Opinion

Polyamory and polygamy â the next big social change?

Logic and reason are being butchered so that the language becomes even more meaningless. What else can you can of otherwise intelligent people declaring, 'Although they were fully committed they continued to date other people'?

From poverty to plenty: What the church can do about food waste

Why is a third of all the food produced in the world never eaten, especially when most of this waste is preventable?

John Piper and mental health: Is it someone's own fault if they're depressed?

Someone doesn't have poor mental health because they're narcissistic, self-indulgent and unspiritual. They have it because â well, they're ill, they don't need a reason.

Do you need to tear up your wrong ideas about God?

One of the things we quickly discover about Jesus Christ is that he upends many of our expectations about God.

Rachael Denhollander and the scandal of sexual abuse in the church

Rachael Denhollander is my new heroine. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite as brave, compelling, articulate and gospel centered as her testimony in the Larry Nassar trial.

State inspectors at Christian youth groups? They probably won't come, but if they do...

There's a familiar narrative in some Christian circles that the secularists are out to get us.

Ecclesiastes 4 and the cure for loneliness: the cord of three strands

Solomon speaks of a man who works hard, who makes money but travels alone. Who is it for? He perhaps never stops to think why he is doing it, until the end.

A radical proposal for the CofE's Westminster headquarters: move out and do some good

Retaining a hugely expensive building on some of the most expensive land in the world is arguably sinful.

George Bell, Justin Welby and the perils of navigating a binary argument

Either George Bell was a giant of the Anglican Church who helped rescue Jewish children from the Nazi regime and, against the grain, heroically opposed the bombing of Dresden, or he was a child abuser and all his achievements are for the birds.

As Theresa May visits China, will she call on the regime to protect religious rights and stop persecuting Christians?

Prime Minister Theresa May's first official visit to China, which begins today, is billed as an opportunity to boost trade with an important ally. But it will also take place against the backdrop of the country's violations of fundamental human rights, including freedom of religion or belief.