God is Not a White Man: And Other Revelations (Hodder & Stoughton, 2021) was shortlisted in November for the 2023 Michael Ramsey Prize. The prize seeks to generate awareness of the most promising contemporary theological writing for Christians to...

The history of the island of Ireland and mainland Britain makes very painful reading, of which the Troubles of the 1960s to the 1990s were the latest instalment. More than 3,500 people died, approximately 60 per cent of whom were killed by Republican...

We seem to be waking up in the morning recently to news about inflation, exchange rates, falling taxes and rising prices. Perhaps most of us are better at seeing the big picture here than the fine details – especially when it comes to the economy.

The National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast set off a political earthquake.

Is this a psalm for The Queen?

In recent years, wrongdoing by powerful people has increasingly made headlines. We've read about evil in high places in politics, business and the Church, from sexual abuse to financial scandals. A common theme seems to have been that those resp...

The stories of Scripture reflect a patriarchal world – but as Lisa Cherrett finds, there's a very different story to be told.

Luke continues his ‘Samaritan theme’. In yesterday’s passage they were the baddies. Today we read about a Samaritan helping a Jew in need. People can behave both badly like the unwelcoming Samaritan villagers in chapter 9 and in an exemplary fa...

This vision is a message concerning Jewish royalty and the world powers of Ezekiel's time. It is first presented as a riddle or parable of two great eagles, a cedar tree and a vine. The exiles with Ezekiel are given some time to make sense of it...

David is not yet secure on his throne, and risks alienating his supporters by his grief over Absalom. Joab, his key ally, is forced to rebuke him (verses 5–8). The loyalty of the northern tribes, who would rebel against David's grandson and be...

This section of Romans 15 ends with a benediction (verse 13). Paul has finished his arguments and his teaching about Jews and Gentiles, and commends his readers to God in their discipleship. Romans has a reputation for being a complicated book – it...

King Cyrus, the Persian ruler whose vast empire included the Holy Land and who was to allow the exiled Jews to return home from Babylon, was not a believer in the God of Israel. However, God believed in him: 'I have given you great honour, altho...

In Psalm 63, the psalmist writes movingly about his longing for God. 'My whole being desires you; like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land, my soul is thirsty for you', he says (verse 1).

In chapter 10, the tone changes. From writing a beautiful hymn to generosity, Paul becomes more combative. He is facing opposition from people who don't think he is a very impressive figure (verse 10) and are questioning his authority – and th...

At the end of Paul's letter to the Corinthians, he moderates the fierceness of his tone towards them with expressions of loving care. He prays that they will be 'perfect' (verse 9) and blesses them (verse 13). He has been sharp with th...

This chapter begins a story of high drama. Sitting at the entrance to his tent, Abraham receives angelic visitors, sometimes envisaged as representing the Trinity, as in the famous icon painted by Andrei Rublev in the 15th century.

Nick Spencer highlights the need for ‘theologically informed, content-heavy, Christian belief politics’ in the face of global democratic decline and rising populism.

Hundreds of African Christian leaders gathered for the African Christian Leadership Initiative (ABLI) conference in Kigali, Rwanda last week. 

Director of Theos Think Tank, Elizabeth Oldfield, explores new media and reconciliation in an age of incivility

News from this year's African Biblical Leadership Initative.