Doing good and doing God

27/02/2017 | Reform

How has UK Christianity changed in the last ten years, and what does this teach us about the future? Nick Spencer reflects on Theos thinktank’s first decade

It’s the kind of question you can’t help but ask yourself at a … Read More

Hope TV

27/02/2017 | Reform

Christian broadcasters in the Middle East are responding to violence with a message of hope and forgiveness

‘I’m sick of blood,’ an Istanbul nightclub owner told Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper after a terrorist gunned down 39 partygoers on New Year’s Eve. … Read More

Chapter & verse: Mark 13:14-23

27/02/2017 | Reform

Catherine Lewis-Smith unpacks Jesus’ teaching on refugees

One of the privileges of my ministry is working with asylum seekers who are sent to live in our little town while the Home Office considers whether or not they have the right … Read More

Niall Cooper: How to meet the reality of poverty

27/02/2017 | Reform

When you think about poverty, who do you think about? Poverty is not an abstract concept – something affecting people far away. But for some reason, we struggle to ‘see’ poverty close to home.

Fiction has a certain power. The … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Jesus, Mary and motors

27/02/2017 | Reform

Simon Jenkins reflects on our love affair with Jesus, Mary and motors

I found a ‘Jesus space’ the other day while I was circling the soulless car park of my local B&Q. This is something to celebrate, because a Jesus … Read More

Reviews – March 2017

27/02/2017 | Reform

Meet our radical forebears

The Leveller Revolution John Rees Verso £25 (hardback) ISBN: 9781784783884

 

Historians have long debated the significance of the Levellers’ contribution to the English revolution. In this meticulous, thoroughly researched book (it has grown out … Read More