Opinion

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  Does Christmas really need saving?

  Apparently Boris Johnson has "saved" Christmas. Perhaps Christmas does need 'saving', but not in the way the tabloids suggest.

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  Will the West abandon Armenians like they did Iraq's Kurds and Christians?

  There are many reasons why Christians especially should be concerned about the hostility between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the area of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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  One statue that shouldn't be torn down is that commemorating Lord Shaftesbury

  During an age where we topple statues rather than erect them, one man who we can only respect is Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.

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  A change of name will not clear the stench of death around Marie Stopes

  Marie Stopes International announced yesterday that it will henceforth be known as MSI Reproductive Choices, in an attempt to distance themselves from their eugenicist founder, Marie Stopes.

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  Why 'mobilisation' isn't the best word to use in the mission context

  Mission agencies and their representatives like to talk about mobilisation and I wish they would stop it!

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  An ugly Holocaust memorial in Westminster will do nothing to improve the plight of Britain's Jews

  Memorials to dead or dying Jews are always and everywhere political initiatives of control. And as for their 'learning centres', these are simply filled with the latest iteration of political correctness – and nothing whatsoever to do with Jews or Judaism per se.

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  Nigeria's tenth anniversary under criminal investigation must be it's last

  After years of violence in which thousands of Christians have died, the International Criminal Court cannot delay justice on the sanctioning and penalising of human rights violators in Nigeria.

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  Donald, you're fired

  Will he, or won't he? Will he finally give up and graciously admit defeat or will he continue to undermine the foundations of American democracy by continuing to stoke up political and racial tensions?

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  Living in Love and Faith: an evangelical response

  The Rev Dr Andrew Goddard explains why the Church of England Evangelical Council has released a new video in response to the Living in Love and Faith resources, and what an evangelical response might look like.

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  Could Nigel Farage break the stranglehold of lockdown parties that have forced churches to close?

  I would like to see my country being 'godly and quietly governed', to quote the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Lockdown parties do not seem conducive to that. Perhaps Nigel Farage's Reform UK Party would do better.

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  Real friends or 'church friends'?

  We must have Christian friends that we can be vulnerable and accountable with as well as be people we can enjoy life with. Sadly, people with impairments struggle to find these friendships.

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  What does tangible generosity look like during a pandemic?

  When times are hard, we instinctively draw our focus back to those people (and causes) that are closest to our hearts.