Opinion
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.
Christians must speak truth to power - whatever the consequences
"Someone must call for change. If not us, who?" says Nigerian Archbishop Ben Kwashi,
With fewer worshipping communities, how can historic churches be preserved for generations to come?
"There are going to be fewer worshipping communities in the countryside in the next 10 years and so I think the challenge to all of us who work with historic churches is: how do we support the communities out there to ensure that these buildings don't become irrelevant?" says Peter Aiers of the Churches Conservation Trust
Can football grounds be sacred places?
As the controversy over Norwich Cathedral installing a helter-skelter and Rochester Cathedral hosting a crazy golf course rumbles on, I've been wondering whether only religious buildings can be sacred.
Gimmicks might catch the attention, but education puts down roots that will last
Not surprisingly, the helter skelter and other 'gimmicks' have raised some debates around the sacredness of church buildings
How should Christians respond to the crisis in Kashmir?
The last thing the region needs is another war, especially when both nations have nuclear weapons.
Race, racism and the conversation the Church needs to be having
There might be diversity but is there real integration and inclusivity? That is much harder to measure, says Ben Lindsay, pastor and author of the new book from SPCK Publishing, 'We Need To Talk About Race'.
If churches can't satisfy people's hunger for truth, we can expect to see more Christians leave
If people cannot connect with God in the institutional church setting, we can expect to see more prominent Christians leaving their positions of leadership.