Opinion

Will Sir Keir apologise to the Windrush generation?
Will Sir Keir apologise to the Windrush generation?

On 24 May 1948, the MV Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury carrying hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean looking for a new life in the 'mother country'. On the same day, 11 Labour MPs led by JD Murray wrote to Prime Minister Clement Attlee complaining bitterly about the 'discord and unhappiness' this wave of Caribbean immigrants would cause to Britain. It's time an apology was made, says R David Muir.

On the Joe Biden question, the US bishops are right
On the Joe Biden question, the US bishops are right

Gavin Ashenden on why he thinks US Catholic bishops would be right to prevent access to communion for Joe Biden because of his stance on abortion.

Teaching girls to be boys needs to stop
Teaching girls to be boys needs to stop

Children never stood a chance. Bombarded with picture books and songs from around age 3, hammering home the message that gender is a 'choice' and it's great to be trans, is it any wonder that they began to say in droves that they'd been born in the wrong body?

Will we soon see pastors prosecuted for saying the Lord's Prayer?
Will we soon see pastors prosecuted for saying the Lord's Prayer?

It remains to be seen whether the government will honour its commitment to "maintain religious freedom" in the legislation banning conversion therapy.

So, Anglican evangelical friends, what's the plan?
So, Anglican evangelical friends, what's the plan?

Thinking ahead, it is clear (and scarcely needs to be stated) that the established church faces huge challenges. How evangelicals respond to these challenges will depend on how they are led.

How can Christian parents pass on the faith to their kids?
How can Christian parents pass on the faith to their kids?

Andy Frost, CEO of Share Jesus International, speaks to Christian Today about the power of adventure in sharing faith with children, and why raising Christian kids doesn't mean parents have to be super mums or super dads.

Heaven help us – the 'new normal' is a masterclass in abuse
Heaven help us – the 'new normal' is a masterclass in abuse

For the protection and wellbeing of the nation's young, it is surely time to call a halt to our permissive style of teaching and for those in authority to wake up – before we lose not just the next generation, but fatally jeopardise the continuance of mankind.

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.