Yes we should be engaging with our culture: All Christians know about the Great Commission and most know who Charles Colson was. As to the…
An unchanging gospel in a changing world: Some things change in life. Some things do not change. Knowing which is which is vital. As to…
No Christian life is insignificant in the divine drama: It may be hard for many Christians to believe that what seems to be a pretty…
Incisive reflections by Lewis on the return of the Lord: The Greek term parousia means an arrival or coming, and is used specifically to refer…
Was Nehemiah grossly overreacting here? As is often the case in this irregular series, the text under question is not so much difficult to understand…
We are such a long way from where we should be, spiritually speaking: OK, this passage may not be so much encouraging as it is…
This text certainly presents a number of very real challenges: There are two main problems or difficulties that one finds in this text. One is…
Christians can say the most silly – and unhelpful – things at times: The reason I have an irregular series of articles on dumb memes…
There is a place for healthy scepticism: Some of you might be wondering if I am starting to lose it. ‘Praising disbelief? I thought you…
Taking God seriously while not taking ourselves too seriously: My title might seem to be an odd topic, but a recent post of mine on…
This is a passage we all can take heart from: Okay, I already have a ‘Theology’ sub-section called ‘Difficult Bible Passages’ with 153 articles in…
Yes the Christian can have great joy amidst suffering: The Christian faith is a paradoxical faith. We all know many of these paradoxes: we get…
When megachurches are publicly critiqued, sometimes it is well-deserved: It is a general truth that if believers are fed a diet of faulty, questionable or…
Where is God when we suffer greatly? The biblical Christian knows at least two basic truths: suffering is a universal condition which none of us…
How to have charitable debates and disagreements: There are plenty of topics which people can get very passionate about. Here I want to look at…
We have a role to play in seeing the Kingdom fully come: This piece on the Second Coming of Christ is a sort of follow-on…
Some inspiring quotes from his important new book: There is a never-ending supply of books on eschatology, the last things, the return of our Lord,…
This is a crucial and indispensable biblical teaching: One of the core doctrines of biblical faith is that of our creation in the image and…
It is often wondered whether a few or many will be saved: There are some questions about matters that we find in Scripture which cannot…
We can use some zeal and passion for the things of God: Christians are to mirror their Lord. If he loved righteousness and hated iniquity,…