Mark Woods

What Rico Tice's resignation says about the Anglican Communion
Here, in a nutshell, is the great divide that has opened between the constituent parts of the Anglican Communion.

Violence and the World Cup: The women for whom football is literally a matter of life and death
England are playing tonight, if you haven't heard, and it's a big deal. I'll probably watch it glancing up from a book occasionally, but I won't get that heart-thumping, breath-stopping, sick-making tension that afflicts people I know.

Jeff Sessions and Romans 13: A brief Bible study
Goodness knows, Britain is in no position to throw stones when it comes to the treatment of migrant children.

Bishop of Gloucester hits back: I never said you can't have love without faith
The bishop of Gloucester has hit back at a Times article following her appearance at the Cheltenham Science Festival on Saturday which led to her being widely attacked on social media.

Are Christians bigots? Why the church in Western Europe needs a Starbucks moment
It's official, then: Christians in Europe are more likely to be anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish and anti-immigrant.

Would Jesus use a private jet for evangelism? Jesse Duplantis thinks so
Televangelist Jesse Duplantis has said that God wants him to have a private jet worth $54 million, and that he is 'believing' for the money.

Timetable slips for Methodist statement on same-sex marriage
The Methodist Church will not consider a statement aimed at potentially redefining marriage to include same-sex couples at its forthcoming conference after a working group was hit by unexpected delays.
'Spiderman' Mamoudou Gassama is a hero â but his treatment raises disturbing questions
It takes this real-life 'Spiderman' about 30 seconds to reach his goal â a dangling small boy, in imminent danger of falling to his death.

Michael Curry's sermon: Why the critics don't get it
We use the expression 'captive audience' rather lightly. It's not really a good thing to be a captive.
Preaching Michael Curry-style: How long should a sermon be?
Leave alone the content of Michael Curry's sermon at the Royal wedding â most people loved it, some hated it â what seems to have wound some people up is its length.

Justin Welby: Curry's Royal wedding sermon 'blew the place open'
The archbishop of Canterbury has praised the sermon preached by Most Rev Michael Curry, primate of the Episcopal Church in the US (TEC), at the Royal wedding yesterday.

The Royal wedding: How it preached the gospel to the world
And Christians have a particular reason to be deeply grateful that this wedding was what it was, where it was, and led by who it was.

Joy @ Kempton Park: How a Surrey church is taking the gospel to the racetrack
'Be bold, stop faffing about and crack on for Jesus. That's my message to the global church.'

Harry and Meghan's wedding won't be quite perfect â and that's good
Harry and Meghan's wedding reminds us that for most of us, perfection is unattainable.

A story for our times: Jesus, friendship and a hole in the roof
One of the most moving healing stories in the Gospels is the healing of the paralysed man.

How can the Southern Baptists solve their Paige Patterson problem?
Patterson has been under heavy fire since a recording emerged from 2000 where he appears to argue that abused women should stay with violent husbands and submit to them.