One of the most famous and most often recited passages from the Old Testament is 2 Chronicles 7:14. Most Christians know it well and mention…
With plenty of public discussion over a recent case of capital punishment, I have regrettably noted an incredibly high level of confusion, misinformation, illogic, and…
We expect those pushing radical agendas like the various sexual libertines, especially the homosexual lobby, to try their best to attack and twist Scripture as…
If this seems to be yet another rather bizarre or opaque title, just hold onto your hats: all is about to be revealed. Let me…
Once again, as is often the case in this series, this passage is not so much difficult and hard to understand, as it is so…
This is another one of those biblical texts which is not so difficult as it is one which is so widely and so often misused…
The last half of James 2:13 says this: “Mercy triumphs over judgment”. This passage is not so much a difficult passage as it is one…
My topic here involves how we are to understand the sword – and the state’s use of it – as found in Paul’s discussion of…
I have included this passage of Scripture in my series of difficult Bible texts not so much because it is quite difficult to grasp or…
I love being in the gospel of Matthew again. And the best way to read it is to pray that it strikes you as if…
There are two main reasons why this passage is problematic: it seems to forbid something which is done elsewhere in Scripture, and it offers a…
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…