This passage is as much a misused passage as a difficult one. And its misuse can often be deadly. There have been a number of…
During the middle of the Second World War, C.S. Lewis wrote a short essay for the Spectator on “Equality”. In it he said, “Mankind is…
Good intentions are seldom sufficient in and of themselves. Often a person can mean well, but still end up doing a lot of mischief. Consider…
The war against Biblical Christianity continues to hot up. This time the prestigious journal, Nature, has weighed into the battle. In its 8 March, 2007…
Simon & Schuster, 1993. A book appeared recently entitled The Loss of Virtue. It made the point that virtue, both public and private, is becoming…
The Samson saga is bizarre but encouraging: Yesterday I wrote about the Samson narratives. He was one of the judges, or deliverers, that God raised…
We need to learn from the Samson saga: You all know the story of Samson. He was the reluctant deliverer that God used, despite his…
The poisonous pursuit of wealth and the good life: In 1964 the Beatles sang about love and money. Old guys like me certainly remember “Can’t…
We must be aware of Harari’s brave new world: One does not need to be a “conspiracy theorist” to know that there are some pretty…
On the falling star of the new atheism: The new atheists were all the rage just a few short decades ago. They now seem to…
A few words about myself and my reading life: Since it is still a time when many folks are away on holiday or just wanting…
There is a place for great fiction: Last night on the social media I half-jokingly said in a post that I can’t believe some Christians…
How would you react if you suddenly became wealthy? Back when I was quite young, growing up in the late 50s, there was a TV…
Amazing stories of revival in Wales: The Welsh Revival of 1859 is something still talked about today. It is still being written about today. And…
What to read on transgenderism: Many of us in the culture war trenches from long ago warned where we were heading with the radical sexual…
Here are five moving stories of those who renounced their disdain of Christianity: The Roman leaders, the Jewish leaders, and Satan himself all thought that…
Sometimes it seem like things just cannot get any worse: Simply looking at the morning newspaper headlines is enough to discourage most folks. We read…
We can use some zeal and passion for the things of God: Christians are to mirror their Lord. If he loved righteousness and hated iniquity,…
What we should know about George MacDonald: The famous Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister has had a huge impact on so many. His…
Can the deception get any worse than this? Satan is real. Sin is real. The fall is real. And deception is real. But too many…