Opinion

Our challenge as the Church to seek out the lonely and isolated

This season has been deeply challenging for us all. There has been a much-used statement during this time that 'we are all in this together.' As we move out of lockdown, the church must hold to that statement as we seek to do all we can to serve those who are struggling.

What makes a pop star with everything in this world turn to Jesus?

I'm not a Justin Bieber fan but I can't deny his enormous influence.

Nigeria's Christians are silently suffering the same fate as Rohingya Muslims

Will we stop ignoring the silent slaughter of Nigeria's Christians just as we rightly deplored the massacre and humiliation of the Rohingya Muslims?

If you take a stand for the unborn, prepare yourself for a lot of abuse

In today's society, however, a politician taking a stand for the unborn, is a target for incredible pressure and abuse, especially if she is a woman and a Christian.

5 ways to conquer the cancel culture

When we compromise our convictions for our companions, we become a slave to human opinions.

Christians shouldn't just be another predictable lobby group

So many Christians contacted me about the Domestic Abuse Bill but not one of them spoke of their concern for the victims of domestic abuse.

Disabled people have suffered terribly during Covid-19: the Church cannot stay silent

The national Church of all denominations has been totally silent on the injustices faced by disabled people - some 20% of the population - during this pandemic.

The antidote to despair in a coronavirus world

G-d knows that we are fallible creatures with faults â and that's how it should be.

The State, freedom of conscience and civil disobedience

It is a legal and moral duty for the Church to challenge the jurisprudential and ethical authority of the state to have set a precedent in the authoritarian closing of churches and prohibition of worship.

Jen Hatmaker celebrates daughter's lesbian identity - what she got right and wrong

Many say that we cannot take a position on homosexuality because all positions will hurt someone. Here's my question: "Are those who defend homosexuality, or who say nothing, truly loving the homosexual, or are they simply seeking to avoid conflict?"

Stephen Cottrell's latest interview: startling, puzzling â offensive?

What sort of qualities ought we to expect to find in a church leader? The New Testament has some pretty clear stipulations about who is suitable and who is unsuitable.

The Church should not be homogenised

In the current situation, where ethnic identity is very much in the spotlight, the issues of diversity in the church are once more in focus. The temptation is to say that we need to be colour blind, that we need to treat everyone the same. But this is wrong.