Opinion

The hero's journey - a path to transformation

Being someone's hero is a good thing to aspire to

Deuteronomy 15 God's justice

God's justice is not just about what is right and fair but is also about overwhelming generosity.

The signs of God's love are found in ordinary places

It is important we do not get distracted, looking in the wrong place for signs of the risen Jesus.

World Evangelical Alliance head on the long road to peace in the Holy Land

The turmoil in the Holy Land is in need of peaceful resolutions, whilst marginalised Evangelicals long for full acceptance.

Be a good egg

People often use proverbs as words of wisdom without realising that these are Holy Spirit-inspired words from God.

'Christians have a window of opportunity to establish the church' - Malcolm Duncan

Faithworks' Malcolm Duncan on authentic Christian witness, revival of an unexpected nature, and the window of opportunity that Christians should not miss in establishing the church over the next 10 years.

The Bible: Love it! Live it?

Bible Society's Michael Pfundner thinks through the implications of a church that loves the Bible - but can't apply it.

Seven questions to ask every ministry leader

Good people, who love the Lord, aren't thinking through what God has called them to do. Ministry is too important to be done haphazardly.

How to share your faith using Amy Winehouse's 'Rehab'

Self-harming behaviours reflect hurting individuals' desperate efforts to fill the God-shaped hole every human has deep in the soul

Rick Warren: Three tools Saddleback uses to help people grow

All living things grow. Growth is evidence of life. If a child doesn't grow up, that's a tragedy. If a believer never grows to spiritual maturity, that's a tragedy.

Extreme dreams

Becoming the people who have hope in hopeless situations.

The cannabis saga - should it be reclassified again?

Why cannabis should be returned to its 'B' classification.

Fight Club for Christians

Seven sentences that should start a "fight" when Christians utter them

Bishop of Oxford - A response to the Archbishop of Canterbury's Sharia comments

The Archbishop's comments are part of his longer term project to make sure religion is kept in the public square, says the Bishop of Oxford the Rt Rev John Pritchard.

'Entrust' - a word to re-learn?

Peter Hain, the Kenya crisis; have we forgotten the things God gave us 'in trust'?

The Christian Tetris effect

I sometimes wonder if God is a Tetris fan? What I mean is - maybe He's looking down at all the folks in church who just come and sit, and He'd love to rearrange them so they could fit together and accomplish something.