I was recently at yet another annual National Prayer Breakfast in Canberra. It has been going on for over two decades now, and I have…
As always in the Christian life, there are all sorts of important questions which have to be carefully thought through, prayed about, and discussed with…
Thomas Nelson, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) This is an updated and expanded version of a book which first appeared in 1993. In…
All around the Western world the Christian church is under attack, and along with it, the West’s Judeo-Christian heritage. It is not just a specific…
Once when George Whitefield was visiting New England he said, “The reason why congregations have been so dead is because dead men preach to them.”…
Study the history of revival. God has always sent revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today! (Adrian Rogers) When we…
This is one of those issues in which I am of two minds. Yes and no is how I want to respond. There seems to…
This is an article about reading. If you don’t like reading, you will not likely enjoy this piece. Then again, if you don’t like reading,…
Baker, 2009. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) A. W. Tozer once rightly said, “Next to the Holy Scriptures, the greatest aid to the life…
As things continue to decline spiritually, morally, culturally, politically and ideologically, we need more than ever men and women willing to stand up, go against…
Generally speaking, those with liberal theological views tend to also have liberal political views. Conversely, those with conservative theological views tend to have conservative political…
This pastor, apologist and writer had a profound impact on evangelicalism in the second half of the twentieth century, and his impact is still very…
(This is hopefully the first in an irregular series of articles about Christians of note – at least Christians who I have a lot of…
Among the worst laws to have been recently enacted are religious vilification laws. They are a direct threat to freedom of speech, freedom of religion,…
Chrislam, as the name suggests, is a growing movement wherein some Christians are seeking to find common ground with Muslims. Indeed, it actually seeks to…
There are plenty of ways one can assess the health or otherwise of a nation, or people, or continent. There are numerous measures: economic, social,…
An ad in a church bulletin recently caught my attention. It was advertising an upcoming ‘Self-Esteem Seminar’. Nothing unusual about that. There must be zillions…
Missional Press, 2009. (Available in Australia from www.movements.net and Koorong Books) There are lots of books which discuss church history. There are also plenty of…
I recently penned what I thought was the last of a three-part series on living in exile. This morning I came across a passage however…
In two earlier articles I looked at Israel in captivity, and lessons for the church. Here I want to pen a third and final article…