On March 5 of this year the Jewish world celebrated the Feast of Purim. This of course goes back to the Old Testament book of…
The fact that military and warfare imagery is found throughout the Bible tells us a few things. One, it may tell us that ideological pacifism…
I certainly wasted no time in challenging the latest bit of nonsense to come forth from the American President’s mouth. His deplorable remarks at the…
I was just asked by someone greatly concerned about Barack Hussein Obama and his continued promotion of Islam to write an article on his latest…
Right now we are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The network of concentration camps set up by the Nazis in occupied…
Fifty years ago Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill died. He was born on November 30, 1874, and died on January 24, 1965. He was without doubt one…
If there is a constant and major objection raised to Christianity, it is the topic of the Crusades. Critics claim that this was a terrible…
The record of Christian history over the past two thousand years is of course a mixed bag, with so much good at times offset with…
A common tactic of critics of Christianity (be they atheists or Muslims or whoever) is to drag up various episodes from the past and claim…
I mentioned to a large group of Singaporean leaders this week that Christians are living in enemy occupied territory, and that we have every right…
IVP, 2014. One need not agree with everything Os Guinness says to be deeply impressed by his insights, his big-picture thinking, and his concern for…
History was meant to be the vehicle by which we learn some hard lessons. But regrettably we mostly ignore the lessons of history, and therefore…
Suppose you were a Christian pastor preparing your sermon for next Sunday in a less than peaceful and settled environment. Suppose you are a Christian…
Twenty-five years ago a momentous event in recent human history took place. People around the world watched with amazement and delight as a trickle of…
Are Christians meant to be markedly different from the surrounding culture? Of course. If you simply read the New Testament you will find this theme…
Although it may not be well known to many people today, when the war in Europe was won by the Allies in 1945, one of…
“Lest we forget” was meant to remind us not to forget. But it seems that we have done exactly that – and in very quick…
I happen to be in New Zealand now, and it just happens to be the bicentenary of its Christian beginnings. That story will be outlined…
Marx and Engels published The Communist Manifesto in 1848. The goal of worldwide revolution did not quite pan out during Marx’s lifetime. Indeed, it might have seemed to…
Ignatius Press, 2014. There are a number of good books on natural law theory, and many good books on homosexuality. In this volume Reilly nicely…