It of course goes without saying that a staple of the Christian life is daily Bible reading, study and meditation. It is a no-brainer that…
There is never a shortage of those who wish to amend, change, alter, or cut the Word of God to suit their own preferences, lifestyles,…
Good news folks! For all those who love their sin and want complete Biblical justification for it, helpful publishers are now quite happy to produce…
On this day in 1456 Johannes Gutenberg’s first Bible was reportedly published. Sometimes called the 42-line Bible, it seems to have been the first book…
Walk into any Christian bookstore and you will find an amazing number of different versions and translations of the Bible on offer. Most believers may…
In Part One of this article I discussed the three main types of translations. They were: the word for word, or formal equivalence, versions; the…
In Amos 8:11 we read these frightening words: “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign LORD, ‘when I will send a famine through the land…
Those familiar with their Old Testament, or with the biblical use of rhetoric, will readily recognise what my title is referring to. It is one…
As I travel around the country – and overseas – speaking at churches, Bible colleges, Christian conventions, and so on, one thing I find is…
Chronicling the many cases of PC madness is a never-ending affair, and one could easily hire a team of hundreds just to keep up with…
It is a good thing the New Testament canon was long ago recognised. I fear that in today’s PC and TC climate, the bulk of…
One frustrating thing – of many – about the emerging church folks is their deliberate use of ambiguous, unclear, and equivocal writing. They seem to…
With a title like this, I have probably attracted about two or three readers. That is because the first term would send many folks racing…
We live in an age where people seem to want everything to come in a lite version. Because of busyness, or laziness, or what have…
The Word of God is a gift to God’s people, but mastering its content does not always come automatically. While the Spirit of God is…
Biblical Christianity holds that God exists and that God has spoken. While he speaks in different ways, he pre-eminently speaks to us in and through…
Crossway, 2008. In 2001 the English Standard Version of the Bible was released. Its parentage goes back to William Tyndale’s 1525 New Testament and the…
This is a question which not only many Christians ask, but is one which is also used as an objection by those who are critics…
Now that I have most of you rushing to your dictionaries, let me explain what this is all about. The Christian doctrine of the perspicuity…
When I first started writing about Bible commentaries a few days ago, I did not realise it would blow out into a four-part series. But…