Opinion

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.

Saving the planet was God's idea before it was ours!
A third of global food production is either wasted or lost.

The 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation and the role of the Bible
The anniversary of the Queen's coronation is surely a reminder that the genuine spiritual revival that Christians seek in this land will most likely only occur when the Word of God is restored to its rightful place in the churches and in the lives of individual Christians.

What we think and what we do
We dare not ignore the role of "ideas" (the "controlling narrative") for what we believe determines what we do

Bex Lewis: God is a communicating God
Dr Bex Lewis is a member of the CODEC (Christian Communication in the Digital Age) team at St John's College, University of Durham, where she has particular responsibility for The Big Bible Project. She spoke to ChristianToday.com about the opportunities social media and the internet are giving to Christians to connect with each other and share their faith with the outside world positively.

Peter Ould on the Twurch of England and how social media is nurturing relationships
Peter Ould is a vicar in the Church of England and founder of the Twurch of England on Twitter. He speaks here about how the internet is helping Christians cement relationships with each other as well as those outside the church

Doesn't official Anglican teaching rule out an inter-faith coronation?
Surely it is not being a 'swivel-eyed loon' to suggest that the coronation of the next Supreme Governor of the Church of England should be faithful to its stated beliefs about the supremacy and uniqueness of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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