Opinion
Autism and the image of God: how to be a welcoming community?
By adjusting ourselves and our environments, we can ensure that autistic children receive the care and support they require to flourish in both home and church settings.
A Christian view of suicide and assisted suicide
Because assisted suicide must thus be regarded as a breach of the sixth commandment, Christians are under an obligation to refuse to engage in it themselves, and to refuse to help other people to perform it, in the same way that they would refuse to engage in other acts of unjustified killing.
What happened in the ten days between Ascension and Pentecost?
Between Ascension and Pentecost, the surviving eleven apostles replaced Judas and appointed the 13th apostle. This is the story ...
Learning from hymnody
Newton's words, and the classical Christian theology underlying them thus provide us with a great promise. However, they also provide a great challenge to us and to other people known to us. The challenge is whether we really are members of the city of God.
What is Ascension Day and why do we celebrate it?
Thursday 9th May is Ascension Day, which is a public holiday in many countries. This is the story.
We should pray for those feeling disappointed after the local elections
To be a candidate is to make yourself really vulnerable, to expose yourself to scrutiny, maybe to ridicule and hostility, but certainly to the possibility that you will be rejected by your community. We should thank God for those who have put themselves forward and pray that He will give wisdom and humility to those who won, and comfort and strength to those who lost.
Love for God and love within the family according to Jewish thought
Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on what familial love means within Jewish thought.
What does it mean to take the Bible literally?
People often ask if Christians should take the Bible literally. Some people complain that Christians take the Bible too literally, others complain that Christians don't take the Bible literally enough. What should we do?
What is the 'manosphere' and should Christians be concerned?
The manosphere's solutions to genuine concerns often do not align with Christian teaching, and the Church must outline a better way forward.
Out of the hottest fire comes the strongest steel
The old Chinese proverb says 'out of the hottest fire comes the strongest steel'. When I close my eyes I can still see the flames engulfing the forest, crackling at the edges of the hospital site. Yet for our incredible teams globally, adversity like this is taken in their stride.
Anglican primates meet in Rome
This week some of the primates of the Anglican Communion met together in Rome at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Is the tide turning on transgender madness at last?
People are waking up, certainly, but we must guard against complacency. There is a battle ahead.
Frank Field remembered
Frank Field was a superb public servant and there is a lot we can learn from his example.
The little known story of how Victorian Christians re-invented May Day
Maypole dancing was re-invented in the Victorian era as a tradition for Church of England schools. This is the story ...
Persecuting Kate Forbes
It seems that in modern 21st century Scotland, a Scottish Christian Presbyterian in Bute House is to be feared, sneered at and viciously mocked.
Humza Yousaf's fall
A year ago, we suggested that Humza Yousaf would do well to survive after his unconvincing election as SNP leader and thus Scotland's First Minister. He hasn't. This Monday he joined the ever-growing list of 'progressive' political leaders who have resigned early â Nicola Sturgeon, Jacinda Ardern, Mark Drakeford and Leo Varadkar.