One of the major shortcomings of contemporary Christianity is that we do not take things as seriously as the Bible does. We do not take…
The Bible has a lot to say about false prophets, false teachers, false Christs, and false doctrine. Both Testaments speak much to this. Yet for…
The difficulty of this text really lies in its application. Are Christians today to make use of this method when they seek to discover God’s…
I have written before about eschatological foolishness which Christians can so easily get themselves into. I have also written before about various false prophets and…
In Amos 8:11 we read these frightening words: “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign LORD, ‘when I will send a famine through the land…
I suppose I could coin a phrase here: “churchicide”. This new term refers to when a church or denomination intentionally seeks to take its own…
Those familiar with their Old Testament, or with the biblical use of rhetoric, will readily recognise what my title is referring to. It is one…
Moody, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) The first thing to note about this book is that the subject matter – the Nazi terror…
For Christians the Word of God should be everything. It should form the basis of all our thinking about all things – not just religious,…
At one point early on the Christian church was fighting for its very life. As such, it had absolutely no time for peripherals, for externalities,…
I think it is safe to say that there are probably as many Catholics who are unaware of what their own church teaches on a…
A common argument made by pacifists and/or those who really do not know their Bibles very well is that all killing is wrong because it…
Everyone is talking about carbon lately, but I suspect very few actually know much about it. Indeed, it is not just carbon, but a whole…
There would be a number of reasons why an estimated 2 billion people watched Will and Kate tie the knot. But perhaps the major reason…
The world has lost a great man of God, a modern-day prophet, and a humble warrior for the Lord. He sadly died in a car…
You can always tell when churches are losing the plot when they start making the headlines – but for all the wrong reasons. When they…
There is plenty that we can learn from the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, especially when it comes to challenging a sleeping, compromising and errant church.…
Is there ever a place for Christians to speak out on moral and social issues of the day? In one sense this would seem to…
We expect non-believers not to be too worried about the ongoing persecution of Christians around the world. Indeed, some of them may in fact take…
You can always tell when Easter rolls around – just keep an eye out for all the fruit loop commentary that passes for Easter reflections.…