OK, admittedly I might be a bit strange. I am not a very excitable chap. Not much moves me I must confess. But some things…
Sometimes when you are reading a book, highlighting one passage after another, there is not much one can do by way of reviewing the book.…
(This is hopefully the first in an irregular series of articles about Christians of note – at least Christians who I have a lot of…
There is a need for some righteous indignation: A defining feature of the modern West is a total lack of concern for what is happening,…
Joining with suffering saints like Elisabeth Elliot: A decade ago I wrote a piece called “The Fellowship of the Burning Heart”. It referred to several…
To appreciate the good news we must first hear the bad news: It is always amazing just how biblically illiterate some folks are. Worse yet,…
Often today the core messages found in Scripture are the very ones NOT being preached in so many of our churches. For example, we have…
No, I am not talking here about various aberrant religious groups, including some Mormon subgroups today. There may be a few nutters out there who…
Yesterday I wrote a piece in which I looked at six common sayings which in effect can become nothing but cheap excuses for sin. The…
A big part of our problem today is most people – including most Christians – think we are living in normal, conventional and unexceptional times.…
“Who me, deny the Lord?” you might be saying right now. Yes you. It is time to get real here. How many Christians are in…
Normally when a war is declared a nation changes gear and gets on a war footing. There can be no more business as usual when…
Here is a basic lesson in life: when you try to please everyone, you will likely end up pleasing no one. Indeed, you just end…
While the English word “gospel” comes from the older English word “god-spell” which means “good news” or “glad tidings” (which in turn comes from the…
Hands up, who enjoys persecution? OK, so no one does. Fair enough. I don’t either. But whether or not we like something has nothing to…
There are many Christians who have stopped going to church. They have not given up on God, have not renounced their faith, have not denied…
There are millions of Christians today who read Scriptures many times over, but live just like atheists. They read the Word of God but they…
A good general rule of thumb is this: if the crowds are for something, you should be against it. Not always, but often. The crowd…