Most folks are not thrilled about suffering, and rightly so. But Christians view suffering in a much different light than most. While we are not…
I have lost track of the number of times I have been accused by other Christians of being unloving, judgmental and ungracious – usually when…
It seems that in the culture wars in general, and the homosexuality debates in particular, we are easily being out-spent, out-gunned, out-maneuvered, and out-manned. This…
Socrates was said to have been sentenced to death by the state because he was accused of atheism (impiety) and corrupting youth because he did…
If God did not exist, we would be without hope. But because he does, there is always hope. All this may sound like a cliché…
When the Rolling Stones sang about not being able to get any satisfaction back in 1965, that may in fact have been a good thing.…
The book of Habakkuk is as amazing as it is brief. Three short chapters totaling just 56 verses contain so much theological, pastoral and apologetic…
I had various opportunities to hear an American lay preacher and student of revival, Harry Conn last century. He often bemoaned modern evangelicalism and the…
Go to any well-attended church today in the West and chances are good you will hear a constant, continuing message which is entirely positive with…
Plenty of concerned Christian leaders, – men such as Leonard Ravenhill, Ray Comfort and Paul Washer – have long noted how the gospel presentation so…
Anyone who knows me realises that any excuse will do for buying books, reading books, and writing about books. So a few recent articles about…
We live in a dumbed-down age in which basic knowledge, understanding, discernment, and reasoning are all but shot to pieces. People seldom think carefully and…
Oftentimes a diverse and unrelated bunch of events will nicely come together, and inspire a hopefully coherent and unified article. This is one of them.…
Let’s face it: believers in the West have had a dream run up until recently. It has been easy street, big time. Christians and non-Christians…
Have you ever noticed that people who were your great friends one day seem to have disappeared altogether the next day? I was reflecting on…
This is a theological and biblical exercise, dealing with topics that have been debated for centuries. Indeed, entire libraries have been written on such topics,…
Anyone who has flown on a plane knows about perspective. From many thousands of feet up in the air we can see things far differently…
Taking offense has become a national pastime in much of the West. Everyone seems to be getting offended about something. We have not only become…
Millions of people have just watched the opening ceremony of the 31st Olympiad, the summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro. Now they will settle down…