To millions of earnest Christians around the world, Jerry Bridges would be a household name. The author, speaker and champion of Christian discipleship has had…
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 Christian life is a disciplined life: There is no getting around it: the Christian life is meant to be a disciplined life. Like a…
These powerful words need to be read and meditated upon: One of the great attributes of God and one of the high water marks for…
This is the central reality of Christianity: There are of course millions if not billions of words written on the greatest event of human history:…
The fear of the Lord goes with love for God and the joy of the Lord: What Abraham said to Abimelech in Genesis 20:11 is…
We must watch out for the sort of company we keep: Sadly, some basic Christian teaching that has served God’s people well for centuries tends…
Are you letting God conform you to the image of Christ? In Romans 8:29 we read these words from the Apostle Paul: “For those whom…
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…
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…
If you want to know of some recommended authors, here is my list of 70: OK, I may have three strikes going against me in…
When is the last time you heard a sermon or read a book on the fear of God? Here is a little experiment you can…
My title may be just a little bit misleading. What I really want to do in this piece is list the ten authors that have…
We expect non-Christians to rail against rules. Most want to be free to do whatever they desire, and they look upon rules and laws and…
The Easter event is the most important event in human history. Without the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ we would all be lost –…
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…
Want to be a first-rate Olympic athlete? You gotta work at it and practice incessantly. Want to be the best pianist around? You have to…
It is quite common for believers today to play down concepts such as the fear of God, or at least to ignore it, minimise it,…
Around six years ago Jerry Bridges penned an important volume entitled Respectable Sins. In it he rightly pointed out how most Christians think they are…
It goes without saying that suffering is a major part of life. No one denies this. Yet there are some Christians and some theologies which…