Opinion
Tackling the loneliness epidemic in lockdown
Christians, churches and Christian charities will have a significant role to play in addressing loneliness over coming months.
What's so bad about sex education?
School Gate Campaign founder Susan Mason speaks to Christian Today about why she's so worried about the Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum and what other concerned parents can do.
Life for older people in such a time as this
Those living here are still lonely, still worried about their mental health, still grieving, but we do all we can at Pilgrim Gardens to comfort in these times.
Pray for fulfilled living in later life so that people of all ages can bear fruit for the Lord
Charities and care homes like Pilgrims' Friend Society needs prayer as our work is under great stress, but we also praise God for the testimonies of our residents' trust in Jesus and their concern for others.
Let us bow afresh to Mammon: the government's mistaken Sunday trading plan
Relaxing Sunday trading hours is disastrously wrong.
We need a better society after lockdown, where older people feel safe
We need a better society after lockdown, where older people feel safe. Many people want a 'new normal 'after lock-down but one where older people won't be airbrushed out of the health system; where they're not considered 'disposable'; where ageism is honestly tackled.
We can be angry with Trump and his Bible stunt, but we must be more angry that another black man has been unjustly killed
I have seen more Christians condemn Trump's use of the Bible for a political powerplay than they have Derek Chauvin's use of excessive force that killed George Floyd.
Can the American Gospel save America?
Are we witnessing the end of US hegemony in the world? Are we witnessing the end of the US as we know it? Some will wish that it were so. For them the end of the US is good news â although they have no idea what the world would be like without the US. For me and many others, we are watching the decline of the US with a growing sense of dread. Is there no good news?
No place like home: the place of the Temple in the Jewish religion
There are many Christians who mistakenly think that we Jews hang onto the Temple and synagogue as the be all and end all of worship. Far from it.
Trump is using the Bible as a defence but for Christians everywhere it is an offence
Where on earth do we start when faced with the image of Donald Trump awkwardly brandishing a Bible outside a church, after ordering the teargassing of peaceful demonstrators who stood in the way of his photo opportunity?
More honesty would go a long way to restoring trust in our leaders
Trust cannot be commanded; it can only be won, which is why verbal gymnastics and a refusal to talk straight are of no help at all.
Don't rush for the exit!
There is a temptation to mentally 'rush for the exit'; to put, without any thought, the whole two months or so finally and completely behind us. Haste can be a dangerous thing and let me suggest four things that we shouldn't forget.
The journey back to normal after lockdown
Grant Harris, Senior Pastor of Windsor Park Baptist Church in Auckland, New Zealand, on the challenges that Covid-19 - and emerging from lockdown - have posed for him as a leader.
After another Christian loses faith, is convenience Christianity to blame?
Convenience Christianity leads to cliched Christianity where life is full of slogans and pep talks, clichés and emotions, but little reality.
Dominic Cummings: why it matters and what it means for all of us
Mr Cummings is unelected and yet wields great power. The accusation that he broke the rules he'd helped to make matters because if he doesn't follow them then why should anyone else? Serious stuff when tens of thousands have died and further spikes of infection are expected.
Lockdown strategy has placed the poorest of the poor, especially children, at risk of starvation
The global shutdown has placed many children and their families at risk of starving in their own homes.