Families are crucial, but Christian discipleship must take priority: Families are vitally important. The Judeo-Christian worldview has the highest regard for marriage and family. These…
We need to learn some important lessons during this pandemic: When Jesus told us the following in John 14:27, he actually meant it: “Peace I…
Sometimes the sayings of Jesus can seem to be a bit hard to understand, especially if it seems – superficially at least – that they…
For some reason, there is one article that I wrote some years ago that has been read more times, shared more times, liked and commented…
The trouble with so much of Christian preaching today is we are getting many people up for a big fall. We are giving folks a…
So, thinking about becoming a Christian? There is no greater thing in life to contemplate, or to do. Life is largely an empty waste without…
Admittedly, contentment is rather difficult to achieve in an age of rising expectations. Not only does everyone want to keep up with the Joneses, but…
There are many marked contrasts between the message we preach today and the message Jesus preached. Perhaps one of the greatest contrasts lies in the…
While salvation may be free (it is solely by grace through faith, and there is nothing we can do to earn it), it in fact…
When we preach a me-centred gospel, we end up with me-centred disciples. And when things get tough, these self-centred followers of Jesus will quickly fall…
Followers of Jesus are meant to be asking hard questions. Now I don’t mean we should be asking a middle-aged woman her age. Nor do…
Are we really called to do this? There are several New Testament passages where Jesus says things about plucking out an eye or cutting off…
Be careful that Scripture does not become so familiar that it loses its punch: The old saying “familiarity breeds contempt” has some real truth to…
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…
How do we deal with loneliness? Everyone can get lonely, but here I want to speak to believers. There are all sorts of reasons why…
Regnery Gateway, 2022. Was Jesus really a card-carrying socialist? There are plenty of folks who want to enlist Jesus for their socialist and radical left…
The New York pastor has left quite a legacy: The New York Presbyterian pastor and popular author Tim Keller has passed away, aged just 72.…
Yes the Christian can have great joy amidst suffering: The Christian faith is a paradoxical faith. We all know many of these paradoxes: we get…
The Jesus Revolution, my story, and the new film: Like so many others, I was part of two major counter-cultures in my youth. From around…
Youth for Christ Australia, 2022. This is a helpful antidote to so much of what ails us: The other day I penned a piece noting…