There are some hard yet comforting words here: Before looking at this passage in detail, let me make this prefatory remark. Every year at this…
Are you daily making use of your daily bread? Yes, another odd title. But then again some of you are thinking that Bill is a…
Introducing Saint Augustine: Anyone even remotely interested in the major disciplines of the humanities – be it history, philosophy, theology, ethics or politics – must…
We always need the bigger picture when we are going through deep waters: OK, so I am easily triggered – triggered in getting inspiration for…
Judgment is certain – how we face it all depends: What do you think of when you hear the word “judgment”? It will normally depend…
We need to be careful in our assessments of others: We Christians can be a funny lot – we can so easily run to unhealthy…
The prophets have a few choice words for these females: OK, I used to have a housewife. Yes, she did work outside of the home…
We can count on resistance and enmity as we stand for biblical truth: When we are repeatedly told about something, or warned about something, especially…
Do not worry about the numbers too much: Just how religious – or more particularly, Christian – is Australia? Or for that matter, many other…
Good news about rogue rulers and evil tyrants: A major problem we have as mere fallen and finite creatures is that we lack perspective. We…
How would you react if you suddenly became wealthy? Back when I was quite young, growing up in the late 50s, there was a TV…
Is there anything grander than God and his love? There are some things that I write about that at times I feel I may not…
What Christ gives us full access rights to is amazing: The other day I was going through a few old cards in my wallet. One…
Amazing but true: we can have complete and intimate access to the God of the universe: We know that in many key areas, such as…
Just when do we need doctrinal checklists? A perennial problem for the Christian is learning how to be in the world but not of it.…
Getting the biblical balance on love of God and love of self: The topics covered here need to be approached carefully and prayerfully, but they…
Proclaim the truth bravely, and leave the results up to God: The other day I penned a piece on how the Christian must be willing…
We are ALL morally accountable beings: Sometimes believers (often of the left), will say some rather unhelpful things – especially when it comes to the…