Opinion

The emotional impact of Covid-19 on children
While many are rightfully talking about the economic consequences of Covid-19, there is a very real likelihood of an emotional health crisis gripping people across the UK.

Think twice before you take aim at the messenger
My heart sank when I heard the news that Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters had delayed the distribution of several UK national newspapers by blockading their printing presses.

The return of fascism to the West
Once you remove Christianity from Western liberal democracies, what you are left with will be neither liberal nor democratic.

Praying for a football team
Thousands of pilgrims have been descending on a west London place of worship as it prepares to close after 116 years of playing a vital role in its local community. But this is not a cathedral, church, synagogue, mosque or temple. It's a football ground.

RSE in schools: what young people need is more protection, not more sex education
Charlie Colchester, the founder of the Let Kids Be Kids Coalition, speaks to Christian Today about why he believes the new Relationships and Sex Education curriculum is problematic, and the change he hopes to bring through a judicial review.

Picking up the pieces after Covid-19
We're all doing our best with the resources we have, making the most of it, and very slowly life is starting to get back to some semblance of normality. But it's not quite there yet.

The fallout from Falwell
The resignation of Jerry Falwell Jr is a sadly all too familiar story â the corruption of a 'Christian' leader through the unholy trinity of power, sex and money.

Does God have any relevance in the face of human degradation and pain?
In countries where corrupt and privileged elites hold down the vast majority of the population in poverty, human suffering is rife. So where is God?

Some Christian jargon we can do without, but 'conversion' is not one of them
The concept of 'conversion' may not be politically correct, and it certainly jars in a culture that hates to cause offence. But get rid of conversion and you emasculate the Christian faith.

7 reasons why Christian leaders fall
Why do they fall? They fall for the same reason that all Christians fall. Each of us are drawn away by our own evil desires and enticed.

In the fight to save a cathedral choir, going to court would be entirely justified
Those in charge at Sheffield Cathedral could be well-versed in the language of love and friendship, but when the actions don't follow, what do our words matter?

Choosing online church doesn't mean we don't have faith
Apparently, if Christians don't go back to physical church services, it shows they don't take meeting together seriously, their faith isn't fervent enough, and wanting to remain online shows they are just lazy 'watchers' who can't be bothered. As a vulnerable person who needs to continue shielding, I find these accusations upsetting.

Turn off the internet service and go back to church
It is time for us to wake up earlier, get dressed and go to physical church. We were never meant to do church alone. We were meant for fellowship.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion: Empowering women or the end of civilisation?
The justification for this p0rnography is that it is empowering women by celebrating their sexuality. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Lessons from Covid-19 have shone a light on city slums giving hope to India's poor
India's coronavirus crisis is reported to have reached a critical level this week. More than two million cases have been diagnosed and 50,000 deaths reported. For the nine million people living in Mumbai's slums there's little hope of avoiding the virus.

University: the battleground for young minds
The concept of the university as a place of genuine learning with the free flow of ideas and the cut and thrust of rigorous debate creating a place where the brightest of minds might grow and blossom intellectually is, to a significant extent, no more. And this should concern Christians.