Does it seem that God has abandoned you? One cannot accuse Scripture of whitewashing things, or just painting a rosy picture about life. It presents…
Thoughts about miracles and belief: That the miraculous is real is a given for Christians, since we know that God exists, and that he interacts…
We need an external moral guidance system: As we know, most folks in the world, and far too many Christians, seem to think the best…
Give to one and all, no questions asked? As so often happens, a discussion, a debate, or even a knock-down, drag-out brawl on the social…
On mountain removalists: In a recent piece, also a part of this series on difficult Bible passages, I mentioned that not everything Jesus said was…
Are we really called to do this? There are several New Testament passages where Jesus says things about plucking out an eye or cutting off…
Purchasing forgiveness of sins? I was recently asked by someone if there are Old Testament passages that speak about paying money for the forgiveness of…
Not everything we read about in Scripture is meant to be copied! There are various important principles of biblical interpretation. If we keep these in…
Faith and secret sins: As I was walking the dog this morning I was thinking about other believers – as well as myself. We all…
Some thoughts on some puzzling texts: I suppose I could add this to my series on “Difficult Bible Passages,” although I will actually be looking…
There is a biblical order to how we share the gospel: One mistake Christians can often make is to single out and highlight one biblical…
There are some hard yet comforting words here: Before looking at this passage in detail, let me make this prefatory remark. Every year at this…
Was Nehemiah grossly overreacting here? As is often the case in this irregular series, the text under question is not so much difficult to understand…
This text certainly presents a number of very real challenges: There are two main problems or difficulties that one finds in this text. One is…
Yes the Christian can have great joy amidst suffering: The Christian faith is a paradoxical faith. We all know many of these paradoxes: we get…
It is often wondered whether a few or many will be saved: There are some questions about matters that we find in Scripture which cannot…
We can use some zeal and passion for the things of God: Christians are to mirror their Lord. If he loved righteousness and hated iniquity,…
We can learn a lot from what happened to ancient Israel: All of Judges 19-21 is difficult to say the least. Indeed, it is one…
The second coming and role of the believer: The ‘his’ of my title of course refers to the Lord. Jesus Christ has come once to…
Biblical considerations on the ‘god of this world’: It is the first part of this verse that I mainly wish to discuss. As with some…