Columns
Guns and blades: Oscar Pistorius and the South African tragedy
In the full glare of the world's spotlight, with a celebrity and national hero in the dock, the discerning of truth and the exercising of justice becomes much more complicated
A little bit of hardship does the church good
British believers are having to learn to live in a culture that no longer reflects, or even tolerates traditional Christian values
You are what you eat: the horse meat in our mental diet
Many of us live on mental and spiritual junk food without even being aware of it
A modest Pope
The Pope's decision to pass the reins on to a more physically able leader will be an enduring legacy.
Sojourners in Babylon: living as Christians in post-Christian Britain
As Christians in the UK, we are increasingly back where our forebears have been in many different contexts
The rewards of team effort in Mali
Big problems remain for the French and Malians in the face of a determined enemy in a notoriously lawless desert region
You'll be lucky: the lottery lie deceiving our nation
The lottery carries a one-in-14 million chance of the top prize; the riches of Christ are free to all.
Women in combat â a new frontline in the gender wars
As a society we will be much the poorer if we jettison the principles and values inherent in biblical morality in pursuit of a status-driven brand of equality
How to deal with controversy
Jesus could be very direct
Ending poverty is not easy but it is possible
We could well be the generation that sees extreme poverty wiped out for good, if we make some drastic changes to the way we all live
Lance Armstrong â are we looking in a mirror?
Are Lance Armstrong's misdemeanours not simply an indictment of the society we have become â driven by materialism, greed and the philosophy of success at all costs?
Religious principles are not in vogue
Tackling uniform issues though is really the easy bit
Sunday farce hour?
Not even the blitzkrieg of Nazi bombs on London was able to stop Sunday Half Hour
The sensitivities of organ donation
The moment you tell them they "must" do something, they instinctively react against it
Jesus, the bishops and civil partnerships
It would be a very substantial change indeed firstly to reinterpret all the negative Scriptural references to homosexual practice
Happy New Year but nothing for Pakistani Christians to celebrate
It is the duty of Pakistani Christians living abroad and other Pakistani religious minorities to raise awareness of the persecution at the international level