Opinion

Establishment or disestablishment: A Hindu perspective
We would feel left stranded alone since the Church by reason of its disestablishment would have no obligation to look after us for our engagement in the political process, says Anil Bhanot, of the Hindu Council UK

Judgement isn't a popular message but we can't shy away from talking about it
Jeremiah constantly warned his people that they were "heading for the rocks" and needed to change course if they wanted to avoid disaster. And like many a messenger he had to bear the heat of their wrath for doing so.

Christian Britain? Make way for the thought police
If the secular humanists want to be taken seriously then they have to show the rest of us what our Christian traditions are going to be replaced with â and that they will work

Easter 2014: Christ is risen! Let's shout it loud and clear!
Easter, a famous scholar once wrote, is "not primarily a comfort, but a challenge

Our politicians, like many of our religious leaders, want Christianity without Christ
The Disneyesque fantasy of 'look how nice we all are and what a nice country we live in, built on love and faith in each other', denudes the cross of its meaning and power

What does it mean to be evangelical anyway?
I'm wondering if a national revival could begin with the Prime Minister himself!

David Cameron's delightful but confused Easter message
Three cheers for David Cameron! Or should that maybe just be two? Actually, on reflection, would one be enough â okay?

Girls are being forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan, but because they are Christian nobody cares
An estimated 1,000 Christian and Hindu girls are falling victim to forced conversion each year in Pakistan

What constitutes a just war?
Just war theory demands rightful authority, proper intention, a just cause and proportionality.

Don't let Jesus's death on the cross lose its power
Social media can be awash with too much information about a certain event in the Church calendar

Mozilla and Brendan Eich's resignation: Why it sets a dangerous precedent
The resignation of Brendan Eich represents a dangerous precedent for society at large.

Britain 'a Christian nation': is Eric Pickles right?
Militant atheists should accept that Britain remains "a Christian nation" and "get over it," according to government minister Eric Pickles.

Firefox fails the tolerance test: We're free but it may cost us our jobs
It is depressing is to see how the equality, diversity and tolerance brigade manage to twist and turn in order to justify their unequal, monocultural intolerance.

Taking the Bible at its word: Some thoughts on Steve Chalke's evangelicalism
The historian David Bebbington has identified four marks of evangelicalism, Biblicism, crucicentrism, conversionism and activism, so where does Steve sit with each of these?

The Church must not let the State shape its understanding of right and wrong
It is so disappointing that the Archbishop of Canterbury seems to have accepted the law on gay marriage, but we need to believe that the core assumptions of society can be changed and that we, the Church, have divine power to demolish strongholds

Planning God into our towns and cities
If we want to avoid soulless urban sprawl, perhaps the Government and planners would do well to consider that as well as a railway station, each community needs a church?