Living the Christian life in a non-Christian world is always tricky business. We must navigate our way through life, avoiding various extremes. We are called…
Sometimes when you are reading a book, highlighting one passage after another, there is not much one can do by way of reviewing the book.…
In today’s postmodern climate, truth means nothing, and personal preferences mean everything. OK, we expect that from the secular world. But what happens when the…
BethanyHouse, 1959, 1987. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Fifty years ago Leonard Ravenhill wrote Why Revival Tarries. It is now a modern classic. It…
I recently penned what I thought was the last of a three-part series on living in exile. This morning I came across a passage however…
It always amazes me how God is able to get his message across. When God’s people are unable or unwilling to be accurate spokespersons for…
Jesus promised us that dark days would lie ahead. They would not be a time for the weak-hearted or the half-hearted. Our Lord expects courage…
The 2008 Olympic Games are now history. The strongest, the fastest, and the most athletic were on display during the two weeks of competition. There…
Harvest House, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens. These have now become almost household names. They are some of the…
William Wilberforce is rightly remembered as the man who helped set the slaves free. The evangelical Christian and politician is especially honoured this year, since…
The welfare state arose just after the second World War and has been a dominant – and growing – feature of the West ever since.…
Freedom of speech has never been absolute. Crying ‘fire’ in a crowded theatre, we are rightly told, is just not on. So there is often…
Those involved in the culture wars (such as myself) often are asked if this may not be at best a distraction from the gospel or…
InterVarsity Press, 2005. This book is about how a good concept – tolerance – has been redefined and subverted by the secular left. Tolerance, properly…