Opinion
Why the shock and outrage over the Super Bowl halftime show? The NFL has been doing this for years
Have we forgotten that almost every NFL team has cheerleaders â women dressed in the scantiest outfits, gyrating and shaking to the delight of the fans, especially the male fans?
Why the cancellation of Franklin Graham should concern us all
Now, you may or may not agree with Graham's politics. You may or may not agree with his religious views and the way he puts them across. But that he should be permitted to voice them was once a universally accepted basic right. Not any longer.
God is good for you: how faith and family boost educational achievement
An important new study from the US has shown that family and faith make the biggest difference to a person's success in education.
Dear Bishops, please stop traumatising your clergy
I am a church minister trying to exercise some form of pastoring and teaching among three congregations in the Church of England at a time when some of its leaders â some of our Bishops â seem to spend much of the time undermining each other and long-established church teaching.
It's time to re-humanise politics
Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says we don't have to agree with our politicians to care about them or pray for them.
NT Wright on Bible illiteracy and the Greco-Roman-Jewish world that Jesus lived in
"When we fail to care about or recognize the history, literature, and theology of the early Christians, we tend to make them in our own image."
A non-apology to those who disagree with church teaching
Of course, there are people who disagree with church teaching; there always have been. This is no reason for the Archbishops to apologise for church teaching.
The cancellation of Franklin Graham's tour events is a seminal moment for the UK
Future historians will look back and see this incident as an indication of the decline of Western democracy and it's replacement with an authoritarian ideology far removed from the liberal democracy birthed from Christianity.
What Simeon and Anna can teach us about effective witnessing
We might need to clean up our act if we want people to take our testimony seriously.
From prison to employment: how one ministry is helping former inmates make a fresh start
Former inmates trying to rebuild their life after prison can face many obstacles. Adjusting to life outside can be a challenge but finding a job with a criminal record can difficult too. The charity Clean Sheet speaks to Christian Today about how it is working with inmates even before they leave prison to have the best possible chance of finding employment and making that all important fresh start.
The problem with the perception of a 'middle class' Church
Following Jesus involves a radical call on our lives and we sell ourselves and our communities short when we swap that call for the middle-class dream of eating hummus in the suburbs.
Lessons in hope from a dark moment in history
The Holocaust is a chilling reminder that while some human beings can behave pretty appallingly, others can prove incredibly resilient and unbelievably courageous.
The hidden unity of the Bible: why we need to know the Old Testament as well as the New
Pieter Lalleman, Tutor in Biblical Studies at Spurgeon's College, fears that too many Christians are missing some of the deeper meaning in the Scriptures because they do not have a firm grasp of the Old Testament.
Many development goals can only be achieved by respectfully engaging with faith communities
It's an amazing encouragement to see how many donors â secular and atheists â are realising that extinguishing faith is not helpful for development, writes Esther Lehmann-Sow is World Vision's Partnership Lead for Faith and Development.
Millions of Jewish families like mine were nearly wiped out by the Holocaust and the pain is as real today as it was then
This is a tale of death, complicity and, worst of all, the breaking up of families.
A mighty downpour in Australia
It is a propensity of human nature to be much more interested in the bad news than the good. Hence news media seemed to almost delight in the shock of Australia 'burning'. In recent days, though, there has been some welcome good news and yet, to a large extent, this is buried away in mid-page columns, if reported at all.