Some thoughts on the Waukesha terror: You don’t have to be a Wisconsin resident, as I have been, to know about some recent big news…
Many are questioning the philosophical naturalism of some neuroscientists: One major field of study over the past half century has been that of neuroscience or…
Important lessons from Lewis and Sayers: If you are like me you may at times have wondered if you are making an impact for Christ…
No, we are not all children of God: On a surface reading this verse does not appear to be all that problematic. But as with…
Spiritual counterfeits need to be recognised and resisted: Did you ever buy something that you thought was pretty special – and better yet, that you…
These are among the most frightening and shocking words found in Scripture: Chatting online with some old friends in Europe the other day I mentioned…
Replying to those who claim Christianity does not work: In order to properly answer a question such as found in my title, one needs to…
Yes, Christians can disappoint, but not Christ: It is quite common for those who reject Christianity to point to scandals and abuses and the like…
A little exercise in Christian apologetics: Having an interactive blogsite means you will get plenty of questions thrown your way – by friend and foe.…
Pain stinks, but it can often serve useful and redemptive purposes: OK, my title can go in all sorts of directions, and in a moment…
Scripture assures us that the purposes of God stand: It was the Dutch survivor of Nazi concentration camps Corrie ten Boom who once said, “If…
God is in control, and we are responsible for our choices. How exactly this works is a mystery: There are many things mere fallen and…
Malcolm Muggeridge had a lot of wise words to say about suffering: For two thousand years all committed Christians have known about the incalculable value…
Death stinks, as does suffering and decay. But it will not always be with us: The older you get, the more the realities mentioned in…
As we look around it is easy to get discouraged. But we need to look further: This morning – like almost every morning – I…
Some memes are utterly useless – this one certainly is: OK, this is a very loaded question to ask. After all, there are kazillions of…
How are we to understand the Ninth Commandment? I have written before about deception and how Scripture warns about how easy it is to be…
It is time for Western Christians to develop a theology of suffering: I have often written on this theme, but when I did a quick…
We need to see the bigger picture as we look around at what is happening to us: In his 1983 Templeton Prize speech Alexander Solzhenitsyn…