Zondervan, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Chris Wright is an English evangelical and Old Testament scholar. He has penned a number of helpful…
Many former God-haters have either converted or passed on: There is an old religious joke about a few quotations graffitied on a bathroom wall. The…
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…
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…
We will never fathom God’s amazing love for us: Would you marry someone if you knew ahead of time they would continually be unfaithful, untrue,…
God’s choices are based on his grace, not our merit: My somewhat cryptic title refers to the fact that God freely chooses, his decisions are…
What to read on these hugely important topics: One advantage of having a large library is that putting together bibliographies can become somewhat easy. That…
We can learn much from the exile of ancient Israel: The West has really gone full circle: many centuries ago paganism was replaced with Christianity.…
If some believers over-spiritualise Scripture, others can over-politicise it: If my title seems a bit too arcane and academic, please forgive me, But I do…
The clash of kingdoms is real: Political Theology, as the term implies, has to do with thinking theologically about politics. Or, putting it the other…
How are we to understand things such as corporate responsibility? Perhaps like me, you may have often thought about the notions of corporate identity and…
Here are some aids as you read and study Jeremiah: The book of Jeremiah is a vitally important Old Testament book. He is one of…
Here are some tools to help you read and study the book of Lamentations: The book of Lamentations is usually grouped in the wisdom literature.…
Some useful helps as you read the book of Ezekiel: The book of Ezekiel is a key prophetic book in the Old Testament, but it…
Those reading through the book of James will find these resources of some real help: Although only five-chapters long, James is an interesting and perplexing…
We are in a bad place when we can no longer hear from God: Spiritually speaking, there are some things that are just as bad,…
The darker the times, the more we need hope – but hope in a faithful God: The author of the book of Hebrews tells us…
Here are a number of important books dealing with suffering, pain and evil and how we might respond: We all suffer in various ways, so…
Here is some help for your study of the book of Ezra: Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one book, broken up sometime during the early…
Here are some aids to assist you as you study Nehemiah: Nehemiah continues the story we find recorded in the book of Ezra. Just as…