OK, so Christmas is coming up, and what better gifts are there than books? And theological books have to be pretty high on the list…
One of the great dangers of the Christian life is presumption. Specifically, it is always dangerous to presume that one is in fact a genuine…
OK, it is not quite Christmas yet, but you do need to get presents – for yourself or others. And there is nothing better than…
I never thought I would write an article locking horns with N.T. Wright. Certainly not on a political matter, since he is a New Testament…
Hard on the heels of the passage of Obama’s anti-Christian hate crimes law, we now find he is being aided and abetted by liberal churchians…
It would be rather easy – and appropriate – for me to change the name of my website from CultureWatch to PersecutionWatch. To watch Western…
Apologetics comes from a Greek word meaning reason or defence. It has to do with defending the Christian faith and answering objections to it. Since…
SPCK, 2006. The standing joke about Tom Wright goes like this: An inquiring student gives Dr Wright a call. His secretary says,” Sorry, but he…
In the past several years many thousands of books have been published. Hundreds of those are important. Dozens are quite significant, at least from a…
On fulfilling our calling to others: Christians are of course meant to be evangelists and missionaries in various ways. We are to share the good…
On actually reading and listening to your opponents: It is quite easy to be an armchair critic. It is quite easy to attack something that…
Many former God-haters have either converted or passed on: There is an old religious joke about a few quotations graffitied on a bathroom wall. The…
Most Christians need to get this right: This piece may not be to everyone’s liking, as it combines some autobiographical elements with biblical and devotional…
A very brief intro to a major topic: Like most issues in theology and philosophy, this can be a quite complex topic. I do not…
So who am I reading a lot of? Five years ago I posted an article listing all the authors I happen to have ten or…
Purchasing forgiveness of sins? I was recently asked by someone if there are Old Testament passages that speak about paying money for the forgiveness of…
Some thoughts on some puzzling texts: I suppose I could add this to my series on “Difficult Bible Passages,” although I will actually be looking…
Thinking biblically about war and the use of force: Some might erroneously think that my title is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. But only…
We will be troubled at times – as was our Lord: If you happen to read through chapters 11-14 of John’s gospel in one sitting,…
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…