We can learn much from the exile of ancient Israel: The West has really gone full circle: many centuries ago paganism was replaced with Christianity.…
The Bible offers many cases of resistance to authority: I recently created a new sub-category of articles on this website called “Resistance Theory.” As it…
Is revival or reformation the need of the hour? Christians have long had discussions about, and debates over, the issue of which is more important,…
Some observations and meditations on a recent hospital stay: OK, first a quick word of apology. Regular readers of this site know that I almost…
God always prefers to work through a godly remnant: A truth found in Scripture and in history is that God normally seems to work through…
Sexual immorality matters – big time: The Bible throughout warns about sin and its consequences, and plenty of different sorts of sins are mentioned of…
Yes Christians are called to speak truth to power: I realise that those who use the phrase found in my title are often those of…
One’s worldview determines how we approach things like the corona crisis: Two nights ago on television there was a replay of the 1996 film Independence…
The New York Governor needs to reconsider his anti-God rhetoric: A recent arrogant outburst by an American political leader reminds me of the words of…
The words of warning given by Jeremiah to ancient Israel seem to be fully needed in today’s church. Now that I have your attention, no,…
OK, I have finally done it – I have penned a piece on tattoos! I have long put off writing a piece on this for…
The Bible speaks about apostasy. Church history provides us with many cases of apostasy. But just what might it look like today? What kind of…
People always have at least two choices to make in the face of tyranny, repression, censorship, and attacks on their fundamental rights and freedoms: they…
The nation of New Zealand continues to mourn over the massacre of last week. Today several minutes of silence took place, along with Muslim prayer.…
People are going to hell, the church is being racked with heresies and overrun with sin, yet many Christians are worried only about the “tone”…
Today a decidedly religious experience will be experienced by millions of people. There is a shrine in Melbourne Australia dedicated to this event, and it…
We all have our idols, and we all must deal with these idols. An idol is anything which commands our attention and loyalty over and…
Place: London Date: October 30, 1817 Occasion: Interview with the London Times Subject: Should the church take a stand on slavery? Here is how the…
The biblical and theological issues of predestination and election are a stumbling block to some folks. I have had various Christians, including not a few…
Atheists, sceptics and other critics of Christianity like to make the claim that the biblical account of creation is simply stolen from earlier pagan myths…