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The Queen and her Christian faith

Gavin Ashenden Mon 25 Oct 2021 9:35 BST

The strange paradox is that the Queen's virtues are admired on all sides, but stripped of the recognition that they are profoundly Christian in character.

'Manifesting' might be the latest Gen Z craze but the Church has its own version too

Heather Tomlinson | Sat 23 Oct 2021 10:04 BST

The New Age concept of 'manifesting' - thinking something into being - is not so different from the idea of 'name it and claim it' popular in some corners of the Church.
The steady erasure of 'women' in the pro-abortion movement

Lynda Rose | Sat 23 Oct 2021 10:03 BST

Airbrushing 'women' out of gendered existence by subordinating them within a broader group of "pregnant people" is both morally repugnant and insulting.
The Assisted Dying Bill poses the wrong answer to the right question

Nola Leach | Fri 22 Oct 2021 20:37 BST

Nola Leach, CEO of CARE, responds to the Assisted Dying Bill now proceeding to committee stage after a lengthy debate in the House of Lords.
Is more money always better? Reflecting Jesus' heart in foreign aid

Gwyn Williams | Fri 22 Oct 2021 12:28 BST

As we see the different needs of communities around the world, I find myself asking, is it really it as simple as putting more money into financial aid?
When churches are ready to livestream for evangelistic purposes but not for the disabled

Kay Morgan-Gurr | Thu 21 Oct 2021 8:50 BST

How would you feel if you need the livestream to continue to access church, but the church announces they are only keeping it to act as an outreach to those nervous about church?
Britain can be friends with the world but it shouldn't lose itself in the process

Lynda Rose | Wed 20 Oct 2021 8:14 BST

For over a thousand years, Britain has espoused a political and social system derived from our Christian beliefs. It must protect it at all costs.
Abraham and the welcoming of guests

Irene Lancaster | Wed 20 Oct 2021 7:39 BST

Next time we read the famous stories of Abraham welcoming his three guests, trying to save the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, and taking on G-d, let's just step back and think of the nature of service.
How should the UK protect human rights?

Martyn Whittock | Wed 20 Oct 2021 7:35 BST

Our shared humanity means that we all have a stake in the issue of human rights, their definition, protection and enforcement.
The joylessness of cancel culture

Michael Brown | Wed 20 Oct 2021 7:34 BST

Cancel culture produces death rather than life and fear rather than faith, stifling creativity and suffocating free expression.
Squid Game: Netflix's new Korean drama is brilliant, revealing and dangerous

David Robertson | Tue 19 Oct 2021 10:44 BST

Squid Game is a morality tale but one that offers no answers.
What does the newly elected Church of England General Synod mean for conservatives?

Julian Mann | Mon 18 Oct 2021 16:33 BST

Church of England conservatives on marriage and sexual ethics have held their ground in this month's elections to the General Synod but have not made significant gains.
What we can learn about evil from the demon-possessed man and all those pigs in Mark 5

Archie Catchpole | Mon 18 Oct 2021 11:40 BST

Mark 5:1-20 should be a happy story, given that Jesus deposes a demon and saves a man's life. But it's not. It's unsettling (and not only because pigs die). It exposes the ugly reality of evil – especially as Jesus expels it.