Opinion

Abortion clinic buffer zones are bad news for free speech and for women
Abortion clinic buffer zones are bad news for free speech and for women

The government is considering banning offers of help for pregnant women where they need it most.

A genocide is taking place in Nigeria, but no one cares
A genocide is taking place in Nigeria, but no one cares

Fr Andrew Adeniyi Abayomi writes about the horrors he has witnessed first-hand in Nigeria.

What is in a name?
What is in a name?

How should the theology of names influence our relationships with God, our self and others?

Safeguarding is not a tickbox exercise – it's a justice issue
Safeguarding is not a tickbox exercise – it's a justice issue

The nature and scale of abuse within and beyond the Church is deeply disturbing.

Greta declares war on the West
Greta declares war on the West

Greta Thunberg wants not just to limit climate emissions, but to overthrow the entire capitalist system underpinning Western civilization.

If American history read like the Bible
If American history read like the Bible

If the Bible exposes the flaws of our spiritual forefathers, why should American history cover up the failings of our founders?

The pressures to change the Coronation oath
The pressures to change the Coronation oath

A change in the Coronation oath would have major implications.

Just a mistake?
Just a mistake?

Is the word 'mistake' being used properly?

Bottom of the well theology: a Christian perspective from Ukraine
Bottom of the well theology: a Christian perspective from Ukraine

Peering into a well and being at the bottom of one are two completely different experiences.

The in-between month of Marcheshvan: a time to recap and look forward
The in-between month of Marcheshvan: a time to recap and look forward

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster delves into the meaning to be found in the mundane and how the present is connected to the future.

Honest questions for Church of England bishops and other leaders
Honest questions for Church of England bishops and other leaders

As a parish minister my congregations can read statements by liberal bishops – but none by evangelicals at the time of writing. And that is more deeply depressing and demoralising than I can begin to explain.

Changing the Church of England's position on same-sex relations will be devastating for faithful Christians
Changing the Church of England's position on same-sex relations will be devastating for faithful Christians

Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, responds to comments in the media by the Bishop of Oxford, Stephen Croft, calling for the Church of England to marry same-sex couples.

Depending on God in a time of evil
Depending on God in a time of evil

The New Testament epistle reading in the Book of Common Prayer set for today, the twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, is vital to the Christian's understanding of the workings of evil.

A government rebuke for ITV news editor after 'conversion therapy' story
A government rebuke for ITV news editor after 'conversion therapy' story

The truth is that we don't really know what the government is going to do.

Britain's hidden education crisis
Britain's hidden education crisis

Teachers and support staff are drained: by the Covid fall-out, increasing behavioural challenges, and the prospect of cutting essential staff to balance the books.

How the 'right to marry' became a 'right to children'
How the 'right to marry' became a 'right to children'

Inherent in so much of the culture downstream from the sexual revolution is that desires and rights are the same thing.