This new commentary on Deuteronomy is excellent: The important Old Testament book of Deuteronomy has been well covered by slightly older commentaries, but there have…
All sixty-six books of the Bible are vitally important reading for the Christian of course, and in this series I have looked at all of…
In my continuing series on Bible study helps, designed especially for those who have committed to read the Bible through in a year, beginning on…
The book of Deuteronomy has been called the “Romans of the Old Testament”. Just as Romans in the New Testament is in many ways a…
More thoughts on God’s knowledge and foreknowledge: Having done some recent articles on issues concerning divine knowledge, another set of passages is raised by those…
Does God know future events? The questions in my title and sub-title might seem to most Christians to be rather silly questions. ‘Well of course…
There is good and bad forgetfulness: We all have moments of forgetfulness. Obviously as you get older this can become an evermore pressing problem. Dementia…
Thank God for his patience with us: Allow me a moment to make a seemingly odd introduction: Back in 1960 the Chicago blues legend Junior…
The poisonous pursuit of wealth and the good life: In 1964 the Beatles sang about love and money. Old guys like me certainly remember “Can’t…
Anarchism is not a viable biblical or political option: It is vital that we get the biblical position on government correct. If not, we can…
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…
God provides mercies for our journey: The Christian life is certainly not always smooth sailing. Rough patches can abound as much as smooth ones. While…
Thinking biblically about war and the use of force: Some might erroneously think that my title is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. But only…
How NOT to think about the Middle East Crisis: Bad ideas have bad consequences. And when we do not think clearly about important issues, there…
Are you daily making use of your daily bread? Yes, another odd title. But then again some of you are thinking that Bill is a…
Proclaim the truth bravely, and leave the results up to God: The other day I penned a piece on how the Christian must be willing…
For God to be for us, he must oppose sin in us: God is for us. But sometimes he must be against us before he…
Key reading on the Ten Commandments: At the heart of the law as found in the Old Testament is the Decalogue. The famous ten words…
Forgetting and forsaking God has serious repercussions: Western history is in large part the story of God and his people at work. Yet most Westerners…
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…