Opinion

Parents need to exercise their rights to challenge RSE lessons
Parents need to exercise their rights to challenge RSE lessons

Parents have a right under the new law to know what is being taught in RSE and to be consulted on it and they should use this to query the content and push back against anything they find objectionable.

Does the Hong Kong protest have a prayer?
Does the Hong Kong protest have a prayer?

If China lived by Romans 13, using the power of the state to punish evil-doers, perhaps there would be no such protests. The problem is who China defines as evil-doers.

How many more Lord Singhs will the BBC lose in the name of political correctness?
How many more Lord Singhs will the BBC lose in the name of political correctness?

There are entire groups of people that institutions in this country are attempting to placate at every step of the way but Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, and believing Christians are not among them.

What is spiritual abuse?
What is spiritual abuse?

Spiritual abuse needs to be defined, and defined well, so that people can be better protected within our faith communities.

Women, gender roles and the Church: what does the Bible have to say and why does it matter?
Women, gender roles and the Church: what does the Bible have to say and why does it matter?

Can women and men both lead - or are they designed for different roles? This is the question that Katia Adams seeks to answer in Equal, her new book published by David C Cook.

How can we avoid becoming the Christian who loses faith?
How can we avoid becoming the Christian who loses faith?

Drifting from the faith is something that Christians of every generation have had to resist.

An astonishing courtroom hug and what it teaches us about radical forgiveness
An astonishing courtroom hug and what it teaches us about radical forgiveness

Brandt Jean did the unthinkable and embraced the woman convicted of murdering his brother

For a dose of truth in our 'fake news' world, try good poetry
For a dose of truth in our 'fake news' world, try good poetry

Poetry may make the reader work, but it's not without its rewards, spiritual and otherwise.

When Sundays stopped being sacred
When Sundays stopped being sacred

It might be hard to believe now, in this day of 24/7 convenience shopping, but there used to be days that all the shops were closed.

A change of hands at the Evangelical Alliance 'for such a time as this'
A change of hands at the Evangelical Alliance 'for such a time as this'

Kay Morgan-Gurr on why she thinks Gavin Calver is the right man to lead the Evangelical Alliance.

Britain's 'favourite hymn'? I'm sorry, it's gibberish
Britain's 'favourite hymn'? I'm sorry, it's gibberish

You may have thought Britain was in trouble because of facts such as political deadlock over Brexit or the decline in church attendance.

How should we respond to those who have left the faith?
How should we respond to those who have left the faith?

Much – probably too much – has been recently made of a number of individuals who have announced that they now feel they are no longer evangelical Christians, or even Christians.

The gay atheist who made me weep and pray
The gay atheist who made me weep and pray

At a time when so many Christians are compromising with the culture in order to 'win it' – and thereby losing both the culture and the church – it is wonderful that the Lord gives us a gay atheist who sees and speaks truth!

Severely disabled man begs lawmakers not to legalise assisted dying
Severely disabled man begs lawmakers not to legalise assisted dying

Dr Mark Blackwell, a former psychiatrist, said that if the law were changed on assisted dying it would make him feel like his life and suffering were a "waste of time".

Politicians, just like everyone else, need to mind their language
Politicians, just like everyone else, need to mind their language

Passionate debate is part of what politics is all about. But the language that we throw around, of 'treason', 'surrender' and 'dictatorship', has direct consequences.

'Fastest-growing church' has no buildings, no central leadership, and is mostly led by women
'Fastest-growing church' has no buildings, no central leadership, and is mostly led by women

For the last few years, researchers have credited the underground church in Iran as the fastest-growing Christian church in the world. It has unique characteristics that defy comparison with churches in America and Europe, and in the opinion of some who know it well, the church in the West could learn by studying it.