Those who are Christians have been entrusted with the gospel. That is just what Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 2:4: “we speak as those approved…
In this series I have been looking at the biblical truths about God’s presence with his people as they suffer. Part One looked at the…
In Part One of this article I looked at the issue of suffering as found in the Old Testament, and the wonderful truth that God…
Everyone suffers. The question is, how do we cope with it? The Christian believes various things about suffering, including the wonderful truth that we are…
OK, these are certainly some rather large topics that I am attempting to cover in a very short article. But it follows on from a…
There is not much new under the sun as the writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us, and a basic knowledge of the past 2000 years of…
Avoiding unbiblical extremes and staying within the bounds of the data of Scripture is paramount for the Christian. I have been writing of late on…
It should go without saying that no Christian would want to be involved in magic – or at least most forms of it. Some things,…
Anyone who knows a bit about me and my ministry knows that I deal with a lot of rather unpleasant stuff – evil, dark and…
Charisma House, 2018. Anything that is good and of God will be abused, misused and counterfeited. In addition to the Bible we have two thousand…
One might argue that only a morose and maudlin melancholic or a moody misanthrope would dare to write such a piece (let alone offer such…
The world is awash with fake news, and sadly this is just as true in so many of our churches. Instead of hearing biblical truth,…
Believe it or not, some people will be upset with my title. You see, some “Christian” teachings out there would question whether this woman is…
If you really love someone and want to help them, you tell them the truth. If you don’t really care about others and just want…
Your what? OK, let me explain. If one reads through the 13 epistles of Paul in the New Testament, one will often find Paul presenting…
It may appear to some folks that a piece like this might indicate someone has too much spare time on his hands! But there are…
I have lost track of the number of times I have been accused by other Christians of being unloving, judgmental and ungracious – usually when…
When the Rolling Stones sang about not being able to get any satisfaction back in 1965, that may in fact have been a good thing.…
The book of Habakkuk is as amazing as it is brief. Three short chapters totaling just 56 verses contain so much theological, pastoral and apologetic…
There are so many memorable passages in Scripture, but they can be misused and abused if not handled correctly. Jeremiah 29:11 is one such passage.…