Here are some lessons that I've learned from parenting a child with Down'S Syndrome.
Born in a Gloucester pub, George Whitefield, the pot boy from the West Country, would go on to conquer America with his energy, his preaching, his enthusiasm and his faith in the Christian gospel.
Why are you kind? Why do you serve and demonstrate love to other people? Of course, the 'right' answer – certainly if you're a Christian – is that as follower of Christ you simply want to replicate his example.
Proceeds from the sale a decade ago of a small iron key that is believed to have secured the binoculars for the Titanic's crow's nest are still helping to fund the education programme for the international Christian maritime charity Sailors' Society.
Moses is now 120 years old, knows he is approaching death and that he will not be entering the Promised Land.
A newly-refurbished church near where I live has just had new signage done, in an effort to engage and draw in passers-by.
Nabeel Qureshi, the best-selling author and Christian apologist, was diagnosed a year ago when he was given a very low chance of survival. His faith remained steadfast throughout the ordeal that followed.
The Bible warns against it but it can still be a tempting consideration for some Christians.
Churches are very impressed by size – over-impressed, really. We like reading stories of dramatic growth.
Back when I was a student, I was jolted by a throwaway comment by a senior and much-admired lecturer.
After the deadly destruction of the hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the reconstruction begins. Natural disasters are not new – they appear in the Bible, with Luke referring to Jesus' parable about the man who built his house on solid ground, on a 'rock' so that the floods could not tear it down. But what else does the Bible say about rebuilding, or specifically building?
To die well is to die a Christian death, according to the medieval writings of the Ars Moriendi (the Art of Dying). But what does it mean to die well today, in the 21st century?
I've had a deepening conviction that I need to play my small part in bringing matters of faith out of the narrow confines of the Christian sub-culture and into the wider arena of public life and discourse, says Chick Yuill.
Why did this parish priest take a sledgehammer to smash down the door of his churchwarden?
Why God's blessings are contingent on the ongoing behaviour of the Jewish people, and not theirs by right alone.
Everyone who has lost a baby, through miscarriage, still birth, cot death or any other way, knows the terrible grief it brings. Zoë Clark-Coates and her husband Andy lost five. They set up a charity to support others facing such suffering and now Zoë has written a book, 'Saying Goodbye'.
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