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…
Let me set things straight at the outset: in terms of our initial regeneration, this is a work purely done by God. We do not…
God is the author of culture, so it matters – end of story. But since folks expect a bit more from my articles, let me…
Contrary to the thinking of so many rather anaemic Christians today, in both Testaments the idea of God’s just judgment on the wicked is held…
One of the most shocking passages in all of the Old Testament is Jeremiah 5:31: “The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own…
Anyone with a bit of biblical knowledge will know what I am referring to with my title. In Matthew 12:20 we read: “A bruised reed…
On March 5 of this year the Jewish world celebrated the Feast of Purim. This of course goes back to the Old Testament book of…
The fact that there are a lot of really dumb, unhelpful, and just plain unbiblical things being said by so many Christians today is quite…
Eerdmans, 2014. Let me begin with a brief confession. In earlier days I found a little discomfort and a lack of interest in Second Corinthians.…
Who, Christians? Deliberately disobeying Jesus? Yep, sadly happens all the time. We have clear commands from Jesus which we routinely ignore or disregard, and we…
I read a phrase the other day which got me thinking: it was a reference to Judas as a “culpable tool”. Let me quickly look…
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…
“Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which…
David Chilton titled his 2006 commentary on the book of Revelation The Days of Vengeance. That is a pretty accurate description of so much of…
Once the regular teaching of the Word of God, of doctrine, of theology, and its application in the Christian life was a mainstay of any…