There are so many memorable passages in Scripture, but they can be misused and abused if not handled correctly. Jeremiah 29:11 is one such passage.…
Spiritual and political lessons to be learned from Israel in exile: I want to speak about how we should live with and pray for those…
Great biblical wisdom on offer here from Packer: The issue of suffering is a core part of Christian teaching. After all, we worship a Suffering…
Some will ignore the evidence even when it stares them in the face: When folks are captivated by particular ideologies and belief systems, and are…
There are far too many unbiblical memes being pushed by believers: Here is some helpful advice: Do you want to be able to spot heresy…
The Christian needs both brains and the Spirit to rightly understand Scripture: All Christians believe that God speaks to us through the Bible – not…
Here are some spiritual and historical considerations to keep in mind during these turbulent times: With Coronavirus occupying everyone’s attention (and you know it is…
We must avoid both being hyper-critical of everything, and being accepting and undiscerning about everything. As I have said so many times over the years,…
Zondervan, 2019. A new book written by Benny Hinn’s nephew on the prosperity gospel is a must read. Most folks have heard of Benny Hinn,…
It goes without saying that over time Christians are meant to grow spiritually, experience progressive character development, and increasingly become more Christlike. Scripture is certainly…
Eerdmans, 2018. The newest volume in the excellent Pillar New Testament Commentary series is another first-rate effort. The American New Testament professor has already done…
I have a confession to make: I did not always love Second Corinthians like I do now. A lot of it is about Paul defending…
With a hardcore socialist seeking to become President of the United States, and having just won the New Hampshire primary, it is worth looking briefly…
In the contemporary West the concept of absolute and universal truth has largely been abandoned, and we are now awash in a sea of relativism…
One set of passages often appealed to by those pushing the prosperity gospel are the Old Testament texts which speak of the promises of material…
I have penned many pieces on megachurch pastor Joel Osteen. But people say, “Oh, leave them alone” or “Don’t be so judgmental” or “We should…
There is no way of hiding the fact that there is plenty of suffering in the world. And yet, we know that there is also…
Any careful student of church history knows how easy it is for truth to give way to error, for orthodoxy to collapse into heterodoxy. They…
One major part of the health and wealth gospel is the positive confession movement. Also known as “name it and claim it” teaching, this spurious…
The student of church history and theological history will know that much of the past two thousand years has been a series of pendulum swings…