Opinion

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  Michael Curry's sermon: Why the critics don't get it

  We use the expression 'captive audience' rather lightly. It's not really a good thing to be a captive.

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  As Ireland decides whether to relax abortion law, there is nothing progressive about voting 'Yes'

  Sadly, we live in a culture in which if someone gets in your way, if their existence threatens your way of life, your prosperity, your future, your plans, then you can simply dispose of them.

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  The Royal wedding: How it distorted the gospel for the whole world

  It seemed that, apart from a few curmudgeonly old-style republicans, everyone was on board.

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  Windrush and the Royal wedding: Why we need to complicate our national story

  We've been celebrating a royal wedding in which it's clear that, in the service, a definite move was made to recognise and incorporate black or mixed-race identity into the heart of the establishment.

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  The Royal wedding: How it preached the gospel to the world

  And Christians have a particular reason to be deeply grateful that this wedding was what it was, where it was, and led by who it was.

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  Royal weddings and lady bishops – time for a change?

  Both Ms Markle and Dean Faull are women making history this year – breaking new ground and heading into uncharted territory.

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  Ecclesiastes 9: Time and chance, and why we can't always get what we want

  There appears to be a randomness about human existence. One does not get what one deserves and outcomes happen unexpectedly and suddenly.

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  Domestic violence: Yes, it's in the church too

  Domestic abuse is an issue which affects the church in the UK just as much as the country as a whole.

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  Harry and Meghan's wedding won't be quite perfect – and that's good

  Harry and Meghan's wedding reminds us that for most of us, perfection is unattainable.

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  The great evangelical silence: What the church should say about Gaza

  There's a chilling disjunction between the glossy celebrations and political love-in on show yesterday as the US embassy in Jerusalem opened, and the carnage just a few miles away in Gaza.

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  What is the point of theology?

  What does theology mean to the wretched of the earth, to those without status, wealth, or power?

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  Indonesia's family suicide bombers represent spiritual forces of evil

  The suicide bombers of our days are different. They don't die out of love, but out of hate.