We all know of churches which have sought to make themselves “relevant”. Whenever you hear about this happening, you should run for your lives. Really.…
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…
With another election concluded in Australia, it is worth reflecting some more on how our Christian faith relates to such things as politics, elections, leaders,…
Just hours after making a national disgrace of himself as he massacred the Bible and shook his fist at God, our Prime Minister is at…
I have no problem in the least calling out obvious false shepherds and apostate churches. And if they keep on publicly spewing out poisonous and…
The History Channel’s 10-part series “The Bible” is now history – at least in terms of its Australian television airing. Of course it has already…
The modern evangelical church is not in a good condition. There are many areas of concern that could be raised here: theological decline, a major…
Any careful student of church history knows how easy it is for truth to give way to error, for orthodoxy to collapse into heterodoxy. They…
As with so many things biblical, there is a lot of fuzzy thinking in our churches when it comes to dealing with public controversies. I…
The prosperity gospel is notorious for bad theology, shocking exegesis (or lack thereof), loopy logic, and dodgy hermeneutics. This is certainly the case with their…
A common claim made by the prosperity gospellers is that Jesus and his followers were actually quite well off. I have heard myself how one…
To support the claim that Jesus and the disciples were rich, the prosperity gospel teachers often appeal to the story of the casting lots for…
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…
There is no more important, profound and majestic theme than God, and to talk of his attributes is a sublime and never-ending discussion. Oceans of…
Simply put, what most people talk about today when discussing God’s love has little if anything to do with the real love of God. That…
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…
A basic rule of thumb when New Testament Christians approach Old Testament texts is to discover its primary interpretation, while allowing for secondary applications. That…
Jesus made it quite clear who is a true shepherd: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.…
Auto-diagnostics, or self-testing, is done all the time by sensible people. They take regular stock, for example, of their health, and make sure everything is…