Opinion
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Hong Kong activists now face a choice: stay silent, or flee the city. The world must give them a path to safety
Some 23 years after China achieved its long-held ambition of regaining Hong Kong, it has failed to win hearts and minds and has brought out the big stick. Its promises may have been hollow, but its threats are not.The Conversation
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Do Chinese lives matter?
The CCP hates the Christian church and we can only fear for what the Christians in Hong Kong will face in the coming years.
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Race is a huge issue and needs addressing in our churches
Many of us have had to change from a white-centric view of God's church, and tackling these issues in our Christian community is part of our response to the 'all-one-in-Christ' manifesto.
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A call to public leadership
Given the current covid pandemic, I would suggest that we need many more leaders who can inspire us to love God and love our neighbour.
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Why isn't spiritual health and fitness taken seriously?
The challenge of quarantine hasn't just been physical and mental; it's been spiritual too.
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Answering the Bible critics who love to cite the laws in Leviticus
There is an anti-Christian meme that just keeps resurfacing in discussion and debate. It is a clip about the Bible from the best TV series ever, The West Wing, and is often cited by Bible critics as though it were unanswerable. It's not.
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Understanding the school bully
Christian teacher Fran Hill knows how to handle bullies in her classroom - because she once was one.
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Letting go of the controls was when I found God
Former champion skier Iona Rossely was flying high in her sporting career but she met God in a way she never expected when He took away what she treasured the most.
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Jonathan Edwards' disturbing support for slavery: some reflections
The American theologian Jonathan Edwards has had a huge influence on Christians on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet there is a darker side to Edwards which is not so well known: the fact that he owned slaves.
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No, Israel is not conducting a land grab
For many Christians, it does seem that Israel is damned if she does and also damned if she doesn't.
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We're teaching children to express their own opinions but is it at the cost of tolerance and listening?
We have taught children to debate, support a cause and campaign about injustice. They are making us think and pushing us on matters of injustice â and I love that. But with it there appears to be a toxic side effect: intolerance.
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Time to cancel the cancel culture
Banning material because it offends, or even has the potential to offend, is the mark of an authoritarian dictatorship, rather than a liberal democracy.