The episode in the Old Testament about Saul and the witch of Endor raises a number of questions, chief of which is this: Can God…
This is a passage which bothers many folks – both believers and non-believers. It seems to make God the author of evil, or at least…
OK, to save you scrambling for your dictionaries or your Greek phrase books let me spill the beans here: this term means ‘things indifferent’. In…
The cursing of the fig tree is a familiar yet problematic passage. At least for some it is problematic: why is Jesus cursing a poor…
As advances in Assisted Reproductive Technologies continue to take place, more and more couples are taking advantage of these new means to have children. Surrogacy…
This text is problematic for some because of its seeming harshness and lack of love. In a parable of Jesus a wedding guest comes, but…
OK, another obscure title – but not too obscure for the biblically literate. I here wish to deal with an ongoing controversy about Christ, the…
When believers think about God’s attitude toward sinners, they will automatically and correctly think along these lines: God loves sinners and wants them to forsake…
This is another Bible passage which is not so much difficult as one which has been badly handled, poorly interpreted, and often wrongly applied. The…
Some of you will recall the 1967 hit tune by crooner Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World,” later re-popularised in the 1987 Robin Williams film,…
Yes, this is an article about not praying. More specifically, it examines the question, ‘Is there ever a time and place to refuse to pray…
Like some of the other passages I have discussed in this series of articles, this is not really a “difficult” passage as such. But it…
This passage as such is not so problematic – it only becomes so when one realises what Jesus is quoting from. He seems to cite…
This passage is difficult in the sense that it is a contentious passage, partly because of the way different English translations render it, and how…
This passage is as much a misused passage as a difficult one. And its misuse can often be deadly. There have been a number of…
Divine healing proponents look to Isaiah 53:4,5 as proof that healing is to be included in the atonement. Indeed, almost all of the faith teachers…
I am absolutely appalled, alarmed and ashamed that so many people who claim to be Christian leaders and pastors are mangling Scripture, twisting theology, and…
A more detailed examination of Leviticus 18-19 is in order as we look at how some so-called Christian leaders mangle the Bible to push the…
If you read the Psalter through in one sitting (which can be done) or at least read all 150 psalms in a concentrated period of…
In Part One of this article I offered some general considerations as to how the Christian might approach the rather troubling imprecatory psalms. To properly…