Opinion
Does God really love you when the hard times roll in?
Sitting in the cold, sterile doctor's room, the words, "We found a 5cm tumor and it's either cancer or lymphoma" left me bewildered.
Why God uses trees as a metaphor
The metaphor God uses throughout the Bible more than any other might surprise you: trees.
10 challenges that pastors face - and church members need to be aware of
The challenges are not the members themselves, but the capacity to meet all the pastoral needs members have.
War, what is it good for?
Not all war is wrong. Granted, war always tends to produce greater evils than those which precipitated its cause. But to argue all war is wrong â to say that there is absolutely nothing good about it â just isn't true.
A forgotten voice in the Alabama abortion debate
The goal of the new, strict Alabama abortion law is to potentially overturn Roe v. Wade. The law would penalize abortion doctors, and it contains no exception clauses, except for the life and health of the mother.
Why did Jesus heal?
When we look at the healing stories with 21st century Western eyes, we miss so much.
Prime Ministers come and go but God's faithfulness remains
Psalm 46 is a hymn of praise and assurance that God is with us now and we can be completely confident about the future even when Prime Ministers resign and Brexit chaos abounds.
Go West: is the American Church the answer to the UK Church's problems?
We need to consider how much the UK church is influenced by the US â and how much of that influence is a good or bad thing.
Sex-selective abortions fuel violence against women
Decriminalisation would create a society where sex-selective abortion would become more, not less, common.
Dear UK: I would be sorry to see you leave the EU
The voice of fear says "put bigger locks on your house, build bigger walls, close your borders." The voice of love on the other hand says, "open your doors, tear down walls and build bridges, and let's do this together!"
The Church of England's transgender guidance should be withdrawn
We remain concerned about what seems to us to be ill-considered use of the Bible in the guidance, as well as the apparent influence upon it of highly contested gender ideology.
Is it worth crying over thrown milkshakes?
There are some people I'd never vote for and I'd actively campaign against their ideology, but I wouldn't throw a milkshake
Dear Sadiq Khan, buffer zones only deny women a real choice on abortion
The Mayor of London recently endorsed the pro-choice movement in holding a counterprotest against the March for Life UK when it took place in London earlier this month and, at the time, gave assurances of his support for buffer zones around abortion clinics to stop the "harassment" of women using these facilities.
What the Jeremy Kyle controversy can teach us
Beyond the inevitable bust up, the deeper attraction of it all was the fuel it provided to mock others, to enjoy a sense of superiority over them and ultimately to issue judgement over the type of people they were. It took a death to stop all of this.
Sports players should be able to disagree with each other without being shown the red card
The Israel Folau case has shown that everyone is welcome in rugby as long as they "toe" rather than "cross" the line.
Fear and free speech: why defining Islamophobia could do more harm than good
Fear of offending Muslims has reached such heights in this country that self-censorship is becoming the norm but we must be free to question and to voice our concerns, whether it is about Islam or any other religion.