Herod’s massacre of the innocents in Matthew 2 challenges us to participate in the “groans” of God’s world.

Reflections on reality from Ling, one of the participants in our Cultural Influencers Cross-Current group.

This book reinterprets the ancient paradigm of the three enemies of the soul for the modern age.

There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with money, authority, reputation or experience. But none of them should be the foundation on which we build our life, our identity or our significance.

The gospel is the church’s most precious gift to cherish, protect, and pass on. We must never stop checking what we believe and preach and then ask the question: Is this the gospel?

Participating in the Cultural Influencers Cross Current is an absolutely unique experience. It raises a lot of questions that I never thought about and I talk about my beliefs a lot more naturally.

An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 3: Consider Sabbath.

An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 2: Optimisation and Fragility. What is the “cult of efficiency” doing to our humanity?

An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 1: What are we aiming for when we optimise? Do we even count the costs? What does it mean to live a good life?

Chesterton's ‘Orthodoxy’ is a treatise on the origins of pleasure. Where does joy stem from? What is the heartbeat of pleasure? What are its origins in our world?

May there be ever so much of God’s goodness in our being together...

Mathias Lauter shares a few thoughts from our last Media and Journalism Cross-Current group meeting.

“We have a double responsibility: maturity in Christ is the goal both for ourselves and our ministry to others.” John Stott

Just like nature needs rest to produce abundant fruit, our body, mind, and soul need rest, too.

Christians are used to thinking of themselves as citizens of heaven, but have we thought enough about what it means to be a citizen in a particular place on earth?

Dr Peterson has expressed that aspiring towards the ‘Christ figure’ ideal, so admirably and wholeheartedly, is no walk in the park. But Christians don't imitate Christ apart from Christ.

“If you want to experience the life of Jesus, you have to adopt the lifestyle of Jesus” John Mark Comer

We are living in an anxious age. Many of us also find ourselves anxious, if not permanently, at least more often than we would like to be, in dealing with challenges.

Presentation by Dr Peter Saunders on Covid situation November 2020. Followed by a panel show with Ross Hendry, Mark Meynell and Lea Köves moderated by Claudia Moneiro. Touching on wellbeing, the new n

Lloyd Lee argues that the Apple Watch exemplifies a modern view of time that dissipates the fullness of the Christian view of time.

We Christians celebrate story as central and significant in our faith. Not only are we swept along by the great salvation story of history, but also, we are invited to participate in God’s story.

Dr. Pablo Martinez reminds us that trust and hope are the best resources against anxiety. Prayer allows us to cultivate and renew our relationship with God, which is the foundation of our existence.

In these times of extreme uncertainty, we’re all dealing with anxiety, one way or another. We identified a few useful resources which address the topic from a biblical perspective.

We need to talk about unemployment. Not just here but in our communities and in our churches. We need to learn to lift the stigma from the subject and to learn how to help each other through it.

You cannot go to college just to get a better job. Christ's call on you as a student is a calling to meet the needs of the Church, both for its own life and the life of the world.

How to engage with people holding various worldviews in a way which is relevant to them and true to the Gospel.

Concludes the series of talks on AI ethics with 9 propositions that are suggested could form the basis of a biblically-based response to AI especially in the light of our understanding of Imago Dei.

A brief reflection from Albania on how we should use our time to be still and pay attention to who Jesus really is in the midst of this uncertainty and craziness.

In the midst of crises, cries and weeping, Jesus is sowing a new world.

Useful questions and advice helping students overcome the sacred-secular divide and see their studies as an opportunity to honour God, whatever their field of study.

As a fresh student entering university, you might feel like a young sailor ready to board on their first expedition. Should you rather back off? Or should You dare the risk?

Thinking Christianly will not lead to a utopian society. But we will love neither God nor neighbor well without thinking Christianly.

Prof. Donald Hay on being a Christian academic.

Actively loving your neighbour is not only a social thing, it is also deeply spiritual.

Jeremy Cooke on Cross-Current Law & Justice. Interviewed during the annual Cross-Current Professional Groups Conference in Berlin, November 2019.

Iwan Russell-Jones on Christianity, the arts and imagination. Interviewed during the annual Cross-Current Professional Groups Conference in Berlin, November 2019.

Singer interweaves a fabric of gripping narratives, dramatic individual fates, lawsuits, bits of history and medical ethics into a forceful imperative to rethink our convictions about life and death.

Whatever worldview I hold, I must remind myself that an attitude of humility as a working frame of reference is required. We can’t understand total reality. This book introduces us to this humility.

How do we learn to weather the storms of life that threaten the soul? How can we build beneath the waterline, to strengthen and shore up?

Stott is crystal clear; ‘the authority of Christ and the authority of scripture belong together’. How does Christ speak today? How does he govern his church? How does he exercise his authority?

This book treats the First World as a mission field, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between the gospel and current society by presenting an outsider's view of Western culture.

Keller cuts through our dependence on the glittering false idols of money, sex and power to uncover the path towards trust in the real ultimate - God.

Ecclesiastes–often dry and acerbic in wit-introduces us to the heart of faith. As Gibson writes, 'We need someone to tell us to listen because we want to look and speak more than we want to listen'.

How do you want to look back from your undying lands one day on how you lived in the days of corona in that year 2020?

Every once in a while, we are confronted with challenging times, personal or social crises which remind us just how dependent we truly are. Remembering God is long overdue. Now the time has come.

The authors address an important topic - yet is the book’s conclusion that “continually producing more goods and services is the only route from poverty to prosperity” (p65) something we can support?

“On the first mountain you tend to be ambitious, strategic, and independent. On the second mountain you tend to be relational, intimate, and relentless.” David Brooks

What’s the true meaning of generosity? Ultimate generosity involves giving oneself, not merely giving something or sharing resources. The greatest gift of all is Immanuel.

A soft alarm wakes me – perfectly in sync with my circadian rhythms – and I trundle downstairs, set to face a new week. Alex notifies me of the weather, so the blinds remain closed.

The current zeitgeist says loud and clear; "the journey is the destination". Why are we even travelling? How are we trying to find who we are? Maybe the story is more important than the journey.

Epistemology simply means the 'theory of knowledge' – we could reduce it (simplistically) to know-how. Ontology is 'dealing with the nature of being'. But what if epistemology is the new ontology?

The natural order is God’s good creation: it is abundant and fruitful. Looking at general principles behind the OT texts.