Opinion

Will we soon see state surveillance of Christian ministries?
The Cooper Report effectively calls for state surveillance of the homes of faithful Christian pastors, leaders, counsellors and therapists.

The toll of the pandemic on our nation's children and young people has been huge
When we recall the total damage and loss caused by Covid-19, let us never forget the huge cost in terms of lost opportunities, stress and mental health to our young people.

Has prayer been cancelled?
The woke bandwagon have aimed to diminish prayer to something that is irrelevant and even impotent, an activity that is hidden and shameful.

With foodbanks facing the perfect storm, the right to food needs to become a reality
When there is a shortage in supply, be it of food or fuel, the call to put others' needs above our own can often go out the window as we descend into a survival of the fittest mentality. But it is at times like these that we have the opportunity to be the greatest witness.

University diversity modules and the terrifying drive to make us all 'woke'
If evidence were needed of a growing and ideologically driven push to impose totalitarian control, this is surely it. And it is frightening.

Faith and miracles in the two World Wars
Christian Today speaks to John Scriven and Tim Dieppe about their new book "Beyond the Odds â Providence in Britain's Wars of the 20th Century", and the vital spiritual and moral issues it raises about our nation.
Do traditionalist Catholics really want the Pope dead?
Far from wanting him dead, it is more likely that faithful Catholics are praying for their Pope to become as alive in prophetic discernment as he is tender in compassion.

With a conversion therapy ban on the table, the threat of jail for Christians is real
Several years ago, I wrote that I could foresee the time when I would go to jail for simply preaching and practising Christianity. That time is almost here.

Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in dark times
The great German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer learnt from experience how Christians should live in dark times.

African Christians in the UK: a 'new movement of post-colonial missionaries'
Theologian and missiologist Dr Harvey Kwiyani speaks to Christian Today about a new Master's programme from Church Mission Society aimed at equipping African Christians for mission in the diaspora.

Blatantly violating the First Amendment
In some cases, like Lorie Smith's, courts are not only ignoring conscience rights, they are actively undermining it.

On the value of biblical interpretation
It's not so much about a straightforward formulae of prohibition as it is about clear principles.

When a whole-life sentence just isn't enough
There's a lot the government should be doing about violence against women. But it's going to need each of us and the Church to play it's part too.

The Church should be at the forefront of a passionate opposition to assisted suicide
There are two possibilities to legalising assisted suicide which are clearly foreseeable and which on their own ought to cause the most serious hesitations.

The truth about abortion and what 'pro-choicers' don't want women to hear
A heartbreaking new book has laid bare all the pain, grief and trauma that so many women experience after an abortion - a reality that 'pro-choicers' want to deny.

Keir Starmer's gnosticism
The marginalisation and exploitation of women continues apace â aided and abetted by intellectuals who don't think, and politicians who don't understand where their virtue signalling in support of the latest progressive cause will lead.