Opinion

France's burkini ban is an insult to all religions and Christians must oppose it

There was something remarkably Orwellian about the sight of French police forcing a Muslim woman to undress on a beach in Nice, all in the name of liberty, equality and fraternity.

Why going to church could be the best way of evangelising

So it isn't the dramatic rituals, renunciations and mortifications that impress, but the long lifetime of discipleship.

Tom Daley and Christian Voice: What the Twitter row really has to teach us

What does Green teach us about how to talk about other people â especially people with whom we might disagree?

Repealing the Human Rights Act: Why the government should just leave it alone

After hints that the Conservative government was rowing back on its manifesto promise to scrap the Human Rights Act, Justice Secretary Liz Truss has said it's definitely going to happen.

Are Britain's churches sending missionaries to the wrong places?

If the world has changed, there is one thing that doesn't seem to have changed quite so much and that's where the British send missionaries.

If India's Prime Minister Modi wants economic reform, he must first address the Dalit plight

Dr. Joseph D'Souza, president of the All India Christian Council, on why India's Prime Minister must instigate social reform.

Why we need solitude in the midst of the 2016 American election

Can we disconnect from the noise to immerse ourselves in the quiet presence of God?

Responding to the face of horror

It's easy to feel overwhelmingly powerless in the face of the Syrian crisis. Madeleine Davies offers five ways we can respond.

We must go to war on Climate Change - failing to do so is appeasement

We stand on the precipice of another disaster. And yet, like Europeans in the 1930s going about our lives as if nothing was under threat, we ignore the existential crisis that is before us.

Can Joe Biden calm the religious and political storm in the Balkans?

Biden, a devout Catholic, is this week going to Kosovo and then Serbia, and he will find that in the Western Balkans religious politics are as passionate and important as anywhere in the world.

Scott Lively: Why he's wrong about absolutely everything

Scott Lively isn't everyone's cup of tea. The conservative anti-gay activist is facing a lawsuit for his support of Uganda's draconian anti-homosexual legislation and regularly ruffles feathers because of his fairly extreme positions.

Why it's time to stop saying 'God won't give you more than you can handle'

Let's call out vacuous dispensing of inaccurate self-help.

Why banning the burqa is un-British âÂ oh, and un-Christian too

Should Britain ban the burqa? Are we really still asking that question?

What to do when God sends your black daughter a white husband

How male headship undermines our freedom in Christ

If you've grown up in a conservative Christian home, especially in America, there's a good chance that you were told that the man has the primary calling in the family.

Guns and church: Why, in spite of everything, they don't mix

Anyone who comments on affairs on the other side of the Atlantic â in either direction â needs to do with considerable humility.