Will you finish the race, and finish strong? With only hours to go before we see the end of 2022, this might be a good…
Those who have survived battle find it hard to readjust to ‘normality’: If you read the Lord of the Rings trilogy or saw the film…
We must be aware of this Chesterton classic: There are some authors you just cannot get enough of – and some books too. I recently…
For believers, the future life will never be dull or boring: Some Christians think our future life will be rather static – and perhaps even…
Culture, creativity, growth and learning will take place in the next life: Culture matters. It did when God created the world, it matters now, and…
We must watch out for the sort of company we keep: Sadly, some basic Christian teaching that has served God’s people well for centuries tends…
These five authors are always eminently quotable: OK, I confess, I tend to like books and I tend to do a bit of reading. But…
Warnings must be given when danger abounds: Life is full of danger, risk, peril and misadventure. So many things can go wrong. So many traps…
We must return to a muscular and aggressive faith: There have always been believers who have thought that if we are just really nice and…
You can never get enough of Jim Packer: There are some folks you just cannot get enough of. If they are authors, you always want…
Why is today’s church so far from what God expects of it? Let me say straight up that there are plenty of great churches around,…
Comforting truths from the book of Exodus: It was A. W. Tozer who famously said in the opening of The Knowledge of the Holy: “What…
What we need to know about the Holy Spirit: As has been stated by many (at least prior to the onset of Pentecostalism and the…
We sure do need watchmen, even though they are unwanted: Because natural disasters can always break out, we have in place various early warning systems…
The church is God’s outpost in enemy-occupied territory: A new book I just picked up had a line that grabbed my attention. (No surprises here:…
We really are living in parallel universes: While we walk and talk and mingle with all sorts of people on a daily basis, the truth…
Thoughts on revival – and what to read about it: There is little doubt that the need of the hour throughout the West is mighty…
Reformation Trust, 2020. This new volume on the attributes of God is well worth getting: There is no greater topic to read about, think about,…
Joining with suffering saints like Elisabeth Elliot: A decade ago I wrote a piece called “The Fellowship of the Burning Heart”. It referred to several…