There are many marked contrasts between the message we preach today and the message Jesus preached. Perhaps one of the greatest contrasts lies in the…
OK, now that I have got your attention, let me explain. I was again having a great conversation with a godly brother about the state…
OK, it is not quite Christmas yet, but you do need to get presents – for yourself or others. And there is nothing better than…
Thomas Sowell once said that “The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations…
Sometimes the contrast gets quite overwhelming. In this case, it involves reading two quite contrasting texts. On the one hand, we have press reports of…
Every single one of us either worships the one, true, living God, or we worship something else. It is that simple. Jesus once said that…
Why is it that the things most emphasised by the early church seem to be the very things we belittle, ignore or omit today? Why…
This is the first time in over 1800 articles that I have done something like this. My first 1808 articles were written entirely by myself,…
It is always easy to go with the crowd. It is always difficult to go against the crowd, and to stand alone. Any true prophet…
I am beginning to see that there are really only two broad camps in the Christian world. I am being very simplistic and general here,…
OK, I need to make two confessions here at the outset. First, this title is not mine; it comes from A.W. Tozer. Second, I will…
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…
I suppose I could coin a phrase here: “churchicide”. This new term refers to when a church or denomination intentionally seeks to take its own…
The world has lost a great man of God, a modern-day prophet, and a humble warrior for the Lord. He sadly died in a car…
The physical world and the spiritual world often run along parallel lines. What is true in the one is often true in the other. In…
At around 1am in the morning I was taking a brief stroll through the Internet, checking out the new day’s headlines. Alas, this exercise brought…
Many would be aware of how a gallant Australian soldier was recently awarded the Victoria Cross. Last week Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith received the honour for…
A commentator recently said he found the “poem Desiderata to be very beautiful. Its advice is not incompatible with the teachings of Christ, in my…
Anyone with a passion for Christ and his work will be less than thrilled with how his church is going about its affairs. While many…