Opinion

How to have a happy Christmas (tip: it has to do with Jesus)
Christmas scores highly for family tensions, money worries and all-round misery.

The Theology of Bombing ISIS in Syria
David Robertson applies Just War Theory to our current situation
What the Lord's Prayer cinema controversy tells us about religion in the UK today
Secular Britain? Quite the opposite, says David Robertson...

Did Justin Welby really doubt the existence of God after Paris attacks?
The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday admitted that the Paris terror attacks had caused him to wonder what God was doing.

Blaming Muslims: why Christians must take the lead in fighting Islamophobia
Can we learn to empathise, not demonise? asks Martin Saunders.

The Caliphate and the Kingdom
What does a Kingdom of God response to this new wave of terror look like?

Homeward Christian Soldiers? Syrian Refugees, America, and a Closed 10/40 Window
Christians in America have every reason to open our arms to refugees, says Ed Cyzewski.

Please stop talking: some reflections on Paris
David Robertson offers ten things he wishes people wouldn't say after a terrorist attack.

Dawkins, Paris and Digital Luminaries: How Paris calls us to a different way of being on social media
In face of terror, evil and injustice our social media presence can be part of the response. It is increasingly the determinant of how people form opinions about what is going on in our world.

Gender politics, the gospel and total sexual confusion
We are now in an era of total sexual confusion, writes David Robertson.

Seven things that make as much sense as soldier-hacking tabloids criticising Jeremy Corbyn's bow
Seven things that make as much sense as soldier-hacking tabloids criticising Jeremy Corbyn's bow

The C-Team: Why eternal life doesn't make dying easier for everyone
Jonathan Langley on why the hope of life-after-death doesn't necessarily mean we aren't afraid of dying.

Evangelical 'extremists'? How new government plans threaten Christian freedom
In trying to defend Britain in the name of equality, safety and security, the government risks banishing from the public square any hint of an evangelically distinct narrative, writes Nola Leach.

Remember, Remember: Why Guy Fawkes Night is still worth celebrating
The story of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot isn't just a gripping bit of history, but it has exact parallels with so much of what's happening 410 years later that we really ought to recover it.

Patrick Sookhdeo: How has he survived at Barnabas?
While Sookhdeo is capable of inspiring respect and loyalty among his staff and adherents, some have accused him of bullying, intimidation, vindictiveness and paranoia.

Shaker Aamer, Guantanamo and why it took 13 years to get him out
The entire panoply of the American legal system was arrayed in order to support the incarceration of men who had never been tried or convicted of any crime.