The current slaughter by militant Islamists of fellow religionists of a different tradition has parallels in the way in which Christians behaved in the aftermath of the…
What can we say about Syria? Simply that bombing it, like all acts of war, is against our beliefs, as ‘contrary to the mind of Christ’? That’s a good start. I would expand…
Friends often assume that I grow my own vegetables. It’s part of a green stereotype, perhaps influenced by the 1970s sitcom The Good Life. That stereotype has some validity. The…
In his day, George Fox had good reason to raise objections to the established church: its rigid doctrines; its hireling priests and their demands for the payment of tithes to keep…
The parable of the Good Samaritan has an often overlooked companion piece in the New Testament. I write ‘often overlooked’ not because the passage is not very familiar but…
Two conflicting views about the use of force by an individual were reflected in the Friend in the edition of 11 December 2015. One, in an article, states the one hundred per cent…
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