I have written before about aspects of the Positive Confession movement, in which a sort of mind-over-matter approach is taken. Also known as the Word…
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…
Beatty Street, 2010. Patrick Moore was a founder of Greenpeace back in the early 70s. He was a radical environmentalist who became a sensible environmentalist.…
A major feature of the Word of Faith movement, and/or the Health and Wealth Gospel, is the emphasis on positive confession. It is a kind…
Christianity is far more than just pie in the sky in the sweet bye and bye. Wherever Christian missionaries and workers have gone, there has…
Key works on specialised philosophy of religion topics: As my title would indicate the topic of the intersection of theology and philosophy is what is…
Roger Scruton on regaining his religion: I am sometimes known for offering somewhat strange titles to my articles, and today’s piece is no exception it…
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…
Some great truths that we need to keep in mind: Back in 1959 the late great J. I. Packer gave a series of talks at…
In praise of the early church creeds: If one wanted to summarise the basics of the Christian faith, and present some of the main and…
Climate religion has its fair share of fanatic devotees: Human beings are inescapably religious, and if they will not worship the one true God, they…
More quite unhelpful memes: Because there is never a shortage of not very helpful and often quite silly and reckless posters, memes and sayings floating…
What we must know about Bonhoeffer and political resistance: The German Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) did not just theorise about politics and…
Introducing Saint Augustine: Anyone even remotely interested in the major disciplines of the humanities – be it history, philosophy, theology, ethics or politics – must…
We always need the bigger picture when we are going through deep waters: OK, so I am easily triggered – triggered in getting inspiration for…
We are ALL morally accountable beings: Sometimes believers (often of the left), will say some rather unhelpful things – especially when it comes to the…
Charles Spurgeon believed the gospel must have an impact on all areas of life: Was Spurgeon involved in the culture wars? Well, if you mean…
We harm ourselves spiritually by avoiding good Christian literature: Lots of people can and do say lots of really foolish and unhelpful things. Sadly that…
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…
Telling falsehoods is not how we help others: The more I think about it, the more diabolical things appear to be. We do not just…