches somehow return to normal, with no masks, no restrictions, no social-distancing, who, I wonder will still be there? Who will have endured? And who will quietly have melted away?

Finding life and hope at times of death and grief

Even in the most difficult times, there are things to be thankful for and help from G-d to see us through.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's new number one underscores why we need a moral and cultural revolution

The truth is that the sexual revolution of the 1960s has scarred us more deeply than we imagine. We literally wallow in moral and sexual pollution. Not only so, but we glory in it. Filth has become a path to fame.

How the sperm donation industry is breaking families

Children born from sperm donors are among the victims of the bad ideas of the sexual revolution.

Should gay conversion therapy be banned?

Doubtless in the future, being accused of supporting gay conversion therapy will be sufficient for the mob to descend and your career to be over.

At what point do Covid mandates on worship become overkill?

We respect our governing authorities and comply when possible (the Bible is clear here), but when mandates begin to hinder efforts to worship God and we see tons of inconsistencies (e.g., protests are not shut down or challenged), then we must take a stand.

Harriet Tubman: a woman who did great things for God despite having so little

Harriet Tubman suffered all the brutalities of slavery: starvation, whippings, beatings and a particularly severe head injury that left her with lifelong problems. Yet amid this suffering, she was part of a dynamic church culture that gave her a firm faith in Christ.