Joining with suffering saints like Elisabeth Elliot: A decade ago I wrote a piece called “The Fellowship of the Burning Heart”. It referred to several…
I am beginning to see that there are really only two broad camps in the Christian world. I am being very simplistic and general here,…
John Garratt Publishing, 2001. Two out of ten. If you want a quick scorecard approach to how the authors in this book line up on…
Just who is used for God’s purposes? Let me cut to the chase here. What are the kind of people that God uses for his…
Looking for a good book? Let me start this by reciting a memorable line from The Fellowship of the Ring. It was delivered by Bilbo…
Christians should lead the way in helping the lonely: The world is full of lonely people. They can be young and old, and there would…
We must be aware of Harari’s brave new world: One does not need to be a “conspiracy theorist” to know that there are some pretty…
Keeping the big biblical picture in view: It is a new year, but any time for the believer is a good time to recommit to…
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…
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…
Amazing stories of revival in Wales: The Welsh Revival of 1859 is something still talked about today. It is still being written about today. And…
What Christ gives us full access rights to is amazing: The other day I was going through a few old cards in my wallet. One…
Mental and moral clarity on truth versus opinion: We can get into real trouble when we fail to make basic distinctions. Consider the issue of…
The amazing transformation of Charles Colson: Many secularists, atheists, misotheists, and sceptics will try to tell you that Christianity is just a fantasy, just 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…
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.…
Here are five moving stories of those who renounced their disdain of Christianity: The Roman leaders, the Jewish leaders, and Satan himself all thought that…
Some great quotes from a classic Tozer volume: One of the earlier books of A. W. Tozer and one that helped to put him on…
We need comfort and perspective in our trials: Suffering is a universal condition, something we all experience. The Christian message is unique in that it…