No one is helped when one biblical truth is pushed at the expense of other biblical truths: The themes I discuss here I have spoken…
Memorable quotes from Chesterton’s memorable book: OK, I confess. I have a copy of G. K. Chesterton’s 1908 classic Orthodoxy in my hands once again.…
What we can learn from this great thinker: We are all impacted by others for good or ill. Some are quite aware of this while…
On getting along with other people: In a fallen world where sin and self reign supreme, the fact that we can get along with others…
So who am I reading a lot of? Five years ago I posted an article listing all the authors I happen to have ten or…
A century ago this important work appeared: OK, I am a bit off by a few weeks, or a few months, but we can still…
The cancel culture is getting out of control: Things are worse than you might think. It is not just that the secular left has a…
We can learn and benefit from others because of God’s common grace: While not popular in some quarters, I am a firm believer in the…
Prayer and theology belong together: Anyone who has ever read or heard the great Welsh preacher and teacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones knows that he was a…
Theology must never be separated from doxology: All believers are called to be theologians. Theology is simply the study of God, and all Christians should…
Chesterton’s love of the family always features in his writings: I will speak on a favourite old author and some favourite old books on a…
Theology matters, but vain and unedifying arguing needs to be avoided: As aways in the Christian life there are various unbiblical extremes to avoid. We…
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…
We need to get back to basics here: In this life, the Christian sees through a glass darkly as the Apostle Paul told us (1…
Some insightful commentary by an important philosopher of science: I realise that it is not good form to label newish books ‘classics,’ but some recent…
Christians can be good dual citizens: Believers are citizens of two different worlds: our own, and the heavenly. The Christian of course loves and longs…
Yes we should be engaging with our culture: All Christians know about the Great Commission and most know who Charles Colson was. As to the…
Being ‘true to yourself’ is often the worst thing you can do: Often music can capture the way a culture thinks and feels. It can…
When megachurches are publicly critiqued, sometimes it is well-deserved: It is a general truth that if believers are fed a diet of faulty, questionable or…
Yes sometimes atheists will side with the truth: It is hard to be wrong all the time. Some folks might get close, but because we…