Opinion

Tony Blair and Chilcot: Lessons from a PR magician
Tony Blair and Chilcot: Lessons from a PR magician

The real question is not whether the war was carried out well but why we let the narrative of Iraq became front and centre at all.

Pie in the Sky when you Die? How to understand heaven
Pie in the Sky when you Die? How to understand heaven

What happens after you die? Do we have a clear picture of what heaven is like?

Chilcot: Tony Blair must accept that Iraq was a calamity of his making
Chilcot: Tony Blair must accept that Iraq was a calamity of his making

There are two related but distinct ways in which the 2003 Iraq war was an unmitigated disaster - the victims, and British politics.

Tony Blair and Iraq: The world is better off without Saddam Hussein
Tony Blair and Iraq: The world is better off without Saddam Hussein

Was Blair right to go to war? Not intervening could have been so much worse, argues Ruth Gledhill.

It\'s all YOUR fault, and I\'ll tell you why
It's all YOUR fault, and I'll tell you why

I'm sorry to say this, and it pains me to tell you – but this current situation is all your fault.

Politics is not, and never will be, the answer
Politics is not, and never will be, the answer

Politics is useful and necessary, but it's not the answer, says James Cary.

Time for a revolution: Why women should be leading at least half our big churches
Time for a revolution: Why women should be leading at least half our big churches

Why is it that in 2016, with politics, business, and many other areas of public life slowly beginning to rectify the structural sexism that has held women back for so long, we still see so few large churches led by women?

Religious broadcasting: How it could change the way we see the world
Religious broadcasting: How it could change the way we see the world

Religion – including Christianity – has an image problem in the UK, and it's not, or not only, the fault of people of faith.

Brexit: Time for the Church to stop doing politics and start doing faith
Brexit: Time for the Church to stop doing politics and start doing faith

Brexit is a political earthquake and the reverberations are still being felt.

Complementarianism and the Trinity: Is Wayne Grudem a dangerous heretic?
Complementarianism and the Trinity: Is Wayne Grudem a dangerous heretic?

Some scholars ground the view that women should be subordinate to men in an account of the doctrine of the Trinity that many orthodox Christians regard as simply heretical.

A nation divided and in denial: Can we fix it?
A nation divided and in denial: Can we fix it?

If the past few days have shown us anything is that we are a divided nation. Many of these divides I didn't even know existed, but this is my story of how I crossed one of them

Post Brexit, your country needs you!

The vote has revealed a nation divided. I voted in one direction but many of my friend passionately disagreed.

No, I will not keep calm and move on

The current fashion for faux-enlightened unity-calls online is rarely more than holier-than-thou judgementalism and cheap self-promotion.

An ABC of Referendum Recovery
An ABC of Referendum Recovery

An ABC of Referendum Recovery

EU referendum: \'Coming together\' is impossible if we never meet
EU referendum: 'Coming together' is impossible if we never meet

Whether you are happy, sad or indifferent today, more than ever, your country needs you, writes Andy Flannagan.

The UK has left the EU. Three ways Christians should respond
The UK has left the EU. Three ways Christians should respond

A call to listen, to get organised and to recognise that Jesus is Lord.