Many people today call themselves Christian or even Evangelical, but do not live by the word of God. They give lip service to the authority of the Bible, but they do not base their lives upon it. They use the Bible, but they do not submit to it. Their Christian faith was commenced in evangelical Protestantism, but those beliefs do not govern their actions.

What is an "evangelical"? There is a series of similar words that are commonly confused such as "evangelical", "evangelism", "evangelistic", "evangelise", "evangelist" and "evangelicalism". These words carry so much meaning to the initiated but are quite confusing to others.

It appears Chinas crackdown on unregistered Protestant Christians in the lead-up to the Olympics is the most severe for decades.

Democracy is not Christian. It is not part of the solution but part of the problem. It may be the best form of government in a fallen world but it degenerates society.

Why Lambeth is like a Hollywood set...and Peter Jensen is our Ronald Reagan.

Journalistic ambition, ignorance and a conflict paradigm led to some woeful early reports of GAFCON. So the success of the conference shocked the naysayers, writes Russell Powell.

What do we make of the symbols in the book of Revelation? What do we do with those bits of the Bible we cannot explain?

"It is finished", cried Jesus as he died. His death brought to an end Satan's reign of sin and death.

This month will see blanket media coverage of World Youth Day in Sydney as well as implications of the Global Anglican Future Conference in Jerusalem. Both events raise questions about what it means to be an 'Anglican Christian, and how this differs from being Roman Catholic. We asked our panel to answer five frequently asked questions about the difference between Catholics and Protestants, and if these still matter today.

Google a Sydney Anglican website, look under "staff" and the chances are that you will find a bloke called a "minister", "senior minister" or "pastor". Look up the regulations and you will find that clergy are called "priests" or "presbyters" and "deacons".

Richard Edlin argues the fruit of the Rudd Governments 2020 Summit betrayed its economic rationalist agenda in education.

Is an atheist somebody who does not believe in God or somebody who believes that there is no God? The two options seem very similar, but in an age of intolerance it is an important distinction.

Recent research into the beliefs of Generation Y has completely demolished the idea "“ popular among some church leaders - that unchurched young people are spiritual seekers who have merely been put off by the institution of the church.

What approaches are churches employing to connect todays unchurched youth with Jesus? One set of approaches can be gathered under the heading of 'relational youth work. These approaches typically draw on the doctrine of the incarnation of Christ as the central theological motif for youth ministry outreach.

Swamped by confusing data about your parish? Jeremy Halcrow found that a do-it-yourself survey is the right step for discovering your home.