Opinion

Don\'t just share: Stop claiming James Corden has become a Christian when the facts don\'t say so
Don't just share: Stop claiming James Corden has become a Christian when the facts don't say so

We all love a celebrity conversion story. But what about if it hasn't actually happened?

Shared Conversations: Why the Church of England still has a long way to go on sexuality
Shared Conversations: Why the Church of England still has a long way to go on sexuality

Will the Conversations help the Church of England avoid utter shipwreck over the issue of human sexuality, or are they just a way of avoiding hard theological thinking in favour of feelgood encounters?

OK, let\'s REALLY re-define marriage
OK, let's REALLY re-define marriage

David Baker looks at how Jesus defined marriage, and how that might challenge us today.

Mark Driscoll is hosting a conference on building healthy churches. Seriously.
Mark Driscoll is hosting a conference on building healthy churches. Seriously.

The temptation to make comparisons like, say, inviting King Herod to address a childcare conference or Donald Trump to give the keynote speech at a Friends of the Earth meeting is irresistible.

Perry Noble: Why alcohol isn\'t his only problem
Perry Noble: Why alcohol isn't his only problem

Noble admits to an "obsession to do everything possible to reach 100,000 and beyond" which had "come at a personal cost in my own life and created a strain on my marriage".

It didn\'t stop the war, but I\'d march for Iraq again
It didn't stop the war, but I'd march for Iraq again

Many feel the demonstrations were futile because we did still go to war, but I am not one of them.

Andrea Leadsom on gay marriage: Just the latest Christian politician to get it wrong
Andrea Leadsom on gay marriage: Just the latest Christian politician to get it wrong

Why are Christian politicians so bad at talking about this issue? Possibly because they realise that so much damage has been done to LGBT people over the centuries by Christians.

Should Christians evangelise Muslim refugees?
Should Christians evangelise Muslim refugees?

Some would say that serving displaced people in desperate need has to go hand in hand with offering them a spiritual home. Others see the evangelism of refugees as the proselytisation and exploitation of vulnerable people.

Tony Blair and Chilcot: Lessons from a PR magician
Tony Blair and Chilcot: Lessons from a PR magician

The real question is not whether the war was carried out well but why we let the narrative of Iraq became front and centre at all.

Pie in the Sky when you Die? How to understand heaven
Pie in the Sky when you Die? How to understand heaven

What happens after you die? Do we have a clear picture of what heaven is like?

Chilcot: Tony Blair must accept that Iraq was a calamity of his making
Chilcot: Tony Blair must accept that Iraq was a calamity of his making

There are two related but distinct ways in which the 2003 Iraq war was an unmitigated disaster - the victims, and British politics.

Tony Blair and Iraq: The world is better off without Saddam Hussein
Tony Blair and Iraq: The world is better off without Saddam Hussein

Was Blair right to go to war? Not intervening could have been so much worse, argues Ruth Gledhill.

It\'s all YOUR fault, and I\'ll tell you why
It's all YOUR fault, and I'll tell you why

I'm sorry to say this, and it pains me to tell you – but this current situation is all your fault.

Politics is not, and never will be, the answer
Politics is not, and never will be, the answer

Politics is useful and necessary, but it's not the answer, says James Cary.

Time for a revolution: Why women should be leading at least half our big churches
Time for a revolution: Why women should be leading at least half our big churches

Why is it that in 2016, with politics, business, and many other areas of public life slowly beginning to rectify the structural sexism that has held women back for so long, we still see so few large churches led by women?

Religious broadcasting: How it could change the way we see the world
Religious broadcasting: How it could change the way we see the world

Religion – including Christianity – has an image problem in the UK, and it's not, or not only, the fault of people of faith.