Great care is needed as we affirm sound teaching: There are certain things that must be said over and over. No matter how often you…
Theology matters, but so does wisdom and right timing: As I have said a few million times now, anyone who has actually read some of…
Deror Books, 2023. The Australian churches and sexual ethics: Australian pastor, social commentator, and Islam expert Rev. Dr. Mark Durie has a new book out…
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…
Determinism might be a nice theory, but we cannot live that way: Let me begin by noting that if we wanted to go much deeper…
Just when do we need doctrinal checklists? A perennial problem for the Christian is learning how to be in the world but not of it.…
Dealing with the critics – again: Yesterday I viewed this vitally important film and penned 2000 words on it. But I knew I would continue…
We are ALL morally accountable beings: Sometimes believers (often of the left), will say some rather unhelpful things – especially when it comes to the…
Calling abortion a “blessing” is a sure sign of spiritual death: If someone murders innocent human beings, and then celebrates and promotes it, that tells…
Some honest answers to questions about pain and suffering: Many atheists and non-believers use the excuse of pain and suffering to not want to believe…
Having a well-stocked personal library is a key part of Christian ministry: It will not come as a surprise to my readers that I have…
On the necessity of sound teaching and right belief: There would be many weaknesses in the church in the West today, but a major one…
This new commentary on Deuteronomy is excellent: The important Old Testament book of Deuteronomy has been well covered by slightly older commentaries, but there have…
We all have a long way to go in mastering the Bible and doctrine: Most folks have heard of the expression found in my title.…
Politicians come and go – but God is still working out his purposes: We read in Daniel 2:21 that God “changes times and seasons; he…
Does our oneness in Christ mean thinking exactly alike? A phrase you will find often in my writings is ‘we need to get the biblical…
This book is getting a lot of attention – and opposition. But it is worth being aware of: In America at least plenty of folks…
The claim that logic and the like are just Western inventions is quite amiss: Before I became a Christian I spent a fair amount of…