Opinion
Lessons for the West from China
China tries to make every child the same. I have seen the same principle in Scottish schools, where social engineering and attempted thought control at times tend towards Maoism.
Is Boris Johnson's parliamentary prorogation constitutional? How to understand the UK system
The UK has a "political constitution" rather than a single written constitutional text. This means the constitutionality of government action can be evaluated in three different ways: compatibility with the law, political convention and constitutional principle.
The situation for Christians in China is getting worse
The crackdown against Christian believers in the country (not to mention the crackdown against Muslims and others, which we did not discuss in detail), is getting increasingly severe.
How to comfort children who are angry with God
There's nothing like a child for finding the theological cracks in our neatly thought out ideas.
After 25 years of Sunday trading, have we caved in to the culture?
Looking back, it is hard to believe the extent since that time to which Christians in general, and church leaders also, have simply rolled over and rolled into line with the prevailing ethic of seven-day trading and activity.
What Trump and Jesus don't have in common
Now the whole world knows that Mr Trump is a brilliant man. He's told us time and time again so we ought to be fully aware of it by now.
What's the future for journalism â and do churches have a role to play?
How will quality journalism be funded when most advertising revenue has gone to the big technology companies.
I'm still glad I kissed dating goodbye
Harris gave me a vocabulary for taking dating and purity seriously in my own cultural context. He painted a picture of the way relationships could look when serving God was their focus.
Cake slogans and Christian bakers: the right to refuse is good for everyone
It was a win for everyone when the Supreme Court decided that a Christian-owned bakery in Belfast was entitled to refuse an order for a cake with a pro-gay slogan. Let's not undo that.
What is carbon offsetting and why is it only part of the answer?
Paying for our carbon emissions is not enough. Our love of budget flights and cheap cruises needs to change, says A Rocha's Andy Lester
Is prostitution work?
We talk about the exploitation of women and applaud the MeToo movement, while at the same time permitting and encouraging young women to be purchased and exploited by older men.
Christians, we need to install a filter on our lips
The internet is abuzz with all kinds of speculation about virtually everything. But as followers of Jesus, we are called to a different standard.
This is what happens when God is driven out of the public arena
Our cultural elites have led us down a path of unbelief, and now we are reaping the consequences.
The high price to be paid for defending religious freedom in Cuba
The work of defenders of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Cuba is a long road which includes disappointments, such as when victims refuse to report their experiences, and government repression, as political police persecute, attack, harass, and imprison those who try to uphold human rights.
It is wrong to compel any baker to say something they don't believe
LGBT campaigner Gareth Lee is appealing the Supreme Court's decision in the Ashers case to the European Court of Human Rights. I respect Mr Lee's right to appeal, but I am not losing any sleep over it.
These cathedrals aren't crazy: a golf course and helter skelter is exactly what the Church should be doing
Helter skelters in the nave might be a purely 2019 phenomenon but the controversy they provoke is symptomatic of the millenia-old tension Christians face on a daily basis: being in the world but not of it, being part of modern culture yet also very distinct and different from it.