Martin Saunders

Five Things You Can Pray For President Trump Every Day – Regardless Of Your Politics
Five Things You Can Pray For President Trump Every Day – Regardless Of Your Politics

The Bible is clear. Paul urges that we offer "petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving for all people – for kings and all those in authority".

The Powerful Film \'Loving\' Has Important Challenges For All Who Seek To Follow Christ
The Powerful Film 'Loving' Has Important Challenges For All Who Seek To Follow Christ

While religion was originally used as a justification for racist laws and attitudes, Jesus sought to establish a kingdom of equality and love. In the film 'Loving', that Kingdom feels much more present in the Lovings' home and marriage than in the court-rooms which try to dehumanise them.

In A World Of Fake News, Is Fake Theology Next?
In A World Of Fake News, Is Fake Theology Next?

Jesus wasn't a refugee – at least not in the minds of the presents of Fox & Friends.

T2: Trainspotting Review – Is There Any Hope On Life\'s Bottom Rung?
T2: Trainspotting Review – Is There Any Hope On Life's Bottom Rung?

Picking up the story of the first film 20 years later, it finds Trainspotting's original band of anti-heroes scattered, and in most cases no closer to escaping the social underclass in which we found them two decades earlier...

President Trump: What Will It Take For Christians To Disown Him?
President Trump: What Will It Take For Christians To Disown Him?

Donald Trump is wasting no time. Since becoming the 45th president of the United States on January 20 he's already set in motion some of his most extreme policy promises.

Hacksaw Ridge Isn\'t Just An Explicitly Christian Film, It\'s Also A Deserved Oscar Nominee
Hacksaw Ridge Isn't Just An Explicitly Christian Film, It's Also A Deserved Oscar Nominee

Hacksaw Ridge won't win Best Picture at the Oscars next month, but its deserved presence on the shortlist represents something of a redemption story for director Mel Gibson.

\'Lion\' Makes A Strong Case For God Without Ever Mentioning Him
'Lion' Makes A Strong Case For God Without Ever Mentioning Him

'Lion' is the true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian-born Australian who somehow found safety after being marooned a thousand miles from home at just five years old.

\'Can I get a witness?\' Whatever happened to sharing our testimonies?
'Can I get a witness?' Whatever happened to sharing our testimonies?

As a teenager who'd come from outside the church, the thing that really intrigued me and hooked me in every week was the regular 'Testimony Time'.

La La Land Isn\'t Just Glorious – It Reminds Us Of Our Capacity For Joy
La La Land Isn't Just Glorious – It Reminds Us Of Our Capacity For Joy

La La Land must be seen on the big screen, but more importantly in a time of great sadness and difficulty, it simply must be seen.

Four Evangelistic Approaches Which Probably Don\'t Work
Four Evangelistic Approaches Which Probably Don't Work

Four evangelistic approaches which probably don't work.

Five Evangelistic Ideas That Might Actually Work
Five Evangelistic Ideas That Might Actually Work

If we're honest, many of us are terrified of evangelism...

Andrew Garfield Says The Exercises Of St Ignatius Made Him 'Fall In Love With Jesus' – So What Are They?
Andrew Garfield Says The Exercises Of St Ignatius Made Him 'Fall In Love With Jesus' – So What Are They?

Andrew Garfield, lead actor of Martin Scorsese's Christian persecution epic Silence, has been widely quoted as suggesting that he experienced a profound encounter with Jesus through playing a Catholic priest.

7 Tips For Reading Through The Bible In A Year
7 Tips For Reading Through The Bible In A Year

How to read the Bible in a year (without giving up)

The Christian Themes In 2016\'s Biggest Films: Part 2
The Christian Themes In 2016's Biggest Films: Part 2

Following on from part one, here's six more months of the year's biggest movies, and just a few of the places where God or theology showed up, unexpectedly or otherwise.

The Christian Themes In 2016\'s Biggest Movies: Part 1
The Christian Themes In 2016's Biggest Movies: Part 1

Among a fair amount of mediocrity, there have been some truly wonderful cinematic moments, and also plenty of films which have either subtly or explicitly addressed ideas of faith and theology.

The Clickbait Nativity: A Christmas Story In 7 Internet Headlines
The Clickbait Nativity: A Christmas Story In 7 Internet Headlines

The Christmas story, as advertised by the imagined Internet in zero BC.