Helpful quotes on writing from Lewis: A little while ago I wrote an article on Lewis discussing books and reading. Because I, and many of…
In praise of the early church creeds: If one wanted to summarise the basics of the Christian faith, and present some of the main and…
There is a place for great fiction: Last night on the social media I half-jokingly said in a post that I can’t believe some Christians…
A brief introduction to Aquinas: The Italian Dominican Thomas Aquinas is without question one of the West’s most important philosophers and theologians. Along with the…
You need to know about this important Christian thinker: OK, I can hear you saying: ‘J who? Never heard of him!’ Sadly, most folks would…
How two great Christian thinkers developed their love of books: In 1 Timothy 4:13 we find Paul saying this: “give attention to reading”. And in…
The second world war and Christian conscience: War has always been with us, and the Christian needs to think long and hard about what the…
The secular left West is becoming ever more similar to communism: Christianity was one of the main driving forces of the West. For many centuries…
How should we then live in these changing times? My theme is simple. As I have said so often over the years, the once Christian…
Culture, creativity, growth and learning will take place in the next life: Culture matters. It did when God created the world, it matters now, and…
The world as we know it would not exist were it not for Christ and Christianity: If you run with the spin put on things…
These five authors are always eminently quotable: OK, I confess, I tend to like books and I tend to do a bit of reading. But…
We must return to a muscular and aggressive faith: There have always been believers who have thought that if we are just really nice and…
We should all know something about this great Bible teacher: Arthur Walkington Pink died the year before I was born (1886-1952). The English Bible teacher…
These 17 new books are all well worth being aware of: If you are a Christian, like to think, and like to read, then you…
A remarkable evangelical teacher and theologian has just passed away: One of the greatest and most influential evangelical leaders of our time has just passed…
The new film about Mr Rogers is part biography, part Hollywood humanism: The theatre was pretty much empty, so my wife and I had plenty…
I just came upon some inspiring Christian song writers/singers who really seem to put Christ first. OK, I make no claims to knowing much about…
What, Christians denying Christ? Isn’t that a sort of an oxymoron? Isn’t that a contradiction in terms? Are not Christians supposed to always affirm, obey…
Just over 75 years ago some very brave and passionate young people were executed in Germany for daring to resist Hitler and the Nazis. Two…