Should we teach our children to be polite to Alexa, to say please and thank you, to respect its ‘virtual’ feelings? Or is it of no significance if children abuse, tease and bully a simulated slave-person?
Will the promotion of ‘relationships’ with machines contribute to societal wellbeing and human flourishing, or provide new opportunities for manipulation and deception of the vulnerable?
Many Christians seem to uphold traditional ideas about fatherhood that lack both the precision and nuance needed to father in today’s world.
Each year more than 3 million girls are at risk of FGM. World Vision warns that legislative changes are not enough. “It is still necessary to raise awareness to destroy false myths”.
More than 45 world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. They publicly committed to never forget the lessons of the Holocaust.
Why God’s four questions in Genesis 3 should still be asked today.
Concern for the poor, starting with those within the Christian ‘family’, is laced through the fabric of the Gospels and Epistles.
Healthy families are central to a Christian understanding of flourishing society. They are the primary institution where commitment, sacrificial love, support and guidance can grow.
Let’s not allow the artificial and temporary newness, to take our focus away from the wonder of all that is new for us in Christ.
A review of John Mark Comer’s latest book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.
The miracle of new beginnings, the miracle of justice realised and the miracle of changed hearts.
In a letter sent to census authorities, dozens of academics said they “are concerned that this will damage our ability to capture and remedy sex-based inequality”.
Caring for God’s creation is one way in which we can express our love for God.
Without context, God’s epoch-defining intervention in human history to rescue and transform the world, is turned into an anodyne children’s story.
Brexit has had a reductionist and therefore dehumanising effect. It encourages us to see people as ‘The Other’.
To act justly is to pay fair wages, and also to pay workers in a fair manner.
We the citizens have a responsibility, not just the politicians, for seeing justice done and advancing the good of our society.
Small blessings are still blessings; if it’s good, then it comes from above (James 1:17).
Concerns about the digital currency being used to facilitate money laundering, drug purchases and terrorist financing are high on the list.
Let’s resist being caught up in polarising narratives and instead adopt the Samaritan strategy: see others through God’s eyes.
During the 42nd session of the UNHRC in Geneva, the World Evangelical Alliance called on the international community to protect religious freedom and peace.
The centre-right candidate gets 38% of the vote and has several options to form a coalition government. Prior to the vote, Christians had issued an election guide.
How can Christians think about decluttering, our values, and our relationship with the things which surround us?
A journalistic report of ARD-SWR concludes that evangelical churches grow because they offer “an old message” in “a new packaging”.
The temptation facing us is either to push the panic button, adding further confusion to the chaos, or to take flight and escape into denial about what’s going on in society. For Christians both of these options are simply unacceptable.
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