Opinion

Why the corporate boycott of GB News is bad news for the Church
Why the corporate boycott of GB News is bad news for the Church

We need to speak up for tolerance, diversity, and equality, before those who misuse these glorious concepts end up taking them away from us.

For far too many children, poverty and sexual abuse go hand in hand
For far too many children, poverty and sexual abuse go hand in hand

When aid worker Becky Murray innocently bought a 9-year-old girl a pair of flip flops, her response stunned her into lifelong action on behalf of children in poverty.

Five things we've learnt about truth in the pandemic
Five things we've learnt about truth in the pandemic

Knowing who to trust is one of the fastest growing challenges facing anyone wanting to know more about the pandemic and its causes.

Goodbye Netanyahu, hello Bennett
Goodbye Netanyahu, hello Bennett

Let us hope and pray that this is not only the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Israel, but also the continuation of all that was good in the previous chapter.

We miss so much if we think of Jesus as a white European
We miss so much if we think of Jesus as a white European

Intellectually, I knew Jesus was a Palestinian Jew from a small rural village but I couldn't get my imagination to shift until I lived in the Horn of Africa for so long, writes American missionary Rachel Pieh Jones.

Banning Biden from communion? Here's what the US Catholic Church should consider
Banning Biden from communion? Here's what the US Catholic Church should consider

We are used to thinking about the importance of evangelicals in the politics of the modern USA but Catholicism looks set to make an impact on US politics this year.

Is there a right not to be offended?
Is there a right not to be offended?

Unfortunately, the view that "there is a right not to be offended" is becoming rather common, despite the unambiguous position in international human rights law

Our children are being sexualised - and sex education is part of the problem
Our children are being sexualised - and sex education is part of the problem

The fact is, the sex education industry needs to take its share of the blame because it is obsessed with explicitness and hostile to the Christian sexual ethic.

The faithful life of Elisabeth Elliot continues to set a challenging example of discipleship
The faithful life of Elisabeth Elliot continues to set a challenging example of discipleship

Elisabeth saw Christianity as something that involved a discipleship of complete obedience to Christ. It was such a discipleship that compelled her to meet with her husband's killers and forgive them.

The cruel age of group think leaves no room for forgiveness
The cruel age of group think leaves no room for forgiveness

There must surely be a creeping anxiety spreading thoughout the English cricket team - what tweets from their teenage years lie like time bombs waiting to be discovered? What adolescent thought crimes may slip out of the long forgotten murky past to destroy their career?

Sexually assaulted on a mission trip: how my dream almost ended before it began
Sexually assaulted on a mission trip: how my dream almost ended before it began

It's a moment I rarely talk about and one I've tried to forget – but it's finally time to talk about the time I was sexually assaulted on one of my first ever mission trips.

I washed protesters' feet and became a climate change champion
I washed protesters' feet and became a climate change champion

If I'm honest, the climate wasn't always high on my priority list. Then Extinction Rebellion happened, writes the Bishop of St Germans.

Is the Church now the Green Party at prayer?
Is the Church now the Green Party at prayer?

The Church should not be treating the Extinction Rebellion doctrines as Holy Writ.

UFOs: are you a cynic or believer?
UFOs: are you a cynic or believer?

Are you interested in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)? You probably ought to be, as the Pentagon and US intelligence community are about to publish a report on them.

Lessons from the Book of Numbers on the nature of true belief
Lessons from the Book of Numbers on the nature of true belief

We're not promised a free lunch or a bed of roses.

Has the pandemic weakened religious liberty?
Has the pandemic weakened religious liberty?

Dr Dennis Petri, new head of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, speaks to Christian Today about worrying religious freedom violations and what impact he believes the pandemic has had on religious liberty.