Opinion
2020: an important year for pilgrimage in England
2020 marks 850 years since the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170, and 800 years since the translation of his body to Trinity Chapel on 7 July 1220.
What can Mary Poppins's adventures teach us about Lent?
I once heard a man describe Christianity as 'Disney'. No one who has read the Bible, with whatever degree of scepticism, could embrace the Disney comparison.
Is the Church playing 'catch up' on the climate crisis?
Given that both Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace were founded nearly 50 years ago, is the Church â and many Christians â now playing 'catch up' on an issue that environmentalists have been highlighting for half a century?
The challenges and rewards of sharing the Gospel in closed countries
J and P, who cannot be named for security reasons, regularly travel to closed countries to encourage Christians and share the gospel.
Micah 6:8 asks three things of us that are simple on their own but challenging together
Micah's famous condensation of the 613 utterances into three core principles is more of a challenge for us than we might think.
A marginal victory for free speech - the case of Harry Miller
Equality means that we must allow men and women to speak about what it is to be male and female - much of the current debate sees those born male trying to shut down those born female.
After Easter church bombings, a new threat is rising for Sri Lanka's Christians
A Sri Lankan pastor speaks to Christian Today about how the Christian community there is coping after last year's Easter Sunday attacks and why he's more fearful of radical Buddhists than radical Muslims.
The church can't only be good at speaking, it must be good at listening too
The church can be the centre of storytelling and if we can become this, we will start to see major revival.
I will say what political leaders can't say about Pete Buttigieg
It is certainly politically incorrect to say this. In fact, in the eyes of many, what I'm about to say is a classic example of extreme religious bigotry. But I will say it nonetheless.
A word on Joaquin Phoenix's Oscar sermon
The more Hollywood stars pontificate on our behalf, the less we listen.
An apparent crisis can also be an opportunity for staggering self-sacrifice
As stories emerge of heroic doctors in coronavirus-hit Wuhan, I was reminded of the way the early church reacted to similar medical scares.
How to respond when a bully is exposed in church leadership
Urban church planter Dr Duncan Forbes shares his thoughts on how churches can support victims and root out bullying.
We can't allow consumerism to cheapen our understanding of God's grace
In an age where we are offended easily, the gospel message has been tailored to the particular demands of the acceptance-based, tolerance-promoting culture. Grace included.
A pastor's abortion regret
Approximately 28 years ago, as a prodigal, I conceded to my girlfriend's request to abort our child around the 5th week of conception. The pain of that decision still haunts me today.
What a government sex scandal and a preaching ban tell us about modern Scotland
Scotland is a warning to the rest of the Western world of what happens when you jettison your Christian foundations and have nothing tried and tested to replace them with, except the woke theories from academics in Harvard, Edinburgh and Oxford.
Franklin Graham: My message is one of love, not hate
The evangelist tells Christian Today he's "surprised" by the level of opposition to his UK tour and explains why he's considering legal action against the venues that pulled out.