Opinion
Redemption: a gift of G-d or man?
The idolatry that has grown up around football since 1966 is an indictment of our age, in which our religious leaders no longer lead, and football has simply filled in the gap.
As we celebrate NHS Day, what does it mean to care?
Reflections on the pandemic and beyond from a Christian care home.
People who are grieving need the Holy Spirit, not spiritualism
Most spiritualists are simply misguided individuals struggling to cope with unresolved grief, believing that they can once again speak with their loved ones.
Methodism? Dead. Anglicanism? Not yet
Anglican evangelical leaders should take heed from the example of the Methodist mess.
Should the Bishops of Manchester and Liverpool resign?
The Bishop of Manchester's comments on Matt Hancock's affair are troubling but I feel rather more concerned by the Bishop of Liverpool.
When even secular commentators can see the moral imperative, why can't the bishop?
Matt Hancock's hypocrisy was certainly wrong, but it wasn't the biggest wrong of the whole debacle. Committing adultery on your wife must surely rank higher.
Is Islamophobia rampant in Scotland?
We have the opportunity to speak the truth in love to our Muslim neighbours. Let us pray that our politicians don't make this a hate crime.
Bringing light to the children hidden by the pandemic
It's been easy for families to hide behind closed home doors, for parents to paint on a pixilated smile on a Zoom call in the face of domestic violence, empty food cupboards or mounting debt. In these situations, it is often the needs of vulnerable children that go unmet, because they are so much harder to identify.
Chinese Communism at 100: alive and well, but could Christianity be its ultimate undoing?
This week, China celebrates 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party. But do not be fooled by the skyscrapers and consumer goods. A hundred years on, China is still a communist nation. And its leaders still hate Christians who refuse to bow to their ideology, writes Dr David Landrum.
The benefits of radical amazement
What is needed is a combination of the childlike (but not naïve) approach to the beauty of life.
Sorry kids, no crisps or chocolate, but sex is fine
We all want the nation's young to be protected from damaging temptation and kept healthy, don't we? But why, in this climate of obsessive, and often excess, concern for safeguarding, are there not similar fears for other, potentially even more damaging, areas of harm?
A 'gender neutral marriage canon' for the Church of England?
Bishop Bayes and his supporters might not succeed with their gender-neutral marriage canon in the new Synod, but they could get what they wish for post-2026.
The pandemic has been a missed opportunity for the Church
If the churches were seriously committed to the welfare of our neighbours in general, why did they not speak up on behalf of those being killed by lockdown?
Jayne Ozanne: I am not seeking to ban the Lord's Prayer
The following is a right of reply from Jayne Ozanne in response to an article published by Christian Today on 21 June 2021.
How can Christian men and women work together effectively for the Kingdom of God?
The World Evangelical Alliance's Amanda Jackson and Dr Peirong Lin speak to Christian Today about how evangelical men and women can work together as Jesus intended.
Heckled in a church for being a woman, but I'm determined to make it in a man's world
Joel prophesied that 'in the last days, God will pour out his Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy.' Those days are now. There's much to be done and we need every hand on deck - men and women.