Opinion

The Sacramental and the Sea: Christian monasticism on Europe's Celtic seaboard
The Sacramental and the Sea: Christian monasticism on Europe's Celtic seaboard

The earliest Celtic Christian monks drew their inspiration from Jesus' fasting and temptation in the wilderness - they weren't out to commune with nature.

School protests and parents of faith: can a way forward be found?
School protests and parents of faith: can a way forward be found?

Perhaps in the bitter atmosphere of Anderton Park, the school and the parents have moved beyond being able to resolve their conflict.

Teen Vogue is anti-God and anti-Bible
Teen Vogue is anti-God and anti-Bible

And there is a spiritual connection between the rise of p**nography in America, the rise of the militant abortion spirit, the rise of radical feminism, the rise of witchcraft, and the rise of LGBT activism

The cross stands - for now
The cross stands - for now

There are many atheistic legal groups in America that fight the cross at every turn—even when it is a symbol of those who paid the ultimate price for our country.

We must challenge anti-Semitism while holding Israel to account
We must challenge anti-Semitism while holding Israel to account

God expects us to treat every human being with respect, whatever their race or creed, and whether Israeli or Palestinian.

What Christians shouldn't say in response to an abuse story
What Christians shouldn't say in response to an abuse story

Another sad church abuse story has emerged but I want to focus on the things we say in response, that whilst well-intended, can actually further foster a culture of abuse. So here's some things not to say, and why

The problem with God's omnipotence
The problem with God's omnipotence

When pain unexpectedly shifts from being a distant, abstract conundrum to an up close and personal daily wrestle, we find ourselves making assumptions about God and His goodness, questioning His love and ultimately His forgiveness.

The difference between seeing the stranger and being the stranger
The difference between seeing the stranger and being the stranger

It's easy for well off people to decry this but surely we can understand why someone would want to provide their family with a better life?

What happens when a rat has a drug induced medical abortion?
What happens when a rat has a drug induced medical abortion?

Knowledge from rat models has benefited many disorders and contributed significantly to the progress of medicine, so it cannot be easily dismissed.

We need to end the culture of silence in our churches over abortion
We need to end the culture of silence in our churches over abortion

We must ask ourselves if we would stay silent on any other issue the way we do with abortion.

A grotesque abortion ruling defeated – but why was an abortion activist the judge?
A grotesque abortion ruling defeated – but why was an abortion activist the judge?

One young life has been saved. But, on current reckoning, another 200,000 this year will be lost. They have no voices but ours.

Paul: Jewish and Christian?
Paul: Jewish and Christian?

How Jewish was Paul really and where do Jews and Christians diverge when it comes to this complex man?

Keith Getty on the 'narcissism' of modern Christian music and the revival he longs to see
Keith Getty on the 'narcissism' of modern Christian music and the revival he longs to see

Keith Getty is on a mission not only to bless the church with rich Christian music, but to inspire and resource churches and families in singing together.

Demons and principalities: my problem with Paula White's prayer for the President
Demons and principalities: my problem with Paula White's prayer for the President

Having reflected and 'tested the spirits', let me put this quite simply. This prayer and the whole alignment of Trump as the Messiah (the Anointed) is a shameful and embarrassing episode in the American church's history.

Pride, insecurity and the lies we must never believe about our God-given identity
Pride, insecurity and the lies we must never believe about our God-given identity

If insecurity was Eve's unravelling, we could also say that insecurity was the cause of the fall and is the root of all sin.

It is staggering that in Britain today, a judge cannot say children do best with a mother and father
It is staggering that in Britain today, a judge cannot say children do best with a mother and father

If I'm honest, Richard Page's case reminds me of the infamous "Thought Police" in George Orwell's remarkably prescient 1984.