All Theology articles
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Reviews
What Happens Next - Max Lucado
The rapture is imminent. We are in the “fourth quarter” of the world, according to American Christian author Max Lucado. But What Happens Next isn’t full of doom and gloom. It’s a surprisingly positive take on the end of the world. This book is a travel guide, ...
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Regular Columnists
Dear Christians, let’s not talk about finding our ‘tribe’
The Bible emphasises unity between believers, observes Lucy Peppiatt. So why do Christians talk about their own ‘tribes’?
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Magazine Features
Polyamory is becoming normal. Here’s how Christians can respond
Writing during the Week of Visibility for Non-Monogamy, which aims to “normalise” relationships of three or more people, Andrew Bunt suggests three ways Christians can prepare to face new questions on sexual ethics
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Opinion
If my loved one doesn’t know Jesus, will they still go to heaven when they die?
The death of a someone close to you is a deeply painful time. When they don’t have a Christian faith, or we don’t know what they believe, it can be even more difficult. Will Dobbie recounts his own experience and offers some hope
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Opinion
Exclusive: Bishops call for LLF re-think for sake of unity
Writing ahead of next week’s General Synod, where the Church of England will consider offering stand alone services where same-sex couples can be blessed, eleven Church of England bishops warn such action would go against church doctrine and further endanger the unity of the church
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Magazine Features
God is revealing the secret sins of Christian leaders
It’s only a matter of time before all is revealed, says RT Kendall. Either in this life, or the next
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Magazine Features
Is LGBT ideology a new kind of colonialism?
Christian leaders in the UK have spoken of making amends for Britain’s colonial past, yet many Africans say that when it comes to sexuality, the West is still imposing its beliefs on them today. Heather Tomlinson explores the widening international chasm on sexual ethics
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Regular Columnists
Did God give the land of Israel to the Jews?
God makes promises to both Jews and Arabs when it comes to land in the Middle East, observes David Instone Brewer
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Regular Columnists
Who was the woman at the well?
This famous biblical story has long been misunderstood, says Dr Lucy Peppiatt
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Magazine Features
Islam: Navigating the choppy waters of interfaith relations
Jesus came to bring both truth and love. Has the Church followed its master when it comes to the increasingly tense and complex subject of British Islam?
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Interviews
Dr Aaron Edwards: ‘We assume that causing offence is unchristian. But that’s nonsense’
The former theology lecturer on why he still stands by the viral social media post that cost him his job
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News Analysis
Explained: Why is everyone up in arms about “Christ is King”?
A row has exploded on X (formerly Twitter) over the phrase “Christ is King”. Surely this is something all Christians believe. So why has it become contentious? Heather Tomlinson explains
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Opinion
The Bible and science agree - you really are ‘made in God’s image’
Recent scientific discoveries suggest that, contrary to earlier theories, every strand of our DNA is deeply significant. Writing on International Day of the Unborn Child, Catherine Disher says the news is further evidence that human beings have been perfectly created in the image of God.
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Opinion
There wasn't any punctuation in the original scriptures, but your Bible has plenty
The Bible did not fall to earth in flawless English and bound in leather. It has been translated by scholars who are tasked not only with finding the right words, but inserting punctuation too. These colons, commas and more can make a big difference to how we read the text, as Dr Jonathan Rowlands explains
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Reviews
Friend of God - John C Lennox
Reading John Lennox is like getting in the ring with a heavyweight boxer. Intimidating. This book is no lightweight Christian paperback but brings big challenge and muscular theology that certainly packs a punch. From round one, the reader is introduced to first-rate biblical scholarship and exegesis. ...
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Regular Columnists
Warrior women: What does the Bible say?
David Instone-Brewer explores what scripture teaches about women in wartime
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Interviews
Acclaimed novelist Marilynne Robinson on Reading Genesis, imagining heaven and (not) insulting God
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author says she’s proof that the world isn’t as antagonistic towards Christians as many assume
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Interviews
Is this the face of Jesus?
Interest in the Shroud of Turin continues to be insatiable. As the Church remembers Christ’s death and resurrection this Easter, a world leading scholar in the study of the Shroud explains why he’s so confident this really is the burial cloth of Jesus