Opinion

The most dangerous book in the world

The Bible is powerful. That is why it is feared by regimes who want all power to rest solely with them.

A former Concorde captain's journey through flight and faith

Christian Today speaks to Brian Walpole OBE to hear more about his remarkable career as a captain of Concorde and meeting God at 60,000 feet in the air.

Disability cuts and assisted suicide would be a perfect storm

Many disabled people need to fight tooth and nail for the support that enables them to live. In the context of an assisted suicide law, hopeless and worn-down citizens who lack the support and solidarity they deserve may resign themselves to death.

Labour’s first year: looking back, praying forward

As we take stock of the first year of this Labour administration, let’s commit to praying for good government.

The example of Jimmy Swaggart

The Church in the West has already had enough scandals this century. We don’t need any more.

Is a 'quiet revival' really taking place? Shock new study findings suggest Christianity may be in retreat

The challenge before the Christian Church is both stark and clear: to understand and engage a new generation if it is to have a future.

Fear, denial and control: Why the Cuban government prohibits the most natural responses to the country’s dire humanitarian needs

It may be hard to fathom how such pettiness plays into the government’s wider crackdown on FoRB and other fundamental human rights, or how on earth it could justify extending its repression to children, but ultimately it all comes down to fear.

We need a moral reformation - not just a quiet revival

When has any true revival ever been quiet?

Glastonbury and the banality of evil

When the Glastonbury mob were calling for death to the IDF, they were in effect calling for the death of Israeli Jews.

What would the late Sir Ken Morrison have made of the 'Progress Pride' sign in his store?

I shudder to think what he would have made of Morrisons’ capitulation to a political ideology.

There is a toxic side to conservative evangelicalism that needs to be brought to light

It is to be hoped that a forthcoming Channel 4 documentary into the life and crimes of John Smyth will explore the elitist conservative evangelical sub-culture he exploited for his serial abuses.

The quiet judgement on the UK

The judgement of God has finally come upon the United Kingdom. Quietly. Silently. Like a thief in the night. It came in the form of an irrational, emotive and Godless parliament who this week voted to permit the killing of babies in the womb up until birth, and has now introduced the National Suicide Service, with its vote to permit assisted suicide. God has given us what we voted for.

'This is a deeply flawed and dangerous Bill' - Care Not Killing's response to assisted suicide vote