Opinion

Why Christians were right to challenge a nuclear deterrent service at Westminster Abbey
Our deterrent is our advertisement that we would be prepared under some circumstances to perpetuate mass murder on a scale impossible to contemplate.

A march for life on the streets of London
On May 11, people from across the UK will gather in London to make a stand for the unborn as part of the annual March for Life UK. Christian Today speaks to co-director Isabel Vaughan-Spruce about what she wants the march to achieve

Jesus the Palestinian or Jesus the Galilean Jew?
It is not only anachronistic to label Jesus a Palestinian. It is also misleading.

Have we failed the generation who are now parents?
I wonder how many of the people receiving a food bank parcel know what to do with what it contains?

Is Britain breaking up?
Should we care? And is there a particular Christian perspective on this? I think so.

Churches need to include children with disabilities in their summer events planning
The reasons given for not wanting to have children or young people with additional needs or disabilities on summer activities vary greatly, but usually have a standard theme to them: safety risks, unable to accommodate, they'll spoil it for others, they won't keep up, not enough space or leaders.

'Are those donuts free?' and other meaningful Spring Harvest questions
Masses upon masses descend upon Spring Harvest each year for one thing and one thing only: the exhibition tent.

A Jewish woman's sacrifice and the spirit of Deuteronomy
What the congregation in San Diego would have read just before the shooting started were these unsurpassed injunctions in Deuteronomy and Isaiah to love everybody

Extinction Rebellion: some Christian reflections
At the end of the day we have to be very shrewd about when and how we as believers engage in civil disobedience.

We cannot allow years of fruitful reconciliation ministry to be undone in Sri Lanka
In the aftermath of the devastating Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, The Leprosy Mission England and Wales's National Director, Peter Waddup, speaks of a ministry of reconciliation.

#PrayforRHE: Why our heavenly petitions don't come with a scoring system
People finding themselves wanting to join in the chorus of prayers for Rachel and her family, but somehow feeling like they needed to first preface it with a positional statement.

The logic of liberals who think street preachers are evil
In the name of free speech, we will silence dissenting voices. In the name of justice, we will forcibly suppress any challenge. In the name of love, we will practice bigotry and hate.

Why go on pilgrimage?
The modern world allows us to fill every minute with distractions. A few days, mostly out of mobile range, with the only concern being what to have for lunch, soon changes that.

Healing or curing: what's the difference and why does it matter?
What comes into most minds when you mention this word is someone jumping out of a wheelchair and dancing, or throwing their crutches away and running around an auditorium. But healing is much more than that.

Sri Lankan tragedy â prejudice, politicians and the press
In Christchurch it was a mosque that was attacked. In Sri Lanka it was 'places of worship' and 'Easter worshippers'.

It was a culture of impunity that enabled the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka
Religious intolerance has been on the rise in the country since 2000 and especially since the end of the civil war in 2009.