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April 2023

April 04, 2023

Praying for Unity: A Christian Response to Critical Race Theory

One of the most powerful privileges you and I have as Christians is the ability,...

August 2022

August 10, 2022

3 Tips to Help Find Common Ground

It is difficult to have good conversations today. Sometimes, conversations can be nearly impossible if...

June 2021

June 07, 2021

If AI needs an intelligent creator, so do we

In his recent blog Erik Strandness discussed the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) in the hands...

May 2021

May 28, 2021

Fearfully and wonderfully made: The promise and perils of creating AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic in recent years. The dramatic increase in...

May 25, 2021

Douglas Murray wants Christianity to stay weird. Will it help him to believe again?

Esther O’Reilly says The Big Conversation between Douglas Murray and N.T. Wright has lessons for...

May 21, 2021

Pulling Jesus out of a hat?

Is it possible for a movement as large as Christianity to arise by a historical...

May 19, 2021

Moses responds to those seeking eternal life through AI

A few days after listening to The Big Conversation episode on the topic of Artificial...

May 11, 2021

Is Artificial Intelligence the new frontier in the search for immortality?

Savvas Costi writes: Given our natural survival impulse, you might expect most people to welcome the...

May 06, 2021

How do we tell the greatest story ever told?

Unbelievable? the conference is coming up on May 15th and the theme is ‘How to...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

American Humanists have cancelled Richard Dawkins – will Humanists UK follow?

Richard Dawkins is one of the most controversial proponents of the New Atheism. His best-selling...

April 26, 2021

Bishop Barron’s ‘luring horizon’ – why faith in God is a surrender at the far side of reason

Erik Strandness shares some further thoughts about a recent debate between Bishop Robert Barron and...

April 21, 2021

Thank God for the atheists who rid us of idols

The Big Conversation is off to a great start. I have to admit that I...

April 09, 2021

Bishop Robert Barron: Should the suffering caused by Covid shake our faith?

Following a recent survey suggesting that the Coronavirus has caused many people to question their...

April 07, 2021

Jordan Monge: I was a militant atheist until I encountered sacrificial love

Jordan Monge was a devout atheist from a young age. Jana Harmon, whose PhD research is...

March 2021

March 29, 2021

How the Ground Zero Cross speaks to young people’s doubts at Easter

The pandemic has raised many big questions for young people. As we head into Holy...

March 25, 2021

Love C.S. Lewis? You’ll love our new podcast about him with Alister McGrath

If you have been a Christian for longer than a minute, chances are you have...

March 22, 2021

My brother’s death made me an angry atheist. But kindness made me a Christian.

There are many things that cause people to question God’s existence. The presence of suffering...

March 18, 2021

Lessons from Uganda: Live simply so others can simply live

There are so many things Western churches can learn from our African brothers and sisters....

March 16, 2021

‘Polkydot’ – the physicist, priest and Cambridge college president. Alister McGrath remembers John Polkinghorne (1930-2021)

Rev Alister McGrath, Professor of science and religion at Oxford University, shares his personal reflections on...

March 09, 2021

From atheist to Christian: A science teacher challenged me to rethink my atheism

What would it take for you to move from staunch atheism towards Christianity? For Frank...

March 05, 2021

Ravi Zacharias: Never confuse charm for integrity

The Ravi Zacharias debacle has rocked the Church and raised important questions of how this...

March 01, 2021

My conversion story: From atheist to Christian during the pandemic

Many people have really struggled with their faith during the Coronavirus pandemic and been impacted...

February 2021

February 22, 2021

Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria only diagnoses the fearsome power of social media

Physician Erik Strandness explains his medical and ethical concerns about the transgender movement. While the issue...

February 18, 2021

Ravi Zacharias: I didn’t want it to be true. And that’s the problem

I didn’t want it to be true. But it was true. And now a global...

February 15, 2021

Why I’m giving up complaining for Lent

With everything going on around the world, I nearly forgot that this week marks the...

February 09, 2021

Don’t be meme! What Christians can learn from online atheism

The online world is awash with memes that critique passages from the Bible. Eric Strandness...

February 04, 2021

Atheists say humans aren’t special. I beg to differ

Does an evolutionary account of existence disprove God? Are there more plausible explanations than a...

February 01, 2021

Yes, God is hidden. What if that’s a good thing?

Why doesn't God simply make his existence obvious? Theological blogger Isso shares his thoughts on...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

Love wins, unrequited love loses. A response to Rob Bell’s view of hell.

Hell is a topic which confuses, upsets and terrifies many believers. It is also the...

January 21, 2021

The USA doesn’t need more Christian politics. It needs more Christians who are good politicians.

It has been a very difficult couple of years for the United States. We have...