by Jon Kuhrt | Oct 30, 2015 | Opinion
Another avalanche of media coverage emerged recently about a row between the Church of England and the United Kingdom government. This time it relates to the refugee crisis. The bishops have accused the government of dragging its feet and not responding adequately to...
by James Gordon | Jul 6, 2015 | Opinion
The Bible has quite a lot to say about food – who has it and who hasn’t, who deserves it and who doesn’t. The Bible, that most political collection of books, history, letters, speeches, prayers, prophetic oracles and stories, is positively stuffed...
by Jon Kuhrt | Apr 28, 2014 | Opinion
The bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard, went with Church of England minister Keith Hebden to deliver a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s constituency office in Witney, about 70 miles northwest of London. The letter, signed by 46 bishops and more...
by Simon Jones | Nov 5, 2013 | Opinion
Nothing reveals the upside-down nature of God’s Kingdom quite as much as Jesus’ response to the devil’s temptations (see Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13). Satan offered Jesus a range of right-side-up options, straight out of the world’s political...
by Baptist Times Staff | Sep 25, 2013 | News
Significant numbers of churches are now involved in the provision of a food bank, but can more be done to tackle the causes of food poverty? That’s the challenge posed in a new report from the Church Urban Fund, a Christian organization in England working to...
