Important new books in the areas of theology, biblical studies, apologetics, ethics and related fields continue to emerge, and I try to keep up with…
Chronicling the many cases of PC madness is a never-ending affair, and one could easily hire a team of hundreds just to keep up with…
Crossway, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) There have been a number of important treatments of the issue of war and peace coming from…
I have been using the term ‘theological correctness’ now for some years, and when I am asked what it means, I say I just made…
According to new census data religion is about to become extinct – at least in the Western world. Looking at figures from nine Western countries,…
Whenever I am asked where I am coming from theologically, I state that I am an evangelical Christian. However, since not everyone understands that term,…
There are two quite wrong ways to come to terms with the biblical teaching on the eternal punishment of the lost. One is annihilationism, which…
One frustrating thing – of many – about the emerging church folks is their deliberate use of ambiguous, unclear, and equivocal writing. They seem to…
It is a bit risky to speak about God’s justice today, and here I especially have in mind talking to other believers about it. We…
Sometimes you have to wonder. We have all these eggheads holding major conferences to weigh in on significant issues, but, the truth is, much of…
I have written before about the new development known as Chrislam in which some misguided Christians believe they can somehow combine the two religions (Christianity…
The Old Testament book of Esther is much loved by many, especially by Jewish readers. For in it we learn about the remarkable preservation of…
The broad issue of God and his providential rule over his creation is a major theological topic. And with yet another national disaster occurring –…
Baker, 2011. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) There is nothing really new about the new atheists. They simply regurgitate the same old objections which…
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) is one of my favourite writers, and his 1908 volume Orthodoxy is one of my favourite books. He was an English…
Islam is a political faith. It sees no separation between the sacred and the secular. Everything is religious, and everything is political. Westerners have a…
It took me less than five seconds to decide whether or not to keep a flyer I found in my mailbox. The 12-pager came from…
A commentator recently said he found the “poem Desiderata to be very beautiful. Its advice is not incompatible with the teachings of Christ, in my…