Biblical spirituality is both vibrant and balanced.

Dozens of masked individuals spread terror in Belfast, shouting ‘foreigners out’ following a knife attack by an immigrant. Christians react to the situation on the ground: “Leaders of diaspora churches are concerned”.

Evangelicals do not seem to be on Pope Leo’s radar, aside from a few indirect critical remarks between the lines of his speeches in Cameroon and Angola.

Last Saturday was ‘Europe’s’ 76th birthday. You hadn’t noticed? Few European nations make much fuss about “Europe Day”, May 9. But it is great to remember the integration that has helped avoided war among EU's nations. 

Christian just war reasoning has long treated humanitarian limits as essential criteria for the moral use of force.

“This is a deliberate attack on people of faith, those who gathered peacefully to pray”, the embassy of Ukraine in the U.S. said in a public statement.

As we remember at Easter, the cross of Christ isn’t the end of the story. After tragedy comes redemption, and after the apparent end comes a new beginning.

Ukraine is becoming a laboratory of ethics for the global church. Historian Yaroslav Hrytsak says absolute pacifism can become morally irresponsible in the face of violent tyranny.

Sadly, when both Moscow and Washington talk ‘peace’ but do war, and trust between allies has been eroded by bellicose behaviour, we have a new reality to face.

Christian leaders partnering in the Middle East lament the conflict after the Israeli and US attacks on Iran. They call to seek reconciliation and pray for the protection of the most vulnerable.

I had the privilege of traveling to Malta to learn from ministry partners in the Middle East. Watching the side by side in the region and beyond, I was reminded once again of the blessing that comes when we collectively seek the Kingdom of God.

Evangelicals possess something governments often lack—trusted relationships at the grassroots and access to leaders across divides. An Evangelical Board of Peace could come alongside evangelical peacemakers with diplomatic and relational support.

Four years of war leave families broken. Music expresses the feelings of many people's souls.

Will Europe remember the story that formed it? Not as a tool of exclusion, nor as nostalgic conservatism, but as the living source of reconciliation, renewal and hope.

‘Never again’ asks whether Europe still believes that human dignity is non-negotiable, and that silence in the face of atrocity is complicity.

Janet Epp Buckingham, who speaks for Christians at the UN in Geneva, explains why her answer is yes.

Trump is skillfully building an autocratic system in his own country with the support of many evangelicals. It is high time that global evangelical networks, such as the WEA or the Lausanne Movement, took a firm stance on the behaviour of the current US administration.

“We reject any misuse of Christian faith or church authority to legitimize violence, aggression, or domination”, says the European Evangelical Alliance in a new statement.

The European Evangelical Alliance calls on Christians to pray for Europe at the start of the new year. By Peter Artman and Robbert-Jan Perk.

Now for the fourth time since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, we are celebrating the Word of God becoming flesh as angels proclaimed peace on earth. So where is the peace?

The festival, ‘Murcia, with one voice for Christmas’, brought together evangelical churches and general audience, with music, gospel, theatre, and a public message of hope.

Dr Douglas Johnston and his collaborators cite examples from Europe, Central America, Asia, and Africa to show how religion played a crucial role in many international conflicts.

Eighty years ago, the United Nations was conceived within a moral atmosphere deeply permeated by Christian thought. Yet the vital role that Christians played in this vision is largely forgotten.

We Christians should stand up for truth, compassion, righteousness and justice for all. We must persist in prayer for a just peace, for Ukrainians and for Russians.

Wissam al-Saliby, president of 21Wilberforce, analyses the situation of Nigeria after meeting with Nigerian Christian ministry leaders and public servants.