Opinion

Healing the body, mending divides: how medical care is building unity in Israel
Healing the body, mending divides: how medical care is building unity in Israel

If unity can spring forth in Nazareth, a place marked by division and history, then surely it can take root in the towns, churches, and neighbourhoods of Britain as well.

More than a million children have been referred for NHS mental health support - the Church has to be part of the solution
More than a million children have been referred for NHS mental health support - the Church has to be part of the solution

The mental health crisis facing children cannot be solved by healthcare alone.

Grooming gang victims have paid a heavy price for Britain's institutional cowardice
Grooming gang victims have paid a heavy price for Britain's institutional cowardice

We must acknowledge, without fear or favour, ethnic and religious patterns behind criminal acts of abuse, and take robust action to stop them.  

The Archbishops must not let safeguarding be weaponised to shut down debate
The Archbishops must not let safeguarding be weaponised to shut down debate

The bid by Church of England revisionists to cancel an event at July’s General Synod in support of non-affirming therapy - known as so-called 'conversion therapy' by its opponents - is straight out of the neo-Marxist playbook.

Why do American dollar bills say 'In God We Trust'?
Why do American dollar bills say 'In God We Trust'?

The phrase “In God We Trust” appears on American money. This year, as Americans celebrate 250 years of independence, it is worth reminding ourselves that this is a fairly modern tradition rooted in the American Civil War. This is the story …

When politics disappoints, where do we turn? 
When politics disappoints, where do we turn? 

The Bible tells us to pray for those in authority. But the Bible never tells us to worship them.

Why C of E bishops won't oppose the Conversion Practices Bill
Why C of E bishops won't oppose the Conversion Practices Bill

Orthodox Christians opposed to the Labour Government’s Conversion Practices Bill should expect no support from the 26 Church of England bishops in the House of Lords. 

The king and the King and kings
The king and the King and kings

The king may rightly defend the freedom of every faith. The Church, however, cannot treat all faiths as equally true, for Jesus himself did not.

Carl Trueman on the crisis of the West and why nationalism and cultural Christianity are not the answer
Carl Trueman on the crisis of the West and why nationalism and cultural Christianity are not the answer

Theologian Carl Trueman was at ARC 2026 to share his thoughts on why things have gone wrong in the West and what can be done to turn things around. He speaks to Christian Today about the challenges and why neither cultural Christianity nor nationalism are the answer. 

Eric Metaxas on faith, freedom and the restoration of the West
Eric Metaxas on faith, freedom and the restoration of the West

Conservative author and commentator Eric Metaxas speaks to Christian Today about why questions of faith are returning to public life and - and why they are key to the restoration of the West. 

Are witchcraft and paganism a threat to Christianity in modern Britain? 
Are witchcraft and paganism a threat to Christianity in modern Britain? 

What is emerging across Britain is not a wholesale return to pre-Christian religion. Nor is it evidence that large numbers of people are abandoning Christianity in favour of Wicca or Paganism. The reality is both less dramatic and more revealing.

Disclosure Day: What does Spielberg’s latest film tell us about the Church?
Disclosure Day: What does Spielberg’s latest film tell us about the Church?

Disclosure Day asks some of the right questions and hints at all of the wrong answers, writes David Robertson.

A Christian response to the crisis facing young people
A Christian response to the crisis facing young people

The Church has a wonderful message of hope to share with young people increasingly feeling a sense of nihilism and hopelessness at the state of the world, writes Tim Farron.

Is there a two-tier Britain?
Is there a two-tier Britain?

When we abandon God and his Word – and base justice on identitarian politics - we end up with the madness we are seeing in the UK today.

The Poet and the Rabbi - a conversation on Browning and Judaism
The Poet and the Rabbi - a conversation on Browning and Judaism

Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Rowan Williams, discuss the poetry of Robert Browning.