OK, another obscure title – but not too obscure for the biblically literate. I here wish to deal with an ongoing controversy about Christ, the…
There is no more important, profound and majestic theme than God, and to talk of his attributes is a sublime and never-ending discussion. Oceans of…
Imitation, as they say, is the highest form of flattery. Thus when your avowed enemies start copying, mimicking and adopting the very things they claim…
If we had the baloneyometre in action for the biggest porky of all coming from the militant homosexual lobby, surely one of the clear winners…
It is an old question, but one that is often raised: Should we not as Christians simply seek to change hearts? Why waste time on…
“A Christian leader in central Iowa has abducted an Imam’s daughter and forced her to convert to Christianity with the backing of a Christian court,…
Simply put, what most people talk about today when discussing God’s love has little if anything to do with the real love of God. That…
In the past few days we have had three leading church figures come out speaking quite forthrightly on the topic of homosexuality. Their remarks range…
When believers think about God’s attitude toward sinners, they will automatically and correctly think along these lines: God loves sinners and wants them to forsake…
A basic rule of thumb when New Testament Christians approach Old Testament texts is to discover its primary interpretation, while allowing for secondary applications. That…
Jesus made it quite clear who is a true shepherd: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.…
Auto-diagnostics, or self-testing, is done all the time by sensible people. They take regular stock, for example, of their health, and make sure everything is…
This is another Bible passage which is not so much difficult as one which has been badly handled, poorly interpreted, and often wrongly applied. The…
The New Testament is full of many hundreds of commands. We are ordered to do all sorts of things, yet I suspect many believers are…
There are today three main competing ideologies and worldviews locked in fierce combat to see which will gain supremacy. They are the Judeo-Christian, the Muslim,…
One rather remarkable passage in Revelation (actually there are many remarkable passages there) is found in ch. 21:6-8: “He said to me: ‘It is done.…
For much of church history a rigid clergy/laity divide existed. This too often resulted in the masses believing that only a select few were really…
Faith and the mainstream media do not exactly mix. About the only time you see the two going together is when the latter is seeking…
Some of you will recall the 1967 hit tune by crooner Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World,” later re-popularised in the 1987 Robin Williams film,…
If Islam soon wins in its attempt to establish a global caliphate with everyone under submission to sharia law, it will largely be for the…