Mary Slessor: Changing the world one child at a time
Like the earliest Christians whose example she emulated, the actions of Mary Slessor not only saved lives but played a major role in changing the local culture.
Like the earliest Christians whose example she emulated, the actions of Mary Slessor not only saved lives but played a major role in changing the local culture.
Church closures were among the most contested measures brought in to fight Covid-19.
The Church is "falling into all of the latest tropes" when it should be preaching the Gospel, says British author Douglas Murray.
In his "The Way I See It" column for Christian Today, historian and author Martyn Whittock ponders whether this pandemic is a clear sign of events leading to the Second Coming, as some Christians believe.
In terms of hard soil for the gospel, Western Europe has long been seen as a region where sown seeds of faith fail to take root.
Our ability to embrace and accept reality, with all its limitations and disappointments, is at the heart of emotional wellbeing. And as parents, one of the most important messages we can give our children is that it's OK to be ordinary.
John Piper has warned Christians not to live a "double life" in the wake of the Ravi Zacharias scandal.
For all the parents feeling exhausted by the cooking, cleaning and planning of a million meals during the pandemic, there's some good news. Commensality, or the sharing of food with others, is beneficial for your physical and mental health.
Andy Flannagan on the inspiration behind new hymn "We Seek Your Kingdom".
"The way my brain works now that I'm 22 is just completely different than it did when I was 18, and I still have more growing to do," says Helena Kerschner, a young woman who once identified as male and started her medical transition before deciding to live again as female.
The hymn has been composed by Noel Robinson, Andy Flannagan, Lou Fellingham, and Donna Akodu, and calls on Christians to be active in every part of society.
April 27th sees the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the great Christian leader John Stott, a man who helped and encouraged so many people across the world, including me.
The grace which Stott exemplified flowed from his trust in the truth of the Bible. Today, in the days of evangelicals often bashing each other over the head on Twitter and on Facebook, this connection between Scripture and humility is perhaps something we need to re-discover.