Opinion

Vicars versus BAE Systems
Vicars versus BAE Systems

When people protest against weapons manufacturers, it is often due to the direct death and destruction their weapons cause. What is less well known is that the manufacture, testing and use of armaments cause climate change.

The church's work isn't done when it comes to racism, and it will take each of us to see meaningful change
The church's work isn't done when it comes to racism, and it will take each of us to see meaningful change

When we gain a greater understanding of God's love and His plans for us, we can then understand the importance of racial equality

Against abandoning the Pentateuch
Against abandoning the Pentateuch

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster examines the Pentateuch and its importance to both Judaism and Christianity.

Will the real Mary Magdalene please stand up?
Will the real Mary Magdalene please stand up?

It is time we cleared away the guesswork and the fantasies, and let the real Mary Magdalene stand up.

The scandal of squalid housing in modern Britain
The scandal of squalid housing in modern Britain

How on earth are we in a situation in 2022 where, according to the English Housing Survey, 9% of England's housing stock fails to meet the statutory minimum standard for housing because of a category 1 hazard.

What should we say to someone who is dissatisfied with their body?
What should we say to someone who is dissatisfied with their body?

The Christian biblical worldview leads those who properly grasp and internalise it to be wonderfully liberated from dissatisfaction with the physical bodies they now have.

The fight to overturn enforced gender fluid teaching in Wales intensifies
The fight to overturn enforced gender fluid teaching in Wales intensifies

Welsh parents are to be applauded for their brave stand against the attempted ideological brainwashing of their children.

Abortion clinic buffer zones are bad news for free speech and for women
Abortion clinic buffer zones are bad news for free speech and for women

The government is considering banning offers of help for pregnant women where they need it most.

A genocide is taking place in Nigeria, but no one cares
A genocide is taking place in Nigeria, but no one cares

Fr Andrew Adeniyi Abayomi writes about the horrors he has witnessed first-hand in Nigeria.

What is in a name?
What is in a name?

How should the theology of names influence our relationships with God, our self and others?

Safeguarding is not a tickbox exercise – it's a justice issue
Safeguarding is not a tickbox exercise – it's a justice issue

The nature and scale of abuse within and beyond the Church is deeply disturbing.

Greta declares war on the West
Greta declares war on the West

Greta Thunberg wants not just to limit climate emissions, but to overthrow the entire capitalist system underpinning Western civilization.

If American history read like the Bible
If American history read like the Bible

If the Bible exposes the flaws of our spiritual forefathers, why should American history cover up the failings of our founders?

The pressures to change the Coronation oath
The pressures to change the Coronation oath

A change in the Coronation oath would have major implications.

Just a mistake?
Just a mistake?

Is the word 'mistake' being used properly?

Bottom of the well theology: a Christian perspective from Ukraine
Bottom of the well theology: a Christian perspective from Ukraine

Peering into a well and being at the bottom of one are two completely different experiences.