Opinion

How do we inspire the UK church to engage in religious freedom?
Do we feel equipped and suitably inspired to get involved?

Tony Benn â Lessons for Christians, Politicians and Secular Humanists
Without claiming him as a card carrying Bible-believing Christian, it is nevertheless interesting to see just how much Christianity was a primary influence on Tony Benn's life and politics.

Bob Crow â an old style Union boss
There's not likely to be another quite like Mr Crow

Ukraine's neo-Nazis have no place in the land of my grandfather
America's media and leaders have been widely ignoring the significant far right fascist power grab in Ukraine

International Women's Day 2014: A time for celebration, but also sober reflection
It is sobering to think that so many women, just because of the country they were born into, are coping with conditions we simply can't begin to imagine

Has Steve Chalke fallen for the oldest trick in the Book?
Chalke's views on Scripture are substantially different from those of Jesus himself

We can't stay silent in the face of exploitation and injustice
There is no logic or compassion in tackling the effects of poverty with no recognition of the cause. But that's what some people seem to think we should do.

The Evangelical Alliance's No More Page 3 support is timely
The church is right to be concerned about the sexualisation of women and the scourge of sexual violence

David Yonggi Cho: Money, sex, power and the perils of church leadership
Church leaders are not expected to be perfect â but they are expected to be living in daily repentance and faith.

Unity in Ukraine
People in Ukraine have already gone through the 'Orange' revolution. No matter what colour this one is called, it will only be a change of colour unless there is a fundamental change of system and ethos.

How long will it be before suicide is a human right?
There is a great danger that euthanasia will move on from the terminally ill to the depressed and the elderly, and become involuntary euthanasia

Churches and charity law: where do things stand after the Preston Down Trust ruling?
What encouragement can Christian organisations take from the Charity Commission's decision about Preston Down Trust?

Could you or I show as much grace as this man in North Korea?
Dr James Chin-Kyung Kim, a Christian Korean-American, was once sentenced to death by North Korea. Today, he is there serving the country and the children of its elites.

Live and let die â Lessons from the Scottish Parliament's debate on same-sex marriage
Has Scotland really been led into the Promised Land?

The privilege of serving the local church
Serving the local church is an enormous privilege, stressful though it can be at times.

Pastoral care must always go hand in hand with Biblical truth
If we truly want to care for people Biblically we must never stop short of spelling out the truth we find in Scripture