Opinion

Gay marriage: Christians are experiencing our own kind of exile
Gay marriage: Christians are experiencing our own kind of exile

Changes to the law on marriage reflect the challenge we have on our hands to win the hearts and minds of the next generation

Crown him with many crowns? Prince Charles and a multi-faith coronation
Crown him with many crowns? Prince Charles and a multi-faith coronation

Will it matter if Prince Charles is crowned king in some sort of multi-faith coronation ceremony?

Tony Campolo on why tackling corruption matters
Tony Campolo on why tackling corruption matters

Evangelical author and speaker Tony Campolo talks here about why he is taking a stand against corruption as part of the church-led Exposed 2013 campaign.

New church attendance figures – do the numbers add up?
New church attendance figures – do the numbers add up?

Is it just me, or is there something not quite right about the latest batch of church attendance figures?

Remembering Dallas Willard
Remembering Dallas Willard

James Catford, Chief Executive of Bible Society, talks about the impact the late writer and philosopher Dallas Willard had on him

Pakistan elections: Christians are tired of meaningless rhetoric
Pakistan elections: Christians are tired of meaningless rhetoric

Sadly when politicians speak of "equal rights and protection" – a slogan they love to bring out at election time – Christians know how hollow these words are

Right to die – or wrong to kill?
Right to die – or wrong to kill?

Should people be allowed the right to die with the help of a doctor?

KP Yohannan on women, \'dowry deaths\' and \'untouchables\' in India
KP Yohannan on women, 'dowry deaths' and 'untouchables' in India

Gospel for Asia founder talks about his extraordinary work with Gospel for Asia and, in particular his latest mission to help the downtrodden Dalit women of India

Beyond same-sex marriage: the Gospel remains our most important message to the world
Beyond same-sex marriage: the Gospel remains our most important message to the world

The final vote of the French Parliament on same-sex marriage is due to take place on Tuesday and I feel a degree of relief that we are nearly done with the debates that have dragged on for over a year.

Can we agree to disagree?
Can we agree to disagree?

The manner in which we disagree is so often dishonouring to Christ and is, therefore, an appalling witness to the world

From a \'frog\' to the \'roast beefs\': Chin up!
From a 'frog' to the 'roast beefs': Chin up!

I am a French Christian but the secularism of my home country has never got me down

Death disorientated: what Thatcher\'s passing reveals about us
Death disorientated: what Thatcher's passing reveals about us

We as a nation have lost our way in handling death

Without God, further crisis
Without God, further crisis

As Christians, what should we be doing in the midst of the present economic crisis?

Welfare reform: Thatcher\'s politics are still relevant
Welfare reform: Thatcher's politics are still relevant

I am convinced that the Government's case for welfare reform has a moral dimension

Where are vision, conviction and guts in today\'s political leaders?
Where are vision, conviction and guts in today's political leaders?

It has become hard to support any political party, because vision, principles and values have been swallowed by the struggle to survive and repel the next leadership coup.

Lord Carey\'s Comments – Are we a persecuted church?
Lord Carey's Comments – Are we a persecuted church?

In Britain the cost of being a Christian has hitherto not been as great as elsewhere, although the climate has certainly changed in the last twenty years