The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world.

It does not matter to the killers if their victims are Christian or Muslim, Hindu or Humanist; what matters is that they show that they can kill where they please.

I concluded that an active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might therefore reflect the love of God in a way comparable to marriage, if and only if it had the about it the same character of absolute covenanted faithfulness.

Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them.

Actual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum.

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.