Opinion
'A Stark Choice Between Life And Death': A Call To Prayer For Persecuted Christians Around The World
For many people around the world, Christmas isn't just about celebrating the birth of Jesus: it's also characterised by fear and uncertainty.
Marriage Isn't Everything: How Celibacy Points The Way To God
We will never ultimately make sense of what our sexuality is unless we know what it is for â to point us to God's love for us in Christ, says Sam Allberry
Should We Work On Christmas Day? After All, Vicars Have To
For more than five decades, nearly every year of my life since I was 15 days old, Christmas Day has been a working day. This is because my father was a vicar, and then I went into journalism, writes Ruth Gledhill.
2016: What Was That All About?
What has made this year so difficult? Was it any more difficult than other years? One historian claims that though 2016 has been momentous for all sorts of reasons, actually, it doesn't compare to 1498 â a year which changed the history of the world.
Women In Leadership: Is 2017 The Year HTB Will Practise What It Preaches?
Last Sunday, the Vicar of Holy Trinity, Brompton, Nicky Gumbel, and his wife, Pippa, gave a talk entitled: "Mary: mother of women's liberation".
Singing In The Wrong Cathedrals: Why The Church Has To Be In The Public Square
When we complain about the lack of God in our public square, rather than directing our angst at 'secularism', should we not be staring at the culprits in the mirror?
Why Southern Baptists Should Back Russell Moore, Not Sack Him
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is no softy liberal.
After Berlin: Why A Crusade Is Not The Answer To Jihad
The murder of Russia's ambassador to Turkey and the carnage in a Berlin Christmas market drive home yet again what desperate and wicked people will do to further their cause.
3-Parent Babies: Unethical, Unproven, Dangerous And Unnecessary
It allows the design and manufacture of a human being with certain properties and to that extent constitutes a 'designer baby'.'
The Silence Of Heaven: Does God Still Speak Today?
Doubtless over the Christmas period there will come a time when you will long for the sound of silence!
Fascism And False Messiahs: Why The World Needs Christ More Than Ever
Historians will look back on 2016 as the beginning of a chain of events that set the world on the path towards a menacing authoritarianism.
What A Row About WWII Korean Sex Slaves Tells The Church Today
There's a church in Sydney, Australia, that's been taken to court by a Japanese community leader because he objects to a memorial in its grounds.
Charleston: Why Dylann Roof Should Not Be Executed
If ever there was a candidate for the death penalty, it is Roof. He is accused of killing defenceless worshippers and by his own admission, he was looking to start a wider racial conflict
Why We Should All Feel Shame Over Aleppo
It's far, far too soon to talk of rebuilding and learning lessons. Syria's nightmare is nothing like over. It will endure for a generation â at least.
Bishop Angaelos: We Do Not Want Revenge For Cairo Attack, But We Do Want Justice
Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Church in the UK, reflects the day after 25 people were killed in a terrorist attack on the Coptic cathedral in Cairo.
Taming The Tongue Extends To The Internet Too, And It's Time We Caught Up
Why do we tame our tongues, but not our online behaviour?