We need to keep speaking truth in the public arena, despite how hard it is: Trying to have a public voice to share our side…
Jesus of the Bible is NOT the Jesus of the new spiritualities: The various new spiritualities, including the New Age Movement (NAM), have sought to…
The two lengthy letters Paul wrote to the believers at Corinth are very important parts of our New Testament. Both letters were likely penned in…
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…
At the very heart of Christian theology is the notion of the triune God, and the idea of the deity of Christ. Both these doctrines…
I recently wanted to link to some of my listings of good books on apologetics, atheism and the like, but I noticed that the last…
Christianity is Christ, and when we get Christ wrong we get Christianity wrong. Anything as important as getting right who Jesus is and what he…
One of the hallmarks of biblical Christianity is a very high view of the Word of God. Christians believe that the Bible is divinely inspired…
Some people wrongly think of the Apostle Paul as a real hardnose – a rigid and feisty guy. They want to contrast him to Jesus:…
Eerdmans, 2014. Let me begin with a brief confession. In earlier days I found a little discomfort and a lack of interest in Second Corinthians.…
It can be said quite assuredly that America, along with so much of the West, is the home of the most materialistic, consumeristic, self-centred, money-hungry…
The prosperity gospel is notorious for bad theology, shocking exegesis (or lack thereof), loopy logic, and dodgy hermeneutics. This is certainly the case with their…
Here is another in an irregular series on new books which I am happy to recommend. This time it features a mix of titles by…
OK, two events, two different reactions: one features virulent anti-Semites, jihadists and opponents of women’s rights; the other champions freedom, democracy, pluralism and genuine tolerance.…
OK, so Christmas is coming up, and what better gifts are there than books? And theological books have to be pretty high on the list…
Biblical Christianity holds that God exists and that God has spoken. While he speaks in different ways, he pre-eminently speaks to us in and through…
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…
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…
At the end of the day, there are really only two kinds of people in the world. The first kind are those who simply want…