Opinion

Life should mean life
People often think that Jesus condemned the ancient maxim of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth", but nothing could be further from the truth.

We need a Great Britain as we welcome the newborn prince
Thoughts on the arrival of the Royal baby from an American and the "unique" relationship between the US and Britain

Do away with Pakistan's minority legislators
Pakistan's minority legislators couldn't care less about the people they purport to represent

Have we become too comfortable to share the Gospel?
I cannot even remember the last time I shared the Gospel with someone

Retribution or restitution? The dilemma of life sentences
For the follower of Christ, punishment is never simply retribution.

Revolution? Bring it on!
We are living in a time of revolutions â both abroad and at home â according to Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Someone needs to hold Pakistan to account on religious freedom
Shahbaz Bhatti died for speaking out against Pakistan's blasphemy laws, but his brother Paul Bhatti does not seem to have the same conviction

Despite their behaviour, Jesus never fired his apprentices
Just occasionally one encounters a boss who inspires others because of their integrity and strength

The arrest of street preacher Tony Miano reveals the threat to religious freedom from the same-sex marriage Bill
What if the US street preacher arrested in Wimbledon had gone to court?

Embryos: two parents good, three parents bad?
Designer children are on the way â at least if we are to believe some of the headlines in the press.

Will the Baden-Powells be turning in their graves?
My dismay at the recent changes to the Girl Guides vow, therefore, has less to do with omitting God from the wording, but the utterly inane wording of what is the replacement.

No matter what you have done, you are precious in the sight of God
Hannah Thompson, a support worker at Mercy Ministries, talks about her admiration for the 'I am Precious Campaign' and the importance of young women knowing who they are in Christ.

Why we shouldn't send arms to Syria
The conflict in Syria is a very different one from that of the First World War, the centenary of which is now just a few months away.

Iraqi MP: Syria collapse would endanger all Mideast Christians
The collapse of the Syrian state would be a jihadist triumph and a threat to Christians throughout the Middle East, says Yonadam Kanna, a member of Iraqi National Assembly and Secretary General for the Assyrian Democratic Movement. In his parliamentary capacity as chairman of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee in Iraqi Council of Representatives, Kanna has been traveling Europe to deliver speeches and meet with members of parliaments in Sweden, Germany and Britain. He talks here about the ci

Report into Lib Dems is a wider indictment of permissive society?
Regrettably our society, since the advent of the permissive society in the 1960s, has been marked by a diminution of sexual restraint.

Deceivers and the deceived: the ethics of journalistic entrapment
As another Parliamentary scandal sinks into the public consciousness, the over-riding impression we are left with once again is of corrupt, untrustworthy MPs and Lords with their snouts in the trough.