Anyone except porn lovers and radical civil libertarians knows what a destructive tsunami the porn plague has been. It has devastated relationships, marriages, families and…
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…
It seems at least once a year the social engineers come out of the woodwork and demand that parents no longer be able to discipline…
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.…
The more controversial an issue, the more likely that common sense, rationality, and sound analysis will go right out the window. Instead, knee-jerk reactions, emotionalism,…
The usual way of destroying a nation is of course through things like guns, bullets, tanks, and bombs. A full-frontal assault is one way to…
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…
This is another Bible passage which is not so much difficult as one which has been badly handled, poorly interpreted, and often wrongly applied. The…
Back in 2007 American columnist Diana West wrote an important volume entitled The Death of the Grown-Up (St. Martin’s Press). It was all about the…
Take any controversial social and moral issue and you will find plenty of news items reflecting a wide array of ethical perspectives. You will get…
The New Testament is full of many hundreds of commands. We are ordered to do all sorts of things, yet I suspect many believers are…
The various issues of refugees, asylum seekers, immigration policy, people-smuggling, queue-jumping, and so on are as vexatious as they are pressing. Syria right now for…
There are today three main competing ideologies and worldviews locked in fierce combat to see which will gain supremacy. They are the Judeo-Christian, the Muslim,…
One rather remarkable passage in Revelation (actually there are many remarkable passages there) is found in ch. 21:6-8: “He said to me: ‘It is done.…
For much of church history a rigid clergy/laity divide existed. This too often resulted in the masses believing that only a select few were really…
Faith and the mainstream media do not exactly mix. About the only time you see the two going together is when the latter is seeking…
Some of you will recall the 1967 hit tune by crooner Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World,” later re-popularised in the 1987 Robin Williams film,…
In the US we keep seeing the slow but steady rollback of the abortion industry. Clinics are closing, doctors are quitting or being charged with…
Those who seek to justify the killing of unborn babies resort to all sorts of myths and falsehoods to make their case and assuage their…