Opinion

Political identity in the abortion debates

Nadine Dorries' amendment will improve the choice women have in relation to abortion

Let your yes be yes and no, no

When a Christian campaign group accuses somebody of saying something which they did not say our good news is discredited

Exam results and why children shouldn’t be given money to learn

If children are paid to learn, they will grow to regard it as a chore to be done solely in order to get a reward

Somalia is this decade’s outcast

We must not allow Somalia to become the new breeding ground for terrorism

The Christian case for capital punishment

There is sound ‘image of God’ theology about the dignity of human accountability

Engaging with those on the margins

It's time to move beyond the blame game

The church must fill the moral vacuum

The government, the media, the police and financial institutions have been discredited by their own misdemeanours

Will the obvious lessons of the riots be learned?

Anarchy reigns in a society that does not understand the virtue of discipline

Riots and God

These terrible events have simply strengthened my own belief that Britain desperately needs to go back to the Maker's instructions, the Ten Commandments

Offering love: the church after the riots

Behind the opportunists who joined in the disturbances there is the reality of a criminal gang culture

Riots and social relations

People have been shocked by scenes of wanton destruction and criminality on the streets of London and other cities in England in the last week. Secretary for Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs at Churches Together in England, Bishop Dr Joe Aldred, shares his thoughts on the violence.

Our lawless society

Two or three generations have grown up in a blame culture where every problem has to be anyone else’s fault except their own

The UK should cut aid to Pakistan

American has recently suspended $800 million in military aid to Pakistan and Britain should too

The Norway terrorist attacks and religious fundamentalism

No violence used in the name of God to exploit, discriminate against people and to take their life can be justified

John Stott: home to be with the Lord

Perhaps more than any other person in the last century, John Stott restored confidence in the authority of God’s Word

The Government is undermining RE in our schools

We are now entering an uncertain time for RE and RE teachers