Opinion

Keith Vaz: Defending the indefensible
It seems to be the ultimate sting. A tabloid newspaper pays a couple of male prostitutes for their story about their time with a senior politician.

The Jenkins controversies: Can you be a Christian and not believe in the Virgin Birth?
David Jenkins, the former Bishop of Durham who died yesterday aged 91, was famous for his trenchant criticisms of Margaret Thatcher and all her works.

Revelation 3: The victorious persecuted Church
My brother Vijay was severely beaten this June in Jabalpur, India. My sister Shigo was executed in Syria last year.

ISIS' end is nigh: It has tried to ban football
ISIS have banned football referees within their rapidly decreasing territories. What does this tell us about the group's power?

The one reason Christians should fear a Trump presidency
There is one question that should be put to every single Trump supporting evangelical: does your man believe in religious liberty?

Why it's too soon to write off the Church in Europe
Has the Church, the hope of the world â and of Europe â lost its own hope?

Why Hagar is a true unsung biblical heroine for the modern age
The story of Hagar teaches us that we often find God more in the valley than in the mountaintops; we feel his presence and experience his helping hand more in our pain than in our gain.

Earthquakes and floods: Is God punishing people?
Earthquakes aren't the only natural disasters we face. Christians respond to such events with love, care and practical help. But how do we answer the questions they raise?

Aliens for neighbours? How the discovery of a new planet challenges Christians
For scientists it's amazing news, since Proxima is only down the road, astronomically speaking.

3 reasons we shouldn't put all our faith in science
Though science can give very clear and objective answers to certain questions, it becomes much less powerful when dealing with more complex questions, says Heather Tomlinson.

Should Christian charities take atheists' money?
It's difficult to see how things could have turned out worse for the Murrow Indian Children's Home in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Revelation 2: Has the church lost its first love?
David Robertson continues his journey through Revelation, and asks whether the Western church has lost its passion for Christ.

France's burkini ban is an insult to all religions and Christians must oppose it
There was something remarkably Orwellian about the sight of French police forcing a Muslim woman to undress on a beach in Nice, all in the name of liberty, equality and fraternity.

Why going to church could be the best way of evangelising
So it isn't the dramatic rituals, renunciations and mortifications that impress, but the long lifetime of discipleship.

Tom Daley and Christian Voice: What the Twitter row really has to teach us
What does Green teach us about how to talk about other people â especially people with whom we might disagree?

Repealing the Human Rights Act: Why the government should just leave it alone
After hints that the Conservative government was rowing back on its manifesto promise to scrap the Human Rights Act, Justice Secretary Liz Truss has said it's definitely going to happen.