Opinion

I'm a privileged white Christian male â and I need to know it
George Washington University, a prestigious institution located in the United States capital, is under fire for an innocuous-sounding course it's running tomorrow.

Donald Trump is not our saviour: A Palestinian priest's perspective on Trump and Middle Eastern Christianity
Jamal Khader is the parish priest of the Holy Family Roman Catholic (Latin) Church in Ramallah, a Palestinian city in the West Bank.

What happened on Easter Monday?
Happy Dyngus Day! Here is what happens the day after the Resurrection

Pope Francis says hell doesn't exist â but I know he's wrong
The experience of people such as myself , people who have battled and (mostly) conquered some pretty serious and rooted personality flaws over many decades, is that hell does indeed exist.

Ecclesiastes 7: Good Friday and the Good Old Days
In a series of warnings Solomon tells us to beware of bribery, pride, anger and nostalgia.

IICSA at Easter: Do we make resurrection too easy?
The problem with sin is that the act is secondary to its roots. If my husband cheats on me, my pain isn't just that he has slept with someone else, but that he has become the sort of person who would do that.

Society is awash with hatred, but love is stronger
A strong contender for word of the year for 2018 is already 'hate'. Every day we hear about hate speech, hate groups and numerous slogans along the line of 'love trumps hate'.

Salisbury under siege: What does it mean to be an Easter people?
Being an Easter people does not mean that any of us will not require a handkerchief to mop up our tears.

Protecting conscience: Why this House of Lords bill is aimed at defending healthcare professionals
There is clear evidence of discrimination against those with conscientious objections, and noted that many saw limitations on career progression if they sought to exercise their right to freedom of conscience.

Is Mark Zuckerberg the antichrist?
Those cat videos are the sweet and furry face of power.

Why J John is wrong about the BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is one of those national treasures, like the NHS or the Proms, that generate a sort of proprietory feeling. It is, after all, British, and we fund it through the licence fee, so it's 'ours'.

St Francis and clergy abuse: What the saint teaches the church about suffering
Late in his life, Francis prayed one of the most challenging prayers I have ever come across. In it he asks that he might feel in his own body, as much as he can bear, the suffering of Jesus on the cross.

Whatever happened to backsliding?
When I became a Christian two-and-a-half decades ago, you couldn't move in a church for hearing the word 'backslider'.

Down's syndrome and the sum of human happiness
Entitled 50 Mums, 50 Kids, 1 Extra Chromosome, this video has gone viral â and little wonder.

John Piper says egalitarianism is responsible for sexual abuse â but is he right?
John Piper has released an extraordinary podcast in which he appears to say sexually abusive behaviour is because of an 'egalitarian' approach to relations between men and women.

How the book of Leviticus teaches us how to be saints
Leviticus, the third book of the Pentateuch, is possibly the most important book of them all.