What does it mean when we are told that Christ became a curse for us? This first half of this verse says this: “Christ redeemed…
Do you care about the things that God cares about? I am not asking a rhetorical question here, but a very real one. Do you…
How are we to understand NT writers quoting from non-inspired books? The reason for the difficulty of this passage centres on the issue of the…
What does it mean when it says in Scripture, ‘perfect love casts out all fear’? Yesterday I wrote a piece on the fear of God.…
I recently posted this passage on the social media, and one friend asked whether the question of Jesus was rhetorical or prophetic. I replied that…
This is another passage that must be carefully considered, and in context, to do it proper justice. If not, it can lead to faulty, or…
OK, I have finally done it – I have penned a piece on tattoos! I have long put off writing a piece on this for…
In this series we have examined a number of passages which are not actually difficult as such, but are simply far too often misused and…
This is another one of those passages which can so easily be misused and abused by some folks. It has to do with the preaching…
Let me briefly define things here, then offer a few prefatory remarks. Simply put, iconoclasm – in a religious context – literally means “image-breaking”. It…
Whenever another horrible Islamic terrorist attack takes place – and these are now daily occurrences sadly – you will get various Christophobes and/or Islamophiles trying…
This is the conclusion to an article which looks at the issue of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites and various moral and religious…
This is a passage that bothers many people. Some find it to be quite appalling in fact. As Peter Leithart remarks, it is “one of…
The only thing that bothers me more than seeing Muslim women being treated as second class citizens is ignorant Christians being utterly clueless when it…
What exactly did Paul mean when he said, “I have become all things to all people”? As with so many passages I examine in the…
This is another passage that is so often abused and misused. That is the main reason it can be so difficult or problematic. A subtitle…
Have you ever found yourself dealing with someone – especially a Christian – who says some really bizarre, inane, or reckless things – either in…
Some folks consider this to be a difficult passage, mainly because they think it paints Jesus in such a bad light. Critics, non-Christians, and atheists…
As with so many of the passages I deal with in this series, this particular verse is not so much difficult as it is badly…
The internet and social media have created a relatively new and malicious monster: the troll. Today mischievous and irksome trolls seem to be everywhere, and…