Opinion

Every Christian is a saint, faults and all
We may not make the national news, but God sees every Christian as a saint.

Four women and a Brit: the Catholic Church's newest saints
While the focus of the weekend's canonisations was understandably on Cardinal John Henry Newman, four women were also made saints.

All hail the new sexual and gender ideology
While secular society has effectively abolished any concept of 'taking the Lord's name in vain', or blasphemy against God, it has replaced it with a secular equivalent: speaking against the now sacred name of contemporary sexual and gender ideology.

The day my wife was arrested
Yes, my wife and I could both write letters to our politicians (we have done). But when our prime minister is someone who mocks climate protesters as "uncooperative crusties", and at the same time promises to loosen some of our environmental legislation once we leave the EU, in order to satisfy US trading terms, I'm not sure that just writing letters is dramatic enough.

Exorcism and the law: faith groups need robust procedures to protect children
Exorcism-related child abuse is child abuse, plain and simple.

Millions are suffering needlessly from treatable conditions because they can't afford the healthcare we take for granted
When my wife went into labour two months early, she received the care she needed in hospital free of charge and today we have two beautiful twin boys. But around the world, millions are not so lucky and they are suffering, often for their entire life, because of it.

Emotional women, rational men: why I'm coming out as binary
At the risk of being labelled a transphobic bigot, I might just revert to the Bible's crazy idea that there is such thing as male and female

Parents need to exercise their rights to challenge RSE lessons
Parents have a right under the new law to know what is being taught in RSE and to be consulted on it and they should use this to query the content and push back against anything they find objectionable.

Does the Hong Kong protest have a prayer?
If China lived by Romans 13, using the power of the state to punish evil-doers, perhaps there would be no such protests. The problem is who China defines as evil-doers.

How many more Lord Singhs will the BBC lose in the name of political correctness?
There are entire groups of people that institutions in this country are attempting to placate at every step of the way but Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, and believing Christians are not among them.

What is spiritual abuse?
Spiritual abuse needs to be defined, and defined well, so that people can be better protected within our faith communities.

Women, gender roles and the Church: what does the Bible have to say and why does it matter?
Can women and men both lead - or are they designed for different roles? This is the question that Katia Adams seeks to answer in Equal, her new book published by David C Cook.

How can we avoid becoming the Christian who loses faith?
Drifting from the faith is something that Christians of every generation have had to resist.

An astonishing courtroom hug and what it teaches us about radical forgiveness
Brandt Jean did the unthinkable and embraced the woman convicted of murdering his brother

For a dose of truth in our 'fake news' world, try good poetry
Poetry may make the reader work, but it's not without its rewards, spiritual and otherwise.

When Sundays stopped being sacred
It might be hard to believe now, in this day of 24/7 convenience shopping, but there used to be days that all the shops were closed.