Opinion

Could you or I show as much grace as this man in North Korea?
Could you or I show as much grace as this man in North Korea?

Dr James Chin-Kyung Kim, a Christian Korean-American, was once sentenced to death by North Korea. Today, he is there serving the country and the children of its elites.

The privilege of serving the local church
The privilege of serving the local church

Serving the local church is an enormous privilege, stressful though it can be at times.

Pastoral care must always go hand in hand with Biblical truth
Pastoral care must always go hand in hand with Biblical truth

If we truly want to care for people Biblically we must never stop short of spelling out the truth we find in Scripture

After ten years of Facebook, let\'s remember the antidote!
After ten years of Facebook, let's remember the antidote!

Facebook has just celebrated its tenth birthday – and it's hard to believe the website has only been around for a decade.

The politics of spin in the Church
The politics of spin in the Church

In modern Britain equality and diversity policy is not there to promote equality and diversity but to ensure that those who do not agree with the new absolutist state morality are excluded.

Should Christian countries help Christians above others?
Should Christian countries help Christians above others?

Gerald Howarth and Nigel Farage thinks the UK should help other Christians before helping those of other faiths. But is that the Christian thing to do?

Heart of Darkness: gender-based abortion is only half the story
Heart of Darkness: gender-based abortion is only half the story

Thousands of developing children are being discarded every year like disposable nappies

Community without Christ?
Community without Christ?

The atheist church movement is discovering it's not so easy to build lasting community without God

Prophet or plonker?  Our culture wants to airbrush unpopular views out of the public square
Prophet or plonker? Our culture wants to airbrush unpopular views out of the public square

We do not live in a Deist, mechanistic universe which is free of divine interference

A Japanese blind spot to a brutal past
A Japanese blind spot to a brutal past

Japan has not yet convinced China and Korea it is sorry for the suffering it inflicted

Have we forgotten who God is?
Have we forgotten who God is?

As Christians around the world fight for the right simply to own Bibles and worship without fear of death, here in the UK, we are seemingly preoccupied with making Christianity palatable to the masses

The life-changing power of forgiveness
The life-changing power of forgiveness

If there is one powerful force in life that is often forgotten and under-used, it is the power of forgiveness

Crying wolf? – Is free speech being suppressed in the UK?
Crying wolf? – Is free speech being suppressed in the UK?

Whatever else the arrest of Tony Miano means, it is dishonest and wrong for Christians to say this means that the Gospel cannot be preached in Scotland today

It\'s ok to be annoyed
It's ok to be annoyed

Too often we want the world to be exactly as we want it.

Saving the nation or saving ourselves?
Saving the nation or saving ourselves?

Is the church's resolution focused on repairing the roof or reaching the world that God so loves?