Opinion
The tragedy of Halloween
Halloween raises big questions but only gives lies as answers.
Costless activism
It's shallow and narcissistic, and it's time we put our money where our mouth is when it comes to the things we believe.
Why Ben Bradshaw wants the Church of England to break its contract with the English nation
Neither Bradshaw nor Parliament as a whole should seek to force the Church of England to cease preaching the truth.
How apocalyptic beliefs played into Catholic revolutions in the Philippines
A complex relationship between Filipino Christians and colonial rulers (first the Spanish and then the Americans) led to two extraordinary revolutionary uprisings by Catholic Filipinos who felt marginalised by their colonial co-religionists.
Franklin Graham and the Glasgow Hydro: a significant judgment for Christian freedoms
A judgment in favour of the American evangelist is an encouraging sign that the law is prepared to protect the Church both from intolerant politicians and indeed itself.
The legacy of the Flood and the legacy of Shem
Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster explains why it is the legacy of Shem that is so necessary today.
The spiritual consequences of abortion
The reality is that from the time the Abortion Act came into effect on 27 April 1968, both women and men have tended to view legal termination as a green light allowing unrestrained sex whenever, wherever and with whomsoever they want, without fear of consequence.
Destroying a child's future to keep them happy for the moment
The doctor you call to help your child in the short-term might be the doctor who hurts your child in the long-term.
Chloe Cole, detransitioning after a double mastectomy at 15
Detransitioners are considered either non-existent or an embarrassment by the cultural powers that be. Yet, they make clear that people struggling with dysphoria are not the enemy.
Jen Rees Larcombe 1942-2022
Jennifer Rees Larcombe was a figure of remarkable importance in Britain and beyond.
Cancel culture is not the same as accountability
The Graham Norton version of accountability is deadening and stifling.
A new Anglican Province for Europe?
Hull has much to commend it, but it is not famed for being a place where church history is made. That may all be about to change.
A prayer for the Tories
Whatever our politics, this is a Collect we all need to pray because of the profound biblical truth about our total dependence on God which it internalises in such beautifully direct language.
From Hillsong to Mars Hill: is there a leadership crisis in the global church?
Yes, but it is one that we can fix.
When things fall apart
What's our response to things falling apart â whether politically or on our own everyday frontlines?
Will the Western Church go the same way as the Conservative party?
The Conservatives are watching their own demise with all the horror and fixated despair that a slow train crash would bring on. The Church should, as Jesus often suggested, learn to read the signs of the times with the intention of avoiding the same fate.