We must call out biblical error loud and clear: When the current Pope first made some worrying remarks about how all religions are basically taking…
Do not waste your suffering: All true people of God, from the ancient Jews, to contemporary Christians, have understood the reality that pain and suffering…
On answered and unanswered questions: As I have said so often now, getting the biblical balance right is crucial. And this applies in so many…
When we are afflicted, God is afflicted too: People often ask me how I can manage to write so many articles (this is my 6623rd…
When (and why) is it time to go? The biblical Christian knows that when any big theological questions arise as to significant – and not…
Great comforting truths from MacDonald: It is nearly one year since my wife left this world. During that difficult year and a half battle with…
Spurgeon on the healer of our broken hearts: In this world of tears, torments and trials, the believer can take great comfort in knowing that…
We can always bank on God, even in dark times: A recent online discussion that I was involved in about what believers can do when…
Thankfully God is in the business of disclosing himself: God works in mysterious ways. How he draws people to himself can vary greatly. He uses…
Forget about your own strength – we need HIS: Sometimes for the Christian the best thing they can do is utter phrases such as this:…
Christians will one day meet again with lost loved ones: Two basic truths the believer can count on are these: in this life we will…
We all hurt and have needs – yet there is real hope for us: Yesterday as I was walking the dog I was reflecting on…
God is still at work in the West: My title might be misleading. There is a sense in which all moments are Christian moments. That…
Many former God-haters have either converted or passed on: There is an old religious joke about a few quotations graffitied on a bathroom wall. The…
Key works on specialised philosophy of religion topics: As my title would indicate the topic of the intersection of theology and philosophy is what is…
Even Dawkins can see the cultural value of Christianity: Various Christian commentators have made much of what U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower once said in late…
The curious case of Judas: Here I am again, taking on some of the biggest, most complex, and most debated issues in the world of…
More thoughts on God’s knowledge and foreknowledge: Having done some recent articles on issues concerning divine knowledge, another set of passages is raised by those…
Does God know future events? The questions in my title and sub-title might seem to most Christians to be rather silly questions. ‘Well of course…