I came upon an interesting religious news item today. It seems that one very famous church in America has gone bankrupt, and is up for…
While salvation may be free (it is solely by grace through faith, and there is nothing we can do to earn it), it in fact…
Consider this scenario: A young dynamic Christian leader renounces his faith, dumps his family, and takes up an adulterous lifestyle (actually, and unfortunately, this happens…
All over the Western world Christian churches and organisations are making all sorts of changes. Changes to the way church is done, or how it…
Such is the nature of the radical secularists that they are managing to turn previous virtues into today’s vices. And in the process they have…
A bit of my feminist side must be coming to the fore here, all because of three episodes in the past 24 hours. All have…
The Christian life is meant to be one of preferring one another, loving one another, and caring for one another. But sadly at least in…
Some topics can never be exhausted, be it with one article or a hundred. Some issues keep cropping up which need to be addressed over…
Certainly one of the most unbalanced and biased programs ever shown on Australian television was aired on – you guessed – “our” ABC last night.…
Two recent news stories would have disturbed most readers. Both involved elderly people dying, only to be left dead for years with no one even…
The normal Christian life is one of constant vigilance and alertness. Many pits must be avoided, and lots of dangerous extremes must be stayed clear…
Thomas Nelson, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) OK, first a few confessions. I do not normally read books like this. Even worse yet,…
Law can do one of three things: it can prohibit something, it can permit something, or it can promote something. We see the full progression…
Daily headlines speak to the enormous impact the new bio-technologies are having on all of us. Whether it is a breakthrough in genetic engineering, stem…
The Judeo-Christian worldview was perhaps the most important element in the rise of Western civilisation. Other factors can be mentioned, but without the biblical worldview…
I was watching a television program recently. I can’t even recall what it was about, but it did show a lot of fancy houses along…
If Christ is who he claims to be, and is the only way to reconciliation with God, then we can expect that plenty of counterfeits…
One principle that runs throughout all of Scripture is that found in Isaiah 42:8: “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not…
Just when things start looking the darkest, things can suddenly turn around. One of the best examples of this, in my eyes, is the European…
Walk into any Christian bookstore and you will find an amazing number of different versions and translations of the Bible on offer. Most believers may…