Opinion

Argentina, Pope Francis and the Number of the Beast
Argentina, Pope Francis and the Number of the Beast

Pope Francis is reported to have instructed one of his favourite charities to turn down a massive donation from the Argentine government.

BHS collapse: When sorry seems to be the hardest word
BHS collapse: When sorry seems to be the hardest word

Do BHS bosses need to learn about grace?

Why Britain should be proud – and protective – of our aid budget
Why Britain should be proud – and protective – of our aid budget

Tom Dannatt, CEO and founder of Street Child, looks at the UK aid budget, and why it's vital Britain keep donating to vulnerable people overseas.

Orlando shootings: There\'s only one answer to people who peddle hate
Orlando shootings: There's only one answer to people who peddle hate

People who fill their supporters' hearts with hatred in the name of a perverted faith that's come completely adrift from its religious moorings have turned to the spiritual dark side.

Owen Jones: Right about homophobia, wrong about religion
Owen Jones: Right about homophobia, wrong about religion

Last night Owen Jones stormed off the press preview when his fellow reviewers would not admit the Orlando attack was primarily homophobic.

Orlando shooting: why Christians must not stay quiet
Orlando shooting: why Christians must not stay quiet

Orlando shooting: why Christians must not stay quiet

Was Hitler really a Christian?
Was Hitler really a Christian?

The new fundamentalist atheists have adopted 'Hitler was a Christian' as one of their memes. So how do we answer this one?

Why human rights and Christian faith aren\'t always compatible
Why human rights and Christian faith aren't always compatible

The difference lies in how the mutual goal of human flourishing is thought to be attained. While liberalism advocates for the absolute right of personal choice, a Christian approach has quite a different starting point.

Voting in a post-truth referendum
Voting in a post-truth referendum

The open fabrication of statistics, the invention of events and the evocation of non-existent enemies is a worrying innovation in our public life, says Charlie Parker.

Is it time to stop talking about the \'feminisation of the church\'?
Is it time to stop talking about the 'feminisation of the church'?

Hannah Mudge asks whether it's time to stop talking about the 'feminisation of the church'?

The sin of not voting – and why so many people commit it
The sin of not voting – and why so many people commit it

We all know we should do it, so why don't we? Martin Saunders on voter apathy.

Is the government's anti-extremism strategy targeting college Christian Unions?

A Christian Union was barred from holding prayer and Bible study meetings as a result of the government's anti-extremism strategy.

Why is the EU referendum debate so dull? Too many men
Why is the EU referendum debate so dull? Too many men

There is compelling case both from a point of principle and from a point of pragmatic campaigning to involve more women in the EU debate.

The asylum system\'s religious illiteracy is putting Christians at risk
The asylum system's religious illiteracy is putting Christians at risk

The genuineness of a person's conversion cannot be judged by whether they can reel off answers to questions they could have learned from Wikipedia.

Westboro Baptist, the KKK, Kim Davis: How do you judge who\'s a genuine Christian?
Westboro Baptist, the KKK, Kim Davis: How do you judge who's a genuine Christian?

Is Kim Davies a Christian? She proclaims Jesus as her Lord but does not believe in the Trinity. So does that count?

Christian paedophile Richard Huckle: why the whole Church must respond
Christian paedophile Richard Huckle: why the whole Church must respond

British paedophile Richard Huckle is facing life imprisonment for a hideous catalogue of sexual abuse, his victims all children and young people.