Opinion

5 things for Christians to watch out for at the Bonn climate talks

Government delegates from almost every country in the world have started global talks on climate change in Bonn, Germany. What do we need to see from governments this year?

When politicians or clergy abuse, the institution doesn't need protection: it needs honesty

It is not the case that everything would be fine if victims of sexual assault just kept quiet: sticking-plasters over mouths do not heal wounds.

Sutherland Springs massacre: Is arming churches the answer?

Yet another community has been devastated by an act of random violence. The fact that it was the church in Sutherland Springs seems to make it worse, though all grief is the same.

I was raped by a CofE priest and I know the system's broken

So, here's my bad thing: I was raped – by a priest. No matter that it happened over 25 years ago. It happened.

Am I right to pray for Donald Trump's downfall?

What would you say if you had the opportunity to meet Donald Trump face to face?

Nothing new under the sun: Ecclesiastes is the gospel for today's society

I have come to the conclusion that for today's Western post-moderns, Ecclesiastes is the perfect Gospel to introduce them to Christ.

500 years after Martin Luther, is the internet creating a new Reformation?

In bringing about such mighty shifts in our manner of public and private trafficking, the internet presents our churches, religious communities, faiths and all of us with a magnificent if problematic gift.

Weinsteins at Westminster? It's time for the Church to start being offensive

It's really easy to join in the chorus of condemnation at the predatory behaviour exhibited by powerful people in Hollywood and Westminster.

The miracle of the Balfour Declaration: 100 years on, Israel is a flourishing democracy

The modern State of Israel is the best-integrated country in the world, with minority groups thriving at every level and in every walk of life. And this couldn't have happened without the Balfour Declaration

Weinstein, Spacey and the hypocrisy of the current moral panic

Human beings need to be redeemed from the abuse of power and the effects of the perversion of the good gifts that God has given us.

Revelation 22: Seven principles for today's church

The Bible begins with humanity being shut out from the presence of God – it ends with an open invitation to all to come and drink from the river of the water of life.

Yes, 'Gunpowder' is violent – that's what happens when religion goes bad

Judging by the first episode, the BBC's Gunpowder offers plenty of dramatic bang for the licence-payer's buck.