Baker, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Prolific Old Testament scholar John Goldingay here offers us the fruit of his many years of thinking,…
With 39 Old Testament books, and numerous new commentaries pouring off the press each year, it is hard to keep up with the latest and…
It is amazing how much the Bible speaks about the walk of the believer as being one of a life of battle. And it is…
There are millions of people who do not know Jesus Christ, and do not have a relationship with God. That is a tragedy and something…
Nearly a year ago a television event occurred which took the world by storm. When the episode was posted on the Internet the video clip…
When a politician today talks about the importance of the Bible, you can expect there to be a swift and stern reaction. Federal Opposition leader…
I was recently speaking and teaching interstate at some churches and Christian groups. A number of these groups, I was informed, had actually broken away…
C.S. Lewis once warned about the danger of appending the words “and…” to “Jesus”. That is, phrases like ‘Jesus and socialism’, ‘Jesus and liberalism’, etc,…
I recently penned what I thought was the last of a three-part series on living in exile. This morning I came across a passage however…
Reality television has been all the rage for at least a decade now. While it actually goes back some decades, it has especially taken off…
Living the Christian life is often a balancing act. It is easy to get into unhelpful extremes, and seeking to find the biblical balance is…
Those who are biblically-literate will know that an Egyptian Pharaoh of 3,500 years ago and a Jewish King of 2000 years ago share at least…
The US election is now history, but there is still plenty of discussion about the election of Barack Hussein Obama. His supporters and detractors are…
When believers put God first, he is quite able to take care of the rest. As C.S. Lewis once said, “Aim at heaven, and you…
More than once I have been involved in debates with fellow believers over the broad issue of God’s forgiveness and what that entails. More specifically,…
Suicide is a major problem in the Western world. This paper has a very limited focus however. It will not look at such issues as…
In the busyness of fighting the many skirmishes in the culture wars, be it the stem cell debate, the battle over marriage and family, the…
Basic Books, 2003. This volume very nicely brings together four broad themes into one focused discussion. The nature of radical Islam, the threat of terrorism,…
This article was originally posted on October 24, 2003 at http://www.reason.com/sullum/102403.shtml but has since been deleted, and is reproduced here for archival purposes. What partial-birth abortions…