Contending for the gospel…keep going and don’t lose heart

Contending for the gospel…keep going and don’t lose heart

Revd Andy Mason writes: Contending for the gospel is inherently challenging, difficult and demanding to do – particularly over the long haul! We need to keep refreshing ourselves with biblical truth and principles, so that we can keep going and not lose heart....
Defining moment for the Anglican Communion has arrived, says Archbishop

Defining moment for the Anglican Communion has arrived, says Archbishop

The Anglican Communion has reached a ‘defining’ moment and is being ‘torn apart’, according to Archbishop Emeritus Mouneer Anis, of Alexandria, in his article ‘A Deeply Torn Communion.’ He cites a departure from the faith once received and systemic institutional...
Is this the CofE’s Brexit moment?

Is this the CofE’s Brexit moment?

Andrew Goddard explores the current Church of England crisis around Prayers of Love and Faith, the issues and challenges that have plagued the process, and draws parallels and differences between the way Brexit was handled by the British Government and, now, how the...
Why LGBT people should not be criminalised. Sean Doherty writes…

Why LGBT people should not be criminalised. Sean Doherty writes…

Ugandan MPs have recently passed a bill that could result in life imprisonment, or even the death penalty, for homosexual acts. Here’s why all Christians should fight against it, regardless of their views on same-sex relationships. Criminalisation of same-sex...
Tim Keller: Mentor to a Generation. Bishop Ruth Bushyager writes…

Tim Keller: Mentor to a Generation. Bishop Ruth Bushyager writes…

(This article was first published in the Church Times on 2 June 2023) I was surprised how much I cried over the death of the Revd Dr Tim Keller, given that I had never been to his church or had any personal contact with him. Yet, I share with a great many others the...
What’s your prayer for 2023? John Dunnett writes…

What’s your prayer for 2023? John Dunnett writes…

What are you praying for as we enter 2023? Please join us in praying the five prayers below.   1. Abide in me Jesus said ‘abide in me … apart from me you can do nothing’ (John 15v4-5). This is not an invitation to retreat from our call to service, mission and...