Attempts to vilify Christian teaching and belief out of a desire to impose new and supposedly more 'liberal' values is a direct attack on freedom of belief and the right to manifest such belief.
As it becomes more difficult to make the gathered as shiny as it was, perhaps we could allow what God has been doing out in our world to take its full place in the rhythms of our church life.
I have personally discovered that perhaps the biggest challenge to achieving a slower pace of life, is the re-setting of expectations and goals that align with the decision to slow down.
How many more lives must be sacrificed before we realise the damage we've done? I hope and pray it isn't another 10 million.
Mainstream media is selling a naïve, sanitised vision of poly that ignores the realities, including serious downsides.
In the run-up to Australia's Federal Election next month, a row has broken out over transgender athletes in women's sport, but the truth is that many Australians are too terrified to say what they really think.
The world of the 1980s is back so where does this leave us as Christians in the West?
In ordering a proper investigation, Sajid Javid is to be commended for his courage and genuine compassion.
The idea that God is love challenges the idea of sending asylum seekers to a country whose human rights may be questionable.
Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster considers Jewish approaches to conversion and how new believers are welcomed into the fold.
If asked to list important lay Christian writers from the twentieth century, people tend to list names such as GK Chesterton, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien. One name that will probably not figure is John Buchan.
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien include a beautiful set of letters written to his son, Christopher, towards the end of World War II. They give us helpful insights into similar issues in today's world.
The Bible tells us that there is good and evil and that we are not to be nice, inoffensive and neutral on such matters.
