Few remember how distrusting, fearful and uncertain the post-war years of the late 1940s were, with lives, bodies, families, cities and nations having been broken, disrupted and destroyed. How do you rebuild out of such brokenness?

Europe’s identity as ‘Christendom’, a unity with much diversity, distinct from her pagan Eurasian roots, led to self-perception as a ‘continent’.

For Lebanese followers of Christ, the call to peacemaking is not just a moral ideal and an expression of our love for God, but also a necessity for the survival of a diverse nation.

In Switzerland, the Green politician caused a scandal last weekend when she shot a picture of Mary with the baby Jesus and then published it on social media.

A Christian perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

When we assess evil, we always take the position of the judge who observes what is happening. Our problem is that our criteria are always flawed.

Friendship, faithfulness, forgiveness and acceptance are no more than different faces of true love.

We are finally witnessing a complex and adult work, which cannot be reduced to the simplistic schemes to which victimhood seems to have condemned us lately.

Corrie Teen Boom and her Christian family risked their lives to save hundreds of Jews. The film will be available internationally for one day only on 16 August.

What role can faith communities in Europe today play in recovering foundations for sustainable, just and flourishing societies? 

The executive committee of the Christian Alliance of Evangelical Churches discussed pending issues and stressed the need for dialogue and reconciliation.

God offers so much more than mere amnesty. He has paid the great and humiliating price for true justice.

A survey interviewed 25,000 teenagers in 26 countries. “It’s rare that teens think poorly of Jesus. The global impression of Jesus is that he is trustworthy, generous, wise, peaceful”, the authors say.

District Six of Cape Town became famous for the inhumane uprooting of the Khoi, for taking down their houses and for closing their church.

We can glibly confess that He is Lord of all, but do we really believe it? Can we see God’s hand of common grace at work in the public spheres, outside church circles? 

The book of Philemon reminds us that the Gospel speaks of how we can be saved and how we can navigate the messy complexity of human relationships.

The hybrid State of Europe Forum’s theme ‘Seeking shalom’ (Paris), was addressed in three bi-lingual plenary sessions, seekingto ‘understand the times’ and ‘to know what God’s people should do’.

The Bible says that no one else can forgive your sins apart from God himself.

We often make mistakes by misjudging others. We need a clean heart that asks for forgiveness,even when we are not to blame.

Peace Nobel Laureate and anti-Apartheid activist, the priest said he “could not have survived had I not been buttressed by my spiritual disciplines”.

Some believers say that “one of the greatest assets in life is forgiveness”, while others state that “the church is not as enthusiastic as the NGOs” about abolition.

Hers is a story of sheltering Jews, of imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps, a surprise release and of her worldwide mission to spread a message of forgiveness.

God doesn't leave us without a solution. He himself decided to bear our guilt, and pay our price.

Christian forgiveness is given and received without conditions.

Learn from the past, avoid its mistakes, and learn to trust more in God.