Opinion
Joni Eareckson Tada Speaks to Christian Today on Euthanasia
Top medical professionals last month joined with leading US disability rights advocate Joni Eareckson Tada at a special seminar by Christian social concern charity CARE to reject the proposed Assisted Dying Bill...
Interview - World Vision Asia/Pacific VP on N. Korea Ultimatum
North Korea recently made a public call for all foreign humanitarian aid organisations to leave the country by the end of the year. Pyongyang’s announcement has caused discussion amongst NGOs...
Interview: Steve Legg of Breakout Trust - New Christian Animation "It’s a Boy"
Steve Legg, founding director of the Breakout Trust speaks out on what compelled him to make new animation film ‘It’s a Boy’ and send it to every primary school in the country...
Interview: Rev Nicky Gumbel, Alpha Course Chaplain
Holy Trinity Brompton, home to the Alpha Course hosted a Prayer for London event last week. Christian Today managed to speak with Rev Nicky Gumbel about the event, the spiritual state of London and the Alpha Course...
Interview with New Evangelical Alliance Executive Director Mike Morris
This week the Evangelical Alliance UK (EAUK) has made a number of changes in its leadership in a structural change aimed at progressing its vision and renewing its commitment to be a voice for evangelical Christians...
Religious Hatred Bill to Bring Peace in Britain?
Thousands of Christians gathered outside the British Parliament last week, crying out against the proposed Racial and Religious Hatred Bill. Under the shadow of the London underground bombings which has highlighted to the public extremism...
London Attacks - Finding God in the Midst of Disaster
When disaster strikes it easy to blame God and difficult to understand why He would allow such a tragedy. But the suffering needn't end with suffering. Indeed it might just show us the way to unity and peace between man...
Harry Potter – Educational Genius or Corrupting the Spirit?
With the hype surrounding the latest release in the Harry Potter books, once again the debate regarding the ethical values and spiritual indications of the book have once again been raised. Questions have been raised by a number of Christians and in particular...
How to Get the Punters in the Pews
Can anything halt the numerical decline going on presently in most mainline Christian denominations? Whenever this question is asked, one obvious clue to an answer seems to get missed. It is a fact that in every part of the country, there are churches that are cheerfully bucking the trend ...
Engineering Disabled Embryos: the Race to be First
How should Christians react to this bioindustrial use of human embryos? Those who have read David Jones’ absorbing new book The Soul of the Embryo will be aware of the complex history of Christian thought on ensoulment. The earliest strand of Christian tradition made no distinction between early and late abortion ...
A Forward Look at Mission
Whether the Church of England remains the ‘established’ Church of the land or not – and some doubt it -- it must continue to have a concern for the people among whom it is placed, and its mission to the nation as a whole must remain a top priority. But what exactly is that mission?
Who Are the New Missionary Giants?
When what we know changes, the world changes and with it, everything. These words, from James Burke the scientific journalist, sum up the themes of his TV series and book, ‘The Day the Universe Changed’ (Little, Brown & Co, 1986), in which he examines pivotal moments in history when some aspect of science was ‘known’ until someone came along who challenged, and ultimately changed, that perception...
Pope John Paul II: "Do not be afraid"
The Pope of one billion Roman Catholics stood for Jesus Christ. He stood for Jesus Christ against Communism. He stood for Jesus Christ against right wing dictatorships in Latin America. He stood for Jesus Christ against abortion ...
John Paul II - The Man and His Legacy
The death of Pope John Paul II brings one of the Roman Catholic Church's longest papal reigns to an end and closes the last chapter on one of the most significant lives of our times. By any measure, John Paul II was one of the most influential figures on the world scene, leading over a billion Roman Catholics worldwide ...
It's as if the Reformation had never happened
It is a compelling measure of the personal and political impact made by the long reign of John Paul II - to say nothing of the changed nature of British public life during his 27 years as Bishop of Rome - that the death of the pontiff this weekend ...
The Black and White Gap
Black church leaders attend one conference, white church leaders a different one - not good. Jonathan Oloyede challenges the status quo and suggests practical ways bridges can be built between majority black and white congregations and leaders...