Opinion
The politics of spin in the Church
In modern Britain equality and diversity policy is not there to promote equality and diversity but to ensure that those who do not agree with the new absolutist state morality are excluded.
Should Christian countries help Christians above others?
Gerald Howarth and Nigel Farage thinks the UK should help other Christians before helping those of other faiths. But is that the Christian thing to do?
Heart of Darkness: gender-based abortion is only half the story
Thousands of developing children are being discarded every year like disposable nappies
Community without Christ?
The atheist church movement is discovering it's not so easy to build lasting community without God
Prophet or plonker? Our culture wants to airbrush unpopular views out of the public square
We do not live in a Deist, mechanistic universe which is free of divine interference
A Japanese blind spot to a brutal past
Japan has not yet convinced China and Korea it is sorry for the suffering it inflicted
Have we forgotten who God is?
As Christians around the world fight for the right simply to own Bibles and worship without fear of death, here in the UK, we are seemingly preoccupied with making Christianity palatable to the masses
The life-changing power of forgiveness
If there is one powerful force in life that is often forgotten and under-used, it is the power of forgiveness
Crying wolf? â Is free speech being suppressed in the UK?
Whatever else the arrest of Tony Miano means, it is dishonest and wrong for Christians to say this means that the Gospel cannot be preached in Scotland today
It's ok to be annoyed
Too often we want the world to be exactly as we want it.
Saving the nation or saving ourselves?
Is the church's resolution focused on repairing the roof or reaching the world that God so loves?
Throwing out the baby with the baptism water? The C of E's experimental liturgy
It is best to explain terms rather than abandon them
In a challenging spiritual environment, Christians can but press on
I am sure that if the apostle Paul were alive he would urge us to enter the new year with the same dogged determination that he faced his uncertain future
Mandela Year
South Africa, like every country, still needs THE Saviour.
JFK's court was no Camelot
The marking of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy this year revealed just how much the glow around the late US President has not diminished, but is it merited?
Finished with Afghanistan?
The task of rebuilding Afghanistan has undoubtedly proved to be much harder than was ever envisaged, if much thought was ever devoted to the task