Opinion

Why all the fuss about the original sin?
Original sin is an essential piece of Christian doctrine. If you are a Christian, you should not be squeamish about it, and if you are not a Christian then I suggest that you should be a lot more open to the notion than you probably are.

Disabled people are being wrongly left out of climate talks
Sadly, this comes as no surprise to many disabled people because we tend to be an afterthought in most things, writes Kay Morgan-Gurr.

Gender 'equality' in a fallen world
Mothers should be unashamedly celebrated for who and what they are, and not downgraded to merely 'people who give birth'

Is the NHS really God's key instrument of healing?
The afflictions tackled by the NHS are only reflections of the fundamental problem facing human beings

The Church has something distinctive to say about climate change - if only it would say it
Just when we have the answers to the questions that the world is answering, it appears that so much of the Church, including some evangelicals, have got caught up in the solutions that the world is offering.

The sacredness of our Christian ruins
A little known chapel changed the fate of the cluster of settlements which would one day become the great northern city of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Why I fear our loss of values more than I fear climate change
Driven by politics and self-interest, any attempt to change society will not be successful so long as we don't see changed individuals.

As greenhouses gases continue to soar, what might God be saying?
To have any chance of winning the climate battle, we need the help of the One who called all of life into being.

Eschatological beliefs do not justify environmental inaction
Some current end-times teaching has led to passivity in the face of global challenges, writes Martyn Whittock.

The paradox of Halloween
When so many people want just comfort and pleasure in life, why engage with a public festival at the end of October that courts horror and death?

Under the thumb of Stonewall for too long, the BBC must now restore its impartiality
For some organisations, the penny is finally beginning to drop.

Sing for the freedom of Leah Sharibu and others like her
The universal prayer of all Nigerian parents is that their children will be better than them, but for Nathan and Rebecca Sharibu that prayer has now become for Leah to come back home.

What is the future for evangelicals in the established Church?
Christian Today speaks to Ben John about his election to General Synod as an Anglican evangelical who wants to defend the traditional biblical teaching at this crunch-time for the established Church.

The question of religion and public benefit
Stephen Evans, CEO of the National Secular Society, has asked to respond to a recent analysis of its report, "For the Public Benefit? â the case for removing the advancement of religion as a charitable purpose", produced by David Robertson on behalf of Christian Today. Mr Evans' response is published here in full in the interests of public debate around this important issue.

Vaccine passports in Australia: when segregation becomes the law of the land
It is personal choice that must be protected if we are to be the people God has called us to be.

How the Church can stand in the gap as social care fails
The need to distance has been removed now, and it's an opportunity for churches to step up their help.