One of the more familiar actions of Jesus was the so-called cleansing of the temple. This episode is recorded in all four gospels (Matt 21:12-17;…
Faith and secret sins: As I was walking the dog this morning I was thinking about other believers – as well as myself. We all…
We can learn much from the exile of ancient Israel: The West has really gone full circle: many centuries ago paganism was replaced with Christianity.…
Here are some helps as you study John’s Gospel: The Gospel of John is a favourite of many Christians. Edward Klink puts it this way:…
Jesus often resisted the power structures of his day: This may seem like an odd thing to write about. We do not normally think about…
Anger is part of the biblical presentation of Jesus: Was Jesus ever angry? If so, what angered him? Those questions will be answered differently, depending…
Whenever another horrible Islamic terrorist attack takes place – and these are now daily occurrences sadly – you will get various Christophobes and/or Islamophiles trying…
The third book of the Pentateuch is one often ignored and overlooked by Christians, but it is an important part of God’s revelation to us.…
I find that life is full of things that offer us nice parallels to spiritual truths and lessons. Even brainless television productions can offer us…
At the very heart of the Christian faith is the contention that Jesus Christ is God, the second person of the Trinity. The orthodox formulation…
As is so often the case, a good thing can be perverted and end up causing great harm. This can be true of compassion when…
It is strange the way we deal with something like zeal – it is seen as being quite good in some areas but bad in…
This is one of those topics where the amount of sloppy thinking or just plain wrong thinking tends to abound. And sadly plenty of Christians…
Regrettably far too many Christians like Christianity primarily just for one thing: it is a neat form of life insurance. They have made a decision…
Christians should of course have as a primary goal to be more godly, to be more like our Lord. We should seek to emulate, imitate,…
Even as I was writing my articles discussing our recent pro-life march, I knew that within hours, if not days, all the usual Christian critics…
The cursing of the fig tree is a familiar yet problematic passage. At least for some it is problematic: why is Jesus cursing a poor…
Without question there is no more beautiful, loving and wonderful person to have walked the earth than Jesus Christ. He is known even by his…
Jesus Christ is so committed to his church that he will do whatever it takes to make sure believers get their act together and not…
It is always a delicate matter when believers speak out on any issue, whether to fellow believers, or to non-believers. Most discussions or arguments on…