Opinion

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

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 â 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 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 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
A change in the Coronation oath would have major implications.

Just a mistake?
Is the word 'mistake' being used properly?

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.

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.