David Baker is an Anglican minister and former daily newspaper journalist. He is a regular contributor to Christian Today.
If you follow some secular media coverage of the Church of England, you might well be under the impression that its evangelical wing contained many who are divisive, homophobic and relentlessly negative.
The New Testament declares that 'God is love' – and that instinctively sounds rather appealing. The idea of the Lord being angry in some way is something from which we might well instinctively recoil.
It all happened so quickly. I had let Christ down even before I had stopped to think about it.
A long time ago, in a land that certainly now feels far, far away, the renowned Anglican evangelical theologian John Stott had a good idea.
How Holy Communion gives us a panoramic picture of God's saving activity in the cross of Christ, and our absolute dependence upon that.
David Baker reflects on the apparent absence at synod of real theology – in other words, the ability to reflect on complex issues with calmness, depth and clarity from an explicitly Christian perspective.
Sometimes when as a church leader I contemplate everything connected with this thing we call 'church' I ask myself: 'Did Jesus ever really intend all this to be as complex as we often seem to make it?' I am 99.9 per cent sure the answer to that question is 'no'!
A former tank commander, Andy Lines spoke with passion, clarity and thoughtfulness about what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.
In our fortnightly pilgrimage through Mark's gospel we are now getting close to Jesus' execution. And as we do we shall see not only what it means for us today but how it ties up and explains so much of the rest of the Bible.
We have to be candid: unless something unexpected happens, the 'scissors' option will unfold in the Church of England, just as it has in north America, and ultimately globally. But in the church, it's 'rock' that always comes out on top
The British General Election has been full of surprises, and the outcome of this Thursday's vote seems less predictable as each day passes.
It's one of Jesus' many shocking sayings: 'The poor,' he declares in Mark's gospel, 'will always be with you.' So why put in the effort to help them?
Read the Bible, Pray. With today being the last chance for Brits to register to vote, David Baker looks at how Christians can prepare to vote with integrity.
If Jesus was able to predict with unnerving precision what would take place several decades later in relation to the temple, we can be sure that one day the New Testament promises about his return will also be fulfilled
The consecration of a 'rogue' bishop on her patch presents a bit of a conundrum for the Bishop of Newcastle, Christine Hardman. For what, if anything, should she do about this unexpected episcopal presence?
