Opinion

There are limits to what atheism can say about our human reality

Exploring faith doesn't require us to leave our brains at the door. In fact, it should take us on a journey to Christianity, not away from it.

Pippa Knight: when is a child's life worth sustaining?

There is no escaping the conclusion that Pippa's life has been treated as one "whose quality seems poor" and so - at least partly for this reason - has not been allowed to continue.

Sir Keir Starmer's apology only reveals the intolerance of our so-called 'diverse' society

Sir Keir Starmer has committed a terrible sin â he has blasphemed by visiting a place where one of the most sacred doctrines of today's secular society is not believed.

Is there more the Church could be doing to help people struggling with porn addiction?

Carl Thomas, the new head of XXXChurch, is frustrated by the lack of support for Christians struggling with porn addiction.

Lessons for today from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

CS Lewis, Francis Schaeffer and Os Guinness are some of the Christian prophets who saw where we were going and accurately predicted the state we have now found ourselves in. But there is another secular 'prophet' who in my view was astonishingly prescient and that is Aldous Huxley.

Time to re-think Mary Magdalene

It's time that this remarkable woman got the recognition she deserves.

The paradox of Augustus Caesar and the paradox of Jesus Christ

Bede recognised that the fulcrum of time was indeed to be identified with a point in Augustus Caesar's reign - the birth of Jesus, writes Tom Holland.

No, Sophia Bush, kids do not tell their parents who they are

The reality is that the kids do not, in fact, get to tell us who they are so we can support them. If that were the case, they would be the parents and we would be under their supervision.

A dialogue between a Christian and a Jew on Easter

In this exchange, we probe some of the history of Easter and ask what Christians need to be aware of in order to avoid repeating the nightmares of the past by thoughtless recycling of myths and prejudices.

How should we worship now?

Does it matter how we worship â as long as we enjoy it, and it suits us?

What the Covid world can learn from the quiet way of Julian of Norwich

Sheila Upjohn speaks to Christian Today about Julian of Norwich's writings and why she believes they are a must-read for anyone struggling to understand the nature of God.

Jonathan Fletcher and the cancer of careerism among conservative evangelicals

There has been a recognisable career structure in that world in which Fletcher wielded such power.

Why our greatest mental health challenge is still ahead

During this pandemic, our homes and relationships have been changed forever, and insecurity, uncertainty and anxiety have become daily companions as a result. With that in mind, re-entry into our post-lockdown world might be harder than we think, writes Kintsugi Hope's Simon Barrington.