All articles by Martin Saunders – Page 3
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Archive contentCaffeine Nation
It’s the world’s favourite legal drug; you may be sipping at it even as you read this. If so, are you holding that cup of coffee, or is it holding you?
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Archive contentFlood, sweat and tears
Darren Aronofsky’s latest epic has divided Christians; yet it’s a spectacular film sure to provoke discussion. So, just as theologians and children’s workers have asked for generations: what are we supposed to do with Noah?
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Archive contentDeath in Hollywood
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died in February, is the latest in a long line of troubled celebrities to lose a battle with drug abuse. So why do so many famous people – who seem to have everything – get caught up in the deadly spiral of addiction?
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Archive contentThe Gender Agenda
In these enlightened times, we might imagine our children are finally growing up in an age of gender balance. Yet, as Martin Saunders discovers, various cultural factors suggest the picture isn’t quite so rosy.
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Archive contentA Divisive Brand
He’s one of the most famous and controversial figures of the new millennium, whose loose tongue wins him critics and fans alike. Has Russell Brand really reinvented himself as a deep-thinking revolutionary, or is it all just a cry for attention?
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Archive contentIs the Future Broken?
TV’s sharpest writer thinks we’ll get the future we deserve. Martin Saunders asks: Should Christians listen to him? TV’s sharpest writer thinks we’ll get the future we deserve. Martin Saunders asks: Should Christians listen to him?
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Archive contentStar Crossed
American writer John Green might be the most important author you’ve never heard of. Martin Saunders explores a world of unlikely smash hits to find out why.
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Archive contentNo more happy endings
A string of dark British TV dramas have proved to be major ratings winners. So why are millions of viewers trading the traditional good-defeats-evil story for something much bleaker?
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Playing with Fire
Swipe right if you would, left if you wouldn’t. Thanks to smartphone app Tinder, 21st century speed dating has picked up the pace...
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Archive contentFit for purpose
With national obesity rates rising and the fitness industry booming, is there a more sensible middle way?
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What happened next
After 2012 confounded Mayan predictions and turned out to be a feel-good epic, how on earth could the next year possibly live up to it? Martin Saunders looks at how 2013's biggest events unfolded at home, abroad, and within the Church.
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Archive contentA Life Less Misérable
Martin Saunders looks at how blockbuster musical Les Misérables – now out on DVD – can be powerfully harnessed to start conversations about God
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Archive contentA throne but no Messiah
Can a show full of gratuitous sex and violence and has no 'good' character, have anything to say to the Christian subculture?
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The Gospel According to Pullman...
Martin Saunders responds to the atheist author’s take on the Jesus story...
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The church of the digital age
It can feel impossible to keep up with technological advances. But for the sake of the gospel, we have to try…
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The Ambiguity of Doubt
Hollywood's latest offering tackles child abuse in the Catholic Church - but is this good news for the Church?
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Magazine Features
Joking Apart
What can preachers learn from the stand-up comedy revolution? Martin Saunders takes to the stage...
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Comedy characters or faithful portrayal?
As hit BBC sitcom Rev. ends its first series, Martin Saunders reflects on its realism...
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The Three Conversions of Fuzz Kitto
Three ‘conversion moments’ have given the remarkable Fuzz Kitto an unusual view of the global Church...
