Roger Steer

Tom Wright on women bishops

“But that would be putting the clock back,” gasps a feckless official in one of C. S. Lewis’s stories. “Have you no idea of progress, of development?” “I have seen them both in an egg,” replies the young hero. “We...

Fabrice Muanda’s remarkable story

Fabrice Muamba was on a BBC Radio 5Live special talking about his recovery from a heart attack. In the half-hour-long interview, Muamba spoke to Reading striker Jason Roberts about how he's coming to terms with the situation – having...

The genius of Tolstoy in Anna Karenina

Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky (Stiva) has had an affair with a French governess. His wife, Dolly, has found a note which reveals that the affair has been going on. She is distraught and devastated. Anna Karenina (Oblonsky’s sister) travels fromPetersburgto...

Are the bones of John the Baptist on an island off Bulgaria?

 In a fortnight's time I shall be in Bulgaria working in an orphanage at Burzitsa. For the last two summers I have swum in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria and hope to do so again during...

Joshua Lim’s story

Joshua Lim graduated this Spring from Westminster Seminary California, where he earned his MA in historical theology. He was born and brought up in the American Episcopal Church. He spent a few years in college as a Baptist before moving...

Charles Darwin’s support of Christian missionaries

During the last 15 years of his life, Charles Darwin became a supporter and donor to the South American Missionary Society (SAMS). He had become an admirer of Christian missionary work during his voyage on the Beagle, having first...

I agree with William Rees-Mogg who argued in yesterday's London Times that Darwinism has become a trendy pseudo-religion for people who regard all religions as equally irrational because unscientific. That is not of course to...

Remembering John Stott at St Pauls

May the Lord forgive me. I took this photo illegally at the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of John Stott at St Pauls Cathedral yesterday. Prayers led by Archbishops of Canterbury and York and Bishop of London and tribute from...

Full text of PM’s speech on Britain a Christian country

It’s great to be here and to have this opportunity to come together today to mark the end of this very special 400th anniversary year for the King James Bible. I know there are some who will question why I...

David Cameron’s favourite Bible verses

  The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has written his chosen two verses from the book of Philippians for The People’s Bible project. The Prime Minster chose his verses from Philippians 4: 8-9 ‘Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,...