Jesus is “the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being” according to Heb 1:3. Or as Paul said in Col 1:15:…
In 2007 Diana West wrote an interesting book entitled The Death of the Grown-Up. In it she bewailed the fact that adults just don’t want…
Most of the people who come to this site are – like me – evangelical Christians. As the word suggests, we put a very high…
The proclamation of the gospel can never take place apart from the surrounding culture. Indeed, it is done in some sort of culture all the…
There are plenty of thankless and miserable jobs one can get into. One would imagine that being a full-time septic tank cleaner would not be…
Let me tell you in advance something you will need to know. If in the near future you notice that no new articles are being…
In today’s postmodern climate, truth means nothing, and personal preferences mean everything. OK, we expect that from the secular world. But what happens when the…
There are plenty of forces arrayed against Christianity, many of them working overtime to see its demise. There are never-ending challenges and threats to the…
Crossway, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) When is the last time you read a book on church discipline? Worse yet, when is the…
By now most people would have heard about how police in Geelong broke up a Christian display of the crucifixion over Easter. While most people…
Baker, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) Yes and no is how I respond to this book. Yes, we all have failed to properly…
Why do people reject Christianity? It is a good question and there would be many answers one could give to it. What has become quite…
I was flabbergasted last night when a television show about Easter appeared – one which had absolutely nothing to do with Easter. Indeed, the most…
HarperOne, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) The subject of this book seems rather strange today. That is because the concept of heresy only…
While Christian paganism may seem to be a contradiction in terms, it sadly is not. Indeed, there are growing segments of the church which may…
In the famous painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo there is the memorable scene of the creator God extending his finger…
A.W. Tozer once said this in a sermon: “There are churches that have almost given themselves over to the kingdom of man. Their philosophy is…
One very significant – yet often neglected – Old Testament passage is Numbers 11:29. There Moses says this: “I wish that all the LORD’S people…
BethanyHouse, 1959, 1987. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Fifty years ago Leonard Ravenhill wrote Why Revival Tarries. It is now a modern classic. It…
This week the Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR) meets in Melbourne. Thousands of delegates from all over the world are expected to attend this…