Opinion
What does the Bible say about the North Korea crisis?
Using the Bible to provide straightforward solutions to complex domestic and foreign political problems is rarely a good idea.
The New Jerusalem: How the Church can build a vision for the common good
I want to offer the image of the new Jerusalem as a model for Christian engagement in the common good of wider society.
Why I call myself a gay celibate Christian â and say 'no' to Nashville
Theology, prophecy and identity: David Bennett explains why he cannot sign the Nashville and Denver statements on gay sexuality
Four questions to ask yourself if you've been posting outrage about Osteen and the Texas floods
The recent outpouring of bile towards Joel Osteen based on his response to the Texas floods, particularly by Christians, is just a little unfair. And unhelpful. So, if you, like me, just reposted stories about how the rich young ruler of bland churchianity failed us all, here are some questions to ask yourself. It's fun. Like a personality test.
Is God angry? If so, why?
The New Testament declares that 'God is love' â and that instinctively sounds rather appealing. The idea of the Lord being angry in some way is something from which we might well instinctively recoil.
What would you do with a Powerball win of $758 million?
Mavis Wanczyck is a lucky woman, judging purely by the laws of chance.
For whom the bell tolls: Why are we so bothered about Big Ben and the rest?
Who'd have thought that in the summer of 2017 once of the biggest news stories in the country would be about that rather old technology of bells?
Marriage is a gift from God: Why Christians must stop getting so hung up on who weds who
People really do want to plight their troth and signify their commitment to one person forever.
Barcelona terror attack: Are we becoming desensitised to barbarity?
Maybe those of us who can only watch on in horror can fall victim to the banality of evil too.
A level results and the subversion of truth â why Christian chaplains are dismayed
In many schools there has developed an overweening culture of micro-management of teaching and learning. Many creative teachers feel increasingly unable to teach in ways that they know to be effective. Chaplains look on, aghast, as politicians and leaders of quangos subvert truth and debase the true values of education.
If not after Charlottesville, then when? Why evangelicals must denounce Trump
It isn't too late to pull the support for Trump, even now. But if his prevarication in the face of an actual Nazi march in the heart of the old South isn't enough to make them do it, when, oh when, will they?
What does the violence in Charlottesville say about Trump's America?
What happened in Charlottesville, where one person was killed and 19 injured when a car ploughed into a group of people protesting against a white nationalist, right-wing rally, has shocked America.
How seeds from a stranger became a symbol of hope
We all start off as strangers. It's random connections or, perhaps, a higher power that brings people together.
It's Nagasaki Day: Have Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un noticed?
The world has probably not been closer to nuclear war for decades. Given the temperaments of the two men responsible for the crisis, no one can see a good outcome.
Do our current laws on abortion save lives?
Today, the news broke in Northern Ireland that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has formally acknowledged that it was reasonable for the claim to be made that at least 100,000 people are alive in Northern Ireland today because the province did not introduce the 1967 Abortion Act.
The Sunday Times got it wrong over Kevin Myers, but it is not an antisemitic paper
Yesterday, the Irish Sunday Times published an article by freelance contributor Kevin Myers, who is a well-known misogynist and Holocaust denier.
