There are some hard yet comforting words here: Before looking at this passage in detail, let me make this prefatory remark. Every year at this…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
We can learn a lot from what happened to ancient Israel: All of Judges 19-21 is difficult to say the least. Indeed, it is one…
The second coming and role of the believer: The ‘his’ of my title of course refers to the Lord. Jesus Christ has come once to…
Biblical considerations on the ‘god of this world’: It is the first part of this verse that I mainly wish to discuss. As with some…
Refusing to love God with your mind is not a mark of godliness: Sadly there are many Christians who believe that it is somehow virtuous…
Does our oneness in Christ mean thinking exactly alike? A phrase you will find often in my writings is ‘we need to get the biblical…
Just how are we guided into all truth? This is another passage that may not seem all that difficult to understand, but it can be…
Whatever God demands of us is always a blessing: I recall once having a boss who was giving me a hard time, and I said…
God is good and is never unfair: While driving home today from a speaking engagement, I was stuck at a traffic light. I noticed a…
Some Christians try to argue that international alliances are wrong. Are they correct? We are all capable of messy thinking in so many areas –…
Was Solomon wrong to marry Pharaoh’s daughter? The passage I am examining seems to indicate a sinful action by a king of Israel, but there…
How are we to understand the sabbath? There is plenty of discussion and debate on the matter of how the Christian should understand the sabbath.…
We are rather selective when it comes to claiming God’s promises: Many Christians are very keen on claiming God’s promises. And so they should be.…
How should we understand ‘an eye for an eye’? Most folks have heard of the phrase under question, and one need not know Latin to…
Is Jesus at odds with Moses here? In my previous article on this topic I noted how the Old Testament expresses the concept of lex…