Opinion
The in-between month of Marcheshvan: a time to recap and look forward
Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster delves into the meaning to be found in the mundane and how the present is connected to the future.
Honest questions for Church of England bishops and other leaders
As a parish minister my congregations can read statements by liberal bishops â but none by evangelicals at the time of writing. And that is more deeply depressing and demoralising than I can begin to explain.
Changing the Church of England's position on same-sex relations will be devastating for faithful Christians
Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, responds to comments in the media by the Bishop of Oxford, Stephen Croft, calling for the Church of England to marry same-sex couples.
Depending on God in a time of evil
The New Testament epistle reading in the Book of Common Prayer set for today, the twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, is vital to the Christian's understanding of the workings of evil.
A government rebuke for ITV news editor after 'conversion therapy' story
The truth is that we don't really know what the government is going to do.
Britain's hidden education crisis
Teachers and support staff are drained: by the Covid fall-out, increasing behavioural challenges, and the prospect of cutting essential staff to balance the books.
How the 'right to marry' became a 'right to children'
Inherent in so much of the culture downstream from the sexual revolution is that desires and rights are the same thing.
The tragedy of Halloween
Halloween raises big questions but only gives lies as answers.
Costless activism
It's shallow and narcissistic, and it's time we put our money where our mouth is when it comes to the things we believe.
Why Ben Bradshaw wants the Church of England to break its contract with the English nation
Neither Bradshaw nor Parliament as a whole should seek to force the Church of England to cease preaching the truth.
How apocalyptic beliefs played into Catholic revolutions in the Philippines
A complex relationship between Filipino Christians and colonial rulers (first the Spanish and then the Americans) led to two extraordinary revolutionary uprisings by Catholic Filipinos who felt marginalised by their colonial co-religionists.
Franklin Graham and the Glasgow Hydro: a significant judgment for Christian freedoms
A judgment in favour of the American evangelist is an encouraging sign that the law is prepared to protect the Church both from intolerant politicians and indeed itself.
The legacy of the Flood and the legacy of Shem
Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster explains why it is the legacy of Shem that is so necessary today.
The spiritual consequences of abortion
The reality is that from the time the Abortion Act came into effect on 27 April 1968, both women and men have tended to view legal termination as a green light allowing unrestrained sex whenever, wherever and with whomsoever they want, without fear of consequence.
Destroying a child's future to keep them happy for the moment
The doctor you call to help your child in the short-term might be the doctor who hurts your child in the long-term.
Chloe Cole, detransitioning after a double mastectomy at 15
Detransitioners are considered either non-existent or an embarrassment by the cultural powers that be. Yet, they make clear that people struggling with dysphoria are not the enemy.