Opinion

Are Christian leaders more likely to commit sexual sin?
Are Christian leaders more likely to commit sexual sin?

Why do so many fall? And, if we're honest with ourselves, what kind of weaknesses lurk within our own souls?

Just how guilty is Islamic State bride Shamima Begum?
Just how guilty is Islamic State bride Shamima Begum?

There is, indeed, a case for saying that young people of a certain age are not really responsible for their actions.

Mangrove theology: Get stuck in and put down deep roots
Mangrove theology: Get stuck in and put down deep roots

God calls his people to put down deep ecological, social, economic and spiritual roots wherever he's placed them.

Christians and the pursuit of perfection: How can we talk about real things better in church?
Christians and the pursuit of perfection: How can we talk about real things better in church?

How do people in seemingly perfect churches admit that their lives are messy and difficult and very imperfect?

A special place in hell….and the road to heaven

Hell is not, as far as I would see it, other people. Hell is the absence of others, the absence of friends and companions, and of God.

Is assisted suicide now homicide in the Netherlands?
Is assisted suicide now homicide in the Netherlands?

Officially, the Netherlands is a safer country to live in than the United States. Its gun homicide rate is about 4 percent that of the United States, and its official murder rate is less than one-fourth that of the United States.

The humanity of the unborn should be obvious to everyone
The humanity of the unborn should be obvious to everyone

No matter what ideologues say, we all know (or at least once knew) that abortion involves killing unborn babies.

Conservatives are not relativists: Yoram Hazony and a conservatism built on sand
Conservatives are not relativists: Yoram Hazony and a conservatism built on sand

To defend something rationally is to set out reasons for why it has features that are deemed to make it true and good.

Bishops always say they're listening: are they listening to us about transgender?
Bishops always say they're listening: are they listening to us about transgender?

Those of us who have signed this new open letter humbly hope that the details of what we set out within it may now be truly heard.

How dare Karen Pence be a Christian!

Because Mrs. Pence helps out at a school with biblically-Christian standards, there has been a near-hysterical breakdown in the media.

Trump, Brexit and human sexuality: Are we to be doomed by intransigence?
Trump, Brexit and human sexuality: Are we to be doomed by intransigence?

Simply repeating the same rhetoric over and over again is not likely to unlock any deadlock or move people nearer to finding a solution that is acceptable to the majority.

Darwin and God: How modern science backs Christian teaching about the origin of evil
Darwin and God: How modern science backs Christian teaching about the origin of evil

What if rather than offering an alternative explanation for evil, evolutionary science is actually providing empirical evidence for a doctrine of revelation?

More equal than others? How complementarianism (mis)uses language to skew the gender debate
More equal than others? How complementarianism (mis)uses language to skew the gender debate

Across the world the #metoo movement has exposed widespread sexual abuse, and in the church #churchtoo has done the same.

In 2019 let's sort out gambling advertising
In 2019 let's sort out gambling advertising

Just as the evidence that tobacco ruins lives helped persuade people of the need for changes to tobacco advertising, we are more aware than ever of the harmful effects of gambling.

Anger: Why it's an underrated Christian virtue
Anger: Why it's an underrated Christian virtue

Christian leaders raised their voices, unsurprisingly, to call for more civility, politeness and general niceness.

The truth about Christians who sexually assault others
The truth about Christians who sexually assault others

It was years ago. But it's hard to forget the time you had to tell your team leader that you are experiencing sexual harassment.