Baker, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) This is certainly the newest and perhaps most comprehensive New Testament theology to come from the conservative/Evangelical…
The recent case of pedophile Dennis Ferguson raises important questions about the rights of criminals, and the rights of the rest of society. In this…
The dean of evangelical theologians during the post-war period, Carl F. H. Henry wrote his magnum opus, God, Revelation and Authority, between 1976 and 1983.…
The week-long Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) has just finished. The thousand-plus Anglicans met in Jerusalem as a protest to the July Lambeth Conference in…
One thing a believer quickly discovers when reading or listening to the emerging church leaders is their love of dichotomies, or dualities. They are keenly…
A recent report about religion in America found that while most Americans believed in heaven, a lesser amount believed in hell. The Pew Forum on…
At the time of this writing, over 1000 biblical Anglicans are meeting in Jerusalem at a Global Anglican Future Conference. It is being held as…
The second instalment of the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia is now in the cinemas. And it is very good in many respects.…
By now most people would have seen this news item of interest: “NZ priest marries boyfriend”. According to the press accounts, the Kiwi priest wed…
Preaching the biblical gospel is offensive. All true believers should know this. Jesus offended many with his message. The New Testament speaks about the offence…
There are all sorts of reasons why I should not be writing this article. First, I will not only flummox most non-believers looking at this…
Eerdmans, 2008. (Available in Australia from Koorong books) David Wells has trained his incisive intellect on the big issues of theology, the life of the…
One does not wish to speak ill of the dead, and it is not my intention here to do so. But it is my intent…
Moody, 2008. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) These two young guys are sceptical about megachurches, how-to-sermons, legalism, the effects of modernity, marketing gimmicks, and…
Windblown Media, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) I have offered my general (and positive) assessments of The Shack in part one of this…
Windblown Media, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) The two mega-themes of this novel are the love of God and human suffering. Those are…
Good intentions are seldom sufficient in and of themselves. Often a person can mean well, but still end up doing a lot of mischief. Consider…
Thomas Nelson, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) It is common today to question not only what we know about Jesus, but how we…
This title is not original to me. It is the title of the US radio program of Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias. It is also one…
Presbyterian and Reformed, 2006, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) From 1643-1646 English and Scottish churchmen met at Westminster to formulate a new creed.…