A careful look at some important biblical themes: I must begin by admitting that I rather mildly fudged my own title. I do indeed want…
Is Jesus at odds with Moses here? In my previous article on this topic I noted how the Old Testament expresses the concept of lex…
There would be tens of thousands of books on the New Testament. There is far too much to choose from, so here I offer just…
The biblical and theological issues of predestination and election are a stumbling block to some folks. I have had various Christians, including not a few…
Yes, admittedly, another cryptic title – but it does in fact cover all the bases. Recent scholarship on Jesus, the Gospels and the New Testament…
As I am reading again through the book of Acts, one thing that has struck me is just how much of a continuation we find…
The Bible says so very much about the deceptive nature of riches. As we have seen, the Old Testament speaks to this constantly. The New…
In this article I wish to discuss just one quite small aspect of the enormous topic of suffering as portrayed in the New Testament. It…
It is not just Paul of course who speaks about suffering so often. The rest of the New Testament also has much to say about…
Commentaries lovers will appreciate this article, while everyone else will simply scratch their heads. But for the handful of people still with me, I here…
Baker, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) This is certainly the newest and perhaps most comprehensive New Testament theology to come from the conservative/Evangelical…
Eerdmans, 2001. There have been a number of helpful New Testament introductions written for the Evangelical community, including the older volume by Guthrie and the…
Judgment is certain – how we face it all depends: What do you think of when you hear the word “judgment”? It will normally depend…
At the mere word of God the earth will tremble and shake: One need not be up on the 1957 version of the song by…
To think biblically about political matters, believers need to look both to the past and to the future: There is a connection and a continuation…
In praise of bad news: There might be some truth in the old saying, “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”. However,…
How should we understand ‘an eye for an eye’? Most folks have heard of the phrase under question, and one need not know Latin to…
Sadly too many are buying this fake gospel: New versions of the Bible are always interesting. Just this morning I was reading Scripture – this…
Some important new documentation on Covid, medicine and politics: While some have sought to make the case that there is complete unanimity as to both…
Scripture assures us that the purposes of God stand: It was the Dutch survivor of Nazi concentration camps Corrie ten Boom who once said, “If…