A Christian view of war
What is the Christian perspective on why wars occur? And is it right for Christians to participate in war?
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Should the Archbishop of York resign?
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Christmas in a world of conflict: where is God, and what is His plan?
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Why is there hope for all who believe in Jesus?
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Picturing Christ: how has Jesus been depicted over the last 2,000 years?
Most people today have a visual image of Christ. Long haired and bearded, simply dressed in homespun cloth, portrayed with varying degrees of Middle Eastern appearance (sometimes not), often with an intense gaze. These images have a back-story and historic portrayals have settled on this iconic image.
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The Christian response to genocide
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Will the real Church of England please stand up?
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Making sense of Jacob's wrestle with God
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Parishes need to be liberated from the bureaucratic burden
The next Archbishop of Canterbury after Justin Welby inherits a national Church in numerical meltdown and groaning under a bureaucratic burden.
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A black Friday for Britain
The path towards assisted suicide has been long in the making, when we forgot our obligations to the community and to God, and prioritised our own desires. This is the result.
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Britain's slide into spiritual darkness
No one wishes to deny or downplay the reality of suffering, and there is nothing more heart-breaking than watching someone you love when they are in pain, but there is a world of difference between doing all you can to alleviate that pain, and designedly giving 'treatment' to bring about death.
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What do Christians have to say about death?
Many people, including many Christians, find the idea of eternal damnation difficult to accept.
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An open letter to my MP (and yours) on assisted suicide
This new law would not be a mild change to the law, enabling a compassionate approach to a few suffering people who need it. This would be a fundamental change in society, written into law.
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A Christian view of war
