Opinion
Was Pascal right about God and belief?
Pascal's Wager has become a notorious reason to believe in God but science is starting to back up his idea that what we do makes a difference to what we believe
What's the point of a yet another new translation of the Bible?
The Rev Henry Wansbrough OSB, the editor of the Revised New Jerusalem Bible, reflects on challenges and casualties of translating the Bible.
Churches, where is your Athens?
People are receptive to the Gospel but the Church needs to find the spaces to communicate it effectively, says pastor and blogger David Robertson
Is Justin Welby a 'Cultural Marxist'?
The Archbishop of Canterbury isn't advocating 'Cultural Marxism' but cultural sensitivity, which is a wholly different sort of thing.
We need to have a Word
In our eagerness to make ourselves heard, we continue (with most of Church history) to forget that Scripture asks only that we proclaim and obey it.
Genocide in Nigeria: does anyone care?
International law is clear: when something is a genocide, it is appropriate to act. No more excuses.
Harari's hypocrisy and why Christians can be just the same
Harari has fallen prey to the temptation of so many Christian preachers and prophets. Rather than just say the Word of the Lord to the culture, we are tempted to adapt the message, rewrite the Bible and proclaim it in such a way that will not offend and will ensure us a hearing.
We at the Bruderhof have stumbled upon a way of life that works
Once money is taken out of people's lives, there is room for so much more.
Exodus 32:14 and what we can learn about audacious prayer from Moses
Time and time again in the Bible we see prayers in the same vein â quoting God's promises, quoting scripture and yelling at Him about the unfairness of a situation.
Tehreek-e-Labbaik: how blasphemy case in Pakistan brought down hardline religious party
It is time for everyone to be made accountable under the law.
A UK Christian charity crosses the pond to help Americans in debt
Christians Against Poverty has been working through churches to help people in debt since 1996. Now it is opening up its first centre in the US to help even more people there.
Buzz Aldrin's moment with God on the moon
What was the first meal on the moon? It may surprise you to know that it was bread and wine in a one-person celebration of the Lord's Table.
That Bachelorette sex talk and what it says about Christianity in the West
There are some wonderful programmes on TV that make you glad to be a human being â and there are others that make you understand why the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Abortion and the arbitrary exercise of raw political power
Once constitutional safeguards are swept aside, the legislative process becomes little more than the arbitrary exercise of raw political power. When this happens the rule of law is abandoned, writes SPUC's Liam Gibson
Why religious freedom is becoming a pressing global issue
World leaders are finally paying more attention to religious freedom, violence against minorities by both state and non state actors and how the lack religious peace is a growing threat to peace and economic development.
Will they ban the Bible next?
Or declare it as hate speech?