Some Christians try to argue that international alliances are wrong. Are they correct? We are all capable of messy thinking in so many areas –…
All Christians should be devoted students of the Word of God, and that includes the Old Testament. The 39 books of the OT comprise a…
Should believers bury their dead only? While many believers may never have given this a passing thought, some others might think quite a lot about…
For God to be for us, he must oppose sin in us: God is for us. But sometimes he must be against us before he…
Tremendous truths from Dorothy Sayers: Anyone familiar with the works of Dorothy L. Sayers will know where my title comes from. The famous playwright, writer…
Was Nehemiah grossly overreacting here? As is often the case in this irregular series, the text under question is not so much difficult to understand…
Christian conservatives are NOT welcome in the Liberal Party: If you know your Star Wars films, there is a scene in the 1977 movie where…
Being ‘true to yourself’ is often the worst thing you can do: Often music can capture the way a culture thinks and feels. It can…
Can you fear God and serve idols at the same time? We are told in James 1:8 that “A double minded man is unstable in…
None of us are anywhere close to perfection, yet God still chooses to use us: Here is a wonder of wonders: God in his matchless…
God is doing far more than what we are aware of: Why do you do what you do? If you are a Christian you should…
What we do for God must be done in God’s way and with God’s enabling: We all have gifts and abilities which have been given…
Yes our God does know all there is to know: If God is God, then he must know all things. There can be nothing hidden…
Some musings on the difference between my clock and God’s clock: We are very impatient people here in the West. We want instant everything. We…
Is God interested and involved in our elections? In this piece I will bring together the reality of modern-day political elections with some basic truths…
How might we think about resistance to evil rulers? (Author’s necessary preface: This is one of those pieces where I must say something up front…
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,…
Does God not know certain things? The verse I am examining today is once again not necessarily difficult, but it does raise a few questions…
The closing words of Scripture are eternally comforting: I had several things in mind to write about this last day of 2021. But as I…
We can use a few Josiahs today: Many of you know about the bright light that was King Josiah of Judah who reigned in a…