Most Christians no longer remember what it feels like to walk into a church for the first time. Over time, many things become familiar: the hymns, the prayers, the silences, the reading of Scripture, the religious language, and even certain…
The recent study published by the Pew Research Center on changes in religious affiliation worldwide offers more than a mere statistical snapshot. It places us before a profound shift in the way human beings relate to faith, the Church, and…
In recent days, we have witnessed scenes which, though different in form and context, reveal a shared and troubling concern. What occurred involving Minister Ximena Lincolao at the Universidad Austral de Chile, where she was subjected to pressure and hostility,…
In recent days, we have seen once again how public figures, people of influence and global visibility, confront one another in ways that reveal not only disagreement, but also a troubling degradation in the way human beings treat each other.…
Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed, 1 Corinthians 5:7 (ESVUK) The date of Easter, the central feast of the Christian year, is not fixed in the way that many modern holidays are. Instead, it is determined by a pattern…
The month of March has brought into focus two events which, taken together, illuminate with striking clarity the fracture that now runs through global Anglicanism. The first was the gathering of hundreds of bishops in Abuja, Nigeria, convened under the…
Between the intuition of the good and the confusion of the human heart In contemporary public debate, it has become increasingly difficult to sustain the idea that there is such a thing as good and evil independent of opinion, culture,…
«Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul» 1 Peter 2:11 (ESVUK) The letters of Peter were written to believers who did not live a comfortable or protected faith.…
Why Biblical Critical Theory by Christopher Watkin Deserves Careful and Discerning Reading Scripture does not merely respond to culture: it situates it within the greater story of creation, fall, and redemption in Christ In an age marked by intense debates…
The banalisation of the sacred and the Christian challenge of teaching in a culture that laughs “When what deserves to be thought about provokes only laughter, it is not truth that has lost its force, but our capacity to recognise…