Opinion
Churches are keen to reach net zero but there are needless barriers in the way
If even eager and keen churches cannot do something as simple as installing solar panels, then we risk just adding to the greenwashing emanating from Glasgow, while also letting down the Body of Christ.
Banning conversion therapy: a step too far or not far enough?
The UK government has outlined some of the details of its proposed conversion therapy ban and from a Christian perspective there are three interesting observations.
With the growth of Islam and secularism, how Christian will Britain's next coronation be?
The coronation of King Charles III will provide a testing moment of truth for what have become the new stresses, strains and fault lines of Western culture in today's United Kingdom.
Why as a pastor I decided to get vaccinated
If you're on the fence about the vaccination programme, maybe you need to hear God asking the question He asked me.
What God taught me in my career low point
What I originally saw as my career prison became the place where God showed me how to get over my own pride and learn to live.
I've been to some of the world's most vulnerable communities and the impact of climate change was impossible to deny
The future is going to be different and will affect different areas of the globe in different ways, but we must never forget that we are all in this together, and we ought to start living like we are, writes Rich Smith.
Radical hospitality: how the Church is stepping up to welcome refugees
Dr Krish Kandiah speaks to Christian Today about how the Church can give a warm welcome to refugees and others coming to Britain's shores.
Those who speak the truth are now hated
Plato said, "No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth," and how true that is in today's climate.
When 'God' becomes gender neutral: lessons from Russia
Requiring boys to wear skirts on the spurious justification that it will promote equality is not a sign of social progression. Rather it is the overt pursuit of an agenda that seeks to destroy the traditional structures of Western society and promote chaos.
Is it time for a public inquiry into Stonewall?
A public inquiry could get to the bottom of how one contentious and oppressive ideology has been so widely forced on government departments and other organisations in contravention both of biology and human rights.
So, how do I pray for the persecuted church?
You might have made the same assumption that I did: that we should pray for persecution to stop. While the suffering, discrimination and rejection experienced by many Christians is appalling, that isn't their first prayer.
COP26: Why should Christians care?
Without accountability and the fear of some very real consequences, I think we will fail and not care very much that we have.
What the Church has got wrong about the end times - and how it can get it right!
Since the Church has a record of getting end times prophecies wrong, how should we approach this subject to try to avoid the errors of the past?
G-d as power or the G-d who mothers us?
There is a maternal side to the G-d of the Old Testament that is often overlooked.
Is Nolan's BBC-Stonewall investigation a 'Romans' moment in culture?
By now it is well-known that BBC journalist Stephen Nolan has produced a 10-part podcast series about Stonewall's vast influence on public bodies â including the BBC. This is clearly a highly significant event, arguably a turning point in the endless debate over sex, gender and sexuality.
Financial pressures in the CofE will do nothing for clergy morale
The fall in parish share payments to Church of England dioceses, brought on by Covid, will hit frontline clergy morale the hardest.