We are not free to maximise our own pleasure and happiness at the expense of others; such thinking comes not from Genesis 1 but Genesis 3 – it arose from the Fall. Much of the resistance to the reform of capitalism comes from a faulty anthropology.

A request to reopen places of worship was recently rejected without a justification. The Algerian Protestant Church (EPA) invites Christians worldwide “to join us to pray for Algeria”.

Mercy is more than offering forgiveness, it includes loving-kindness, pity for those who are suffering and being gracious.

Reflections on the problem of evil and the might of God.

Little has changed in 3,000 years: telling people they’re behaving badly and need to change is never popular.

Christians in business should model a better ‘new normal’ for business. This means intentionally building interconnectedness, interdependence and integrity.

Christian theology offers a cornucopia of ways to engage with social contract theory: to resist it, question it, transform it and improve it.

Ageism was first described in 1968 by psychologist Rob Butler, who predicted it would become nastier when resources are scarce.

The government control raised during coronavirus “in order to limit, if not extinguish, Christian practice”, Christian assosiations denounce.

In the longer term, pornography can cause the user to view people as objects rather than as whole and complete individuals.

The Year of Jubilee challenges us to think the unthinkable: a hard reset of the economy with forgiveness of the debts accumulated during the crisis.  

A survey shows that 57% of evangelicals  often  do notfreely express their opinions.

The church is God’s agent of reconciliation. It will seek for ways to reconcile the people with God and with one another and lead them into God’s kingdom.  

When it comes to the decisions needed in a world gripped by a pandemic, is there anywhere in the scriptures which casts a more nuanced light?

Intellectuals warn that “the spread of censoriousness” is leading to an “intolerant climate”. Authors JK Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are among the signatories.

For Christians readjusting to life emerging from lockdown, we should be seeking the common good by respecting the law and following any guidelines.

This is the time for leaders to step forward, holding firm to their values and communicating them clearly.

According to a CID Gallup survey, 44% of Salvadorans identify as evangelical, and 38% as Catholic. “In just one generation, the Catholic Church has lost 17% of its members”.

More than 50 evangelical churches have been allowed to register. Johannes Reimer (Peace and Reconciliation Network) shares about the new unity and social action of Christians in the Central Asian country.

As Christians in today’s culture, we need to have an awareness of the competing gods of digital Babylon. If we actively serve the gods of Europe, we may in the end find ourselves not worshiping the God of the Universe.

May this crisis make you ponder life and death, and what is truly valuable.

The Bible offers not only encouragement for personal faith in a time of crisis, but also wisdom and insight to guide the Christian in a position of public leadership or influence.

The Chinese Christian Church in Spain closely follows the religious freedom changes happening in its home country. “The government wants all evangelical churches to be subject to the organisation of the Three Autonomies”.

Is there a way for us to talk about Christian eschatology that both acknowledges brokenness and affirms goodness?

As technologically simulated relationships become ever more realistic and superficially convincing, we must be aware of the risk that the simulacrum will exert a seductive appeal to our hearts.