During the height of the Cold War, I, like so many others, prayed for all those suffering so cruelly under atheistic communism. I cried out…
One of the most tragic words found in all of Scripture are those recorded in the book of Jeremiah: “The prophets prophesy lies, the priests…
We live in distressing times. But given our historical amnesia, we forget that so have many other people. Indeed, history is full of desperate and…
A passage from the Old Testament which I read this morning has dovetailed nicely with a discussion on another posting, so it is worth trying…
Whenever believers stop the whole-hearted following of God and start following the ways of the world, there will always be a very high price to…
Lessons from what? Or who? OK, so I have once again caught many of you off guard – and I am referring to Christians here.…
As I have said so often before, Christians who do not read the Old Testament are robbing themselves. They are also robbing God, since a…
In an unprecedented move to show unity, love, respect and interfaith cooperation, the prophet Elijah has announced that he will be holding a major ecumenical…
In 1941 C.S. Lewis wrote a brief but very important essay entitled “The Weight of Glory”. There is a play on words with his title,…
There are plenty of thankless and miserable jobs one can get into. One would imagine that being a full-time septic tank cleaner would not be…
Without doubt the love of God is one of the great themes of the Bible. It may also be one of the more misunderstood themes…
Baker, 2003. This book provides a helpful introduction to the themes of marriage and family as found in the Scriptures. Seven experts deal with seven…